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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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Star Court Theatre "Yellowstone"

Northern Star · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 7

This evening at the Star Court Theatre, Lismore, the sensational outdoor drama "Yellowstone" will be presented. Henry Hunter and Miss Ann…

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Negro Suspected Murder in Flat New York

Northern Star · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 9

The accumulation of evidence has convinced the authorities that Major Green, a negro porter, is guilty of the murder of Mrs. Case, who was…

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Sale of Car Court Verdict Commission Claim

Northern Star · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 11

A VERDICT for £5 8s, representing commission on the sale of a baby Austin car, and £2 11s 9d costs and expenses was granted…

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Export of Chilies to Germany "Making Gas for War" Allegation in Bankruptcy Court

Tweed Daily · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday:-- It was claimed in the Bankruptcy Court to-day that the Commonwealth Investigation Department had…

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Woman Charged with Murder Brisbane Affray Hearing Continued in Police Court

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday:-- Further evidence was heard in the Police Court to-day on the charge on which Alice Elizabeth Fein (22),…

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Two Convicted Stealing—Receiving Protracted Hearing

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 12

AFTER a protracted hearing at Lismore Police Court yesterday Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., found Walter H. Bass, a drover, guilty of a charge of stealing a Jersey cow, the property of Donald Munro, and Earl Alexander Olive, a master butcher,…

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Campers' Rights Magistrate's Comments No Penalty or Costs Coraki

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 12

EVIDENCE of interest to councils also campers who use reserves at the seaside was heard by Mr. H. Hawkins,…

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Accused for Trial Murder Charge Gnoolooma Station Tragedy

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 6

MUNGINDI, Friday:-- In the Police Court at 7 o'clock this morning, James Walker Johnson, about 30, of Sydney, pleaded not…

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Negro Confesses Murder In Flat New York

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 9

The negro, Major Green, after 40 hours of intermittent questioning to-day confessed that he had entered the flat of Mrs. Case for the purpose of…

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Negro Confesses to Murder Woman's Body in Bath Tub

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thursday:--The police state that Major Green, one of the negroes arrested in connection with the murder of…

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Died on Husband's Funeral Pyre Indian Woman Commits Suttee Police Arrived Too Late To Prevent Tragedy

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: -- "The Times'" New Delhi correspondent says: The blowing of sacred conch shells and the clanging of…

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Young Man Charged with Murder Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 7

A charge was to-night preferred against a young man in Dubbo following the death in the Dubbo hospital of Ronald Peden (22), a local…

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Stole Handbag Man Sentenced to Three Months

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 4

Jack Terare (24) appeared before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., at Tweed Heads court on Saturday charged with having stolen a handbag and contents,…

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Mattson Case Suspects Police Inquiries Man Surrenders Voluntarily

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 5

TACOMA (U.S.A.), Saturday :-- Fred Haynes, an ex-convict, surrendered voluntarily to the Tacoma police when he heard he was…

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Man Charged with Murder Sequel to Death of Dubbo Chemist

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday:--In the Dubbo Police Court this morning, before Mr. R. Cookson, P.M., Clifford Linnel Re burger (23), laborer, was remanded…

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False Coins From Syphon Tops Two Men Sentenced

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 7

Counterfeit florins made from syphon tops, which were produced in a case at the Old Bailey recently, were stated to…

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Stole Clothing From Hotel Man Sentenced to Six Months

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 7

Pleading guilty to a charge of having, at Murwillumbah on January 9, stolen clothing to the value of £2, the property of Arthur John Cowdrey,…

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"Scope for Women Police"

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 5

SALAMANCA, Sunday:--Commandant Mary Allen, formerly of the London Women Police, wearing riding breeches, boots and a peaked cap,…

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Murder Charge Young Man Remanded DUBBO

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 7

Clifford Lionel Reberger (23), labourer, was remanded at Dubbo Police Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Ronald Arthur Peden (25), chemist,…

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Court Warning Drunkenness Charge

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 10

Harold Becker (28) was fined £2, or, in default, four days imprisonment, by Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., at Lismore Police Court yesterday for…

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