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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

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Murder of Russian Storekeeper New Development Statement by Police Commissioner

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday:-- There has been a new development in the search for the murderer of Paul Brasdoff, a Russian, shopkeeper,…

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Got Their Men Mounted Police Catch Bank Robbers

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 3

WINNIPEG, Monday:--Mounted police, with a posse of woodsmen and troopers, after two days overtook two bandits who robbed a…

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No title Is Waverley Murderer in Mental Institution? Police Follow New Theory SYDNEY

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

The police believe that they are now aware of the identity of the man who shot Paul Drasdoff (45), a Russian, in his shop at…

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Month's Gaol Ballina Vagrants Ballina

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

For the first time, probably, in police records, a night court was held on New Year's Night. Before Messrs. J. Torrens and E…

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Skull Fractured Charge of Attempted Murder Elderly Woman's Ordeal Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

Mary Fulton, 66, of Campbell-street, Waverley, was admitted to hospital to-night suffering from a fractured skull, which was…

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45 Years a Diver London Man Who Solved Murder Mystery Chelsea, Massachusetts

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

Frederick Wallace, a Londoner who solved a murder mystery in Boston, and had worked as a deep-sea diver for 45 years, has died in the Naval…

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Husband Charged Murder of Wife

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: At the Redfern Police Court to-day, Leslie Joel (41), hotelkeeper, was charged with the murder of Maud Beatrice Joel. He…

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Husband Charged Wife's Murder Tragedy at Hotel Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

A remand until January 11, on bail of £200, was granted Leslie Joel (41), hotel-keeper, at the Redfern Court to-day, on a charge of having…

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Monkeys As Detedives Accused Men Of Murder

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday:- The "Sketch's" Calcutta correspondent says: "Two performing monkeys may be the chief prosecution…

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Accused of Murder on Chirstmas Day Old Woman's Death Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

Alleged to have admitted that she gave deceased "a good hiding," Mary Jennings, who subsequently stated that her correct…

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Police Chase Car Revolvers Drawn on Driver SYDNEY

Northern Star · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

Detectives figured in a sensational chase along the main street at Kiama to-day which culminated in the detention of two men whom…

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Fiendish Murder at Victorian Resort Schoolgirl Done to Death Found Gagged and Brutally Battered

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday:- Gagged with one of her own stockings, and with her legs and hands bound, the body of Ethel Belshaw (12), school girl, of Tarwin Lower, was found in the scrub half a mile from Inverloch Pier early this…

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Attempted Murder Charge Man for Trial Alleged Admission to Police LONGREACH, Thursday:--

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 4

Albert Devlin Bell, on remand, appeared in the Police Court to-day on a charge of the attempted murder of Arthur Bowen Elliott on…

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Royal Wedding Gifts Returned Strict Court Etiquette

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 8

Numbers of wedding presents sent to the Duke and Duchess of Kent by unknown well-wishers in various parts of the Empire are now being…

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Murder of the Lindbergh Baby Hauptmann on Trial Case May Last a Month

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

VANCOUVER, Wednesday. Seven hundred reporters, newsreel cameramen, special writers and editors invaded…

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Shot From Car Gunmen's Victim Won't Help Police Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 4

There was a recurrence of gang warfare in Sydney shortly before midnight last night, when James Smilie (29) laborer, received three…

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Police Baffled Mystery of Death of Young Girl Clues Useless MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 7

The police are temporarily baffled in their investigations into the death of Ethel Belshaw (12), whose body was…

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Fettler's Death Workmate Charged with Murder Brisbane

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 8

At the Police Court to-day, Joseph O'Donnell (54), fettler. was charged with the murder of Arthur Parker. The charge was the sequel to an incident…

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Walking with Youth Murder Victim Inverloch Woman's Testimony

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday:-- The first definite clue was obtained to-day in the mystery of the movements of Ethel Belshaw, schoolgirl…

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Mother and Children Echunga Murder Adjournment of Inquest

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Friday:--In securing an adjournment to a date to be fixed of the inquest into the detah of Mr Dora Figg (29), at…

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