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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

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Police Court Cases at Tweed Heads

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

At Tweed Heads Police Court yesterday, before Mr. R. G. Collins, J.P., Walter Galloway and Stanley Frederick Sutten, of Brisbane, pleaded guilty to…

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Married in Gaol

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

When Patrick Amos, (45), sentenced to five years' imprisonment for robbery, appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals against his…

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Commandant Cronin Three Months' Gaol Unlawful Associations LONDON

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

The trial was concluded yesterday by the Irish Free State Military Tribunal of Commandant Cronin on charges of uttering seditious words by…

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DRAMATIC Tragedy Murder Averted Poison Stayed Killer's Hand

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday:--Unrequited love is the motive for a tragedy which occurred in a house at Paddington early this morning. James…

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Supposed Victim Of Murder Is Found Alive Mystery Deepens WAGGA

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 6

The task of solving the mysterious murder of the man whose body was recovered from the Murrumbidgee River on…

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Alleged Assault Committed For Trial BRISBANE

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 3

The story of a vicious assault on a man who went to the aid of a woman who was being subjected to threats by another man was told at…

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Police Search Hit-Run Motorists

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

Alexander Stephen McIntosh was terribly injured and died after being struck by a motor car on the Coff's Harbour Jetty Road at 8.10 p.m. on…

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First in Kyogle Court Kyogle

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

The doubtful honour of being the first person to figure on the Kyogle Police Court list for 1934 goes to William Bowell (60), who pleaded…

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Terrorist Plot Magistrate's Murder 13 Youths Charged CALCUTTA

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

Disclosures of the growth of a revolutionary conspiracy at Midnapore in East Bengal were made at the opening of the trial of 13…

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Revolutionary Conspiracy Indian Youths Assassination of British Magistrate

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

CALCUTTA, Tuesday:--The growth of a revolutionary conspiracy at M[?]dnapore (Bengal) was disclosed at the opening of the trial of 13 youths,…

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Women's Scanty Clothing Tolerant Magistrate Charge Against Dressmaker Dismissed

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday:--Sheelah Miller, a dressmaker, of Carrol Street, Hotham Hill, appeared in the City Court to-day…

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Murder Victim Identified River Tragedy Mystery Unsolved Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

Although the murder remains unsolved, the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Childs) announced to-day that the body of the man found in the…

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Christmas Eve Brawl Mungindi Tragedy Brothers Face Murder Charge

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

MUNGINDI, Wednesday:--The The Court House was crowded this morning when Sydney Frederick Mitchell (24) and Stephen Patrick…

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16 EXECUTIONS Follow King's Murder Alleged Confession CALCUTTA

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

Investigations into the conspiracy responsible for the murder of the Afghan King, Nadir Shah, have so far…

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Murrumbidgee River Tragedy Police Establish Victim's Identity

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday:-- The police have identified the man who was found recently in the Murrumbidgee River as Percy Smith, a…

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Murder of Afghan King Sixteen Executed Remarkable Confession by Killer

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Wednesday:-- Investigations into the conspiracy which was responsible for the murder of King Nadir Shah of…

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Sensational Ending Schooner's Mysterious Voyage Valuable Goods Seized by Customs and Police

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday:--An 18-months, voyage by the 150-ton schooner Isabel had a sensational ending this afternoon, when police and customs officials boarded the vessel at Watson's Bay. After a search, allegedly dutiable goods…

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Stood Over Until Further Notice O'duffy Case "Avoid Clash With Civil Court"

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

DUBLIN, Tuesday:--When General O'Duffy, attended by Commandant Cronin, appeared before the Military Tribunal to-day,…

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"Menace to Community" Police Evidence Defendant Sentenced Casino

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 9

"This young man is wanton in his habits, He visits places Secretly at night, and cannot be recognised by the occupants. He…

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Lagny Disaster Officials Charged PARIS

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 2

As a sequel to the railway disaster at Lagny, in which 200 persons were killed and 300 injured, charges of imprudence, inefficient, negligence…

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