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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

2,102 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 106

Tweed Heads Police Court

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 2

Before Mr. R. G. Collins, J.P. at Tweed Heads Police Court yesterday, Desmond Vincent Smith and Clarence Sands, two visitors from Queensland…

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Charged with Murder Sequel to Finding of Body in Tank

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday:--A youth of 17 was arrested to-day and charged with the murder of Christopher Bolger (27), whose body was found in an…

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On Murder

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 3

The Prime Minister, who sees prosperity for Australia in 1936…

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Alleged Assault with Axe

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 2

In the Casino Court on Monday Robert McNeill (22) was charged with having unlawfully assaulted Keith Crummy, a young invalid pensioner. The…

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Daring Theft of Car Casino

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 4

A Dodge sedan car was stolen from where it had been left on the Grafton Road this morning by the owner, Mr. C. A. Jones, a member…

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English Note Theft Clerk Gaoled for Conspiracy

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 6

Moaning "My God! My wife!" James Thompson, a 30-years-old solicitor's clerk, of Hollins Lane, Hollins, near Oldham (Lancashire), was…

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Charge of Murder Wagga

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 5

Roy Malcolm Souter (17), who was detained yesterday following the discovery of the death of Christopher James Dolger, grazier, on his Mt…

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Wives United Husband-Stealer In Gaol CHICAGO

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 8

In the State of Illinois they have a strange little law by which anybody who gets another person sent to prison for a certain type of misdemeanour…

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Bail Refused Intent To Murder Charge SYDNEY

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 5

Bail was refused Norman Stanley Gordon Smith (25), labourer, at Redfern Court to-day when he was remanded…

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For Trial Murder Charge Child's Death Melbourne

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 5

Arnold Sodeman (35), of Leorigatha, was committed for trial on a charge of murder when the district coroner…

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Body Found in Well Police View Changed Wagga

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 4

Wagga police have practically abandoned the theory that Jack Conway (59). whose body was found in an underground tank at the rear of the…

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Alleged Police Brutality at Mount Isa Citizens Hold Indignation Meeting

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday:--An indignation meeting of citizens was held at Mt. Isa yesterday, when cases of alleged brutality by…

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Youth on Murder Charge Perfectly Composed in Court

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: -- Roy Malcolm Soutar, who had given his age as 17 years, was charged at Wagga Police Court, before Mr…

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Men Charged Breaking and Entering Bank Premises

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 2

COLLINSVILLE, Wednesday:-- In the Police Court to-day Robert Menzies (36) miner, and Robert Sorbie (29), appeared on a charge of…

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Swallowed Cyanide Coiner Suicides Feared Second Gaol Term

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 2

GOSFORD, Wednesday:--Goodbye, love. Good-bye, Jackie. I'll serve no more 'stir'; I'm gone. Break the bottle, it had cyanide in…

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Attempt on Safe Two Miners Charged BRISBANE

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 9

Robert Menzies (36) and Robert Sorbie (29), both miners, were charged at the Collinsville (North Queensland) Police Court to-day with having broken…

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Youth on Murder Charge WAGGA

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 7

When Roy Malcolm Soutar (17) appeared at Wagga police court to-day on a charge of having…

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Police Think Death Was Accident Man Found in Well at Matong

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday:-- Police now believe that Jack Conway (59), shearers' cook, whose body was found on Monday in a well at…

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Forgotten Theft Misery for Family Vienna

Northern Star · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 10

A forgotten theft of fourteen years ago threatens to wreck the lives of a Viennese family. In 1921 Josefa Kadavi stole a sack…

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Murwillumbah Police Staff

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

As the result of recent inspections carried out at Murwillumbah Police Station, firstly by Inspector Bisley (Lismore), and then by…

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