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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

2,095 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 105

Died Sooner Than Go to Court Mother's Terrible Discovery Melbourne

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 7

Following his arrest to-day on a charge of having stolen a bicycle, Reginald Smith (22), of Thornbury, was found by his mother shot…

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Unstamped Receipt Storekeeper Charged

Northern Star · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 2

For having failed to attach a duty stamp to a receipt George Amos was fined £1, with 8s costs, by Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., in Casino Court…

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Cricketer Charged with Manslaughter London

Northern Star · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 10

V. W. Jupp, prominent Northants cricketer, who on Saturday was charged with the manslaughter of Denis Moysey (19), one of two youths…

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Court Sequel

Tweed Daily · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday:-- An out come of the ball organised by the United Service Club during the Duke's visit was the issue of a writ to-day…

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Licence Suspended "Drunken Party," Says Magistrate SYDNEY

Northern Star · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 10

Outspoken comment was made by Mr. MacDougal, S.M., in the Central Police Court to-day, when he fined Dr. David Lewis £10 and suspended his…

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Heavy Penalties Huge Fines and Gaol Terms Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 10

At Parramatta Court to-day, heavy fines and terms of imprisonment were imposed on Richard Mason Evans (23), labourer, and James Lucas (46),…

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Shot Down by Police Ex-Prefect of Rhineland Tragedy in the Saar SAARBRUCKEN

Tweed Daily · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 3

Police attempted to arrest Paul Meyer, an ex-Prefect of the Rhineland, on an old German warrant charging him with…

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Business Increase in 1934 Mur-bah Court House More Banana Plantations Registered

Tweed Daily · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 2

The amount of business transacted at Murwiliumbah Court House during 1934 shows, in most departments, an increase on that of 1933…

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Alleged Theft CASINO

Northern Star · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 11

Robert James Maslen (30) was remanded until February 5 when he appeared in the Casino Court this afternoon charged with having stolen a…

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Woman Remanded Alleged Murder of Husband

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 3

RICHMOND, Thursday:-- Louisa Matilda Banfield (43) appeared in the Police Court this morning charged with the wilful murder of her…

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Alleged Offensive Letter Sent Through Post? Man Charged at Byron Bay

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 5

BYRON BAY, Thursdays:-- Following the termination of evidence for the prosecution, Arthur Hardy, charged by the Postmaster-General…

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BY P.M.G. Letter Writer Charged Offensiveness Alleged Byron Bay

Northern Star · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 11

Following the termination of evidence for the prosecution, Arthur Hardy, charged by the Postmaster-General at the Byron…

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War Heroes Meet Poignant Court Drama

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 7

On a shell-torn battle-field in France Lieutenant Riordan, of the American Expeditionary Force, gave himself up for dead. Gasping from the effects of a…

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German Faith Healer Church Closed Secret Police Take Action

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 3

BERLIN, Wednesday:--The secret-police have ordered Joseph Weissenberg, an octogenarian faith healer, to close down his…

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Court's Error Hindu Refuses to Swear On Koran

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 6

An emphatic protest was made by a Hindu in the Murwillumbah Coroner's Court when, in the course of being sworn in as a witness, he was…

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Could Not Face Court. Though Charge Only Minor One Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 5

The body, of an elderly man, not yet identified, was found lying across the rails in Newcastle railway yards, with the head almost severed…

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Tweed Heads Police Court Vagrancy and Threatening Words

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 6

At Tweed Heads Police Court on Friday, Alexander Barr, who stated he was an engineer by profession, appeared on charges of vagrancy and…

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Coolangatta Court Breaches of Taxation Act

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 6

Mr. F. C. M. Burne, P.M., occupied the Bench at Coolangatta Police Court on Friday for the first time and dealt with a number of cases…

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Hearing Adjourned Kisch's Appeal to High Court

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday:--In the High Court to-day, Mr. Justice Evatt adjourned until Tuesday the hearing of the application for a rule nisi of…

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Kisch's Appeal to High Court Further Grounds Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 14

Before Mr. Justice Evatt, in the High Court to-day, Mr. Piddington, K.C., for Herr Egon Erwin Kisch, the Czechoslovakian novelist, renewed his…

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