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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

2,031 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 102

Love Locked Out Husband Called Fire Brigade and Police

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 6

A Paris postman who found himself locked out of his house by his wife summoned the fire brigade and then the police…

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Search for Opponents of Hitler Desperate Attempt By Secret Police

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Monday:--"The Sketch" says: Without warning secret police raided thousands of offices, flats and houses in all parts of Germany to-day in a desperate attempt to discover the men behind the opposition to the existing…

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Stealing Charge Ownership of Stock Police Evidence Casino

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 3

At the Casino Police Court to-day Ernest Samuel Gulliver (38) of Myrtle Creek, near Rappville, was charged with stealing a bay mare, valued at…

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Soviet Leaders Sentenced To Death MOSCOW

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 2

Eight Soviet leaders were sentenced to death at Erivan for plotting to overthrow the Soviet Government in Armenia…

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Jewellery Theft in Park Lane Woman Committed For Trial

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 6

LONDON, Monday:--Marion Cooper was to-day charged at the Old Bailey under tire name of Jessie Rubin, with her sister. Sarah Kornbluth with…

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Local and General Mullumbimby Police Returns

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 4

Following are the Mullumbimby police returns for the 12 months ended December 31: Offences against the person 5 (1936, 5); offences against…

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Secret Service Murder Widow's Story: Poisoned Photographs CANNES (France), Monday (B.U.P.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 10

A new method of murder in the never-ending secret struggle between the spy forces of the world has been revealed by Mme. Ladouz, widow of the famous Major Ladouz, who headed the French counter-espionage service during the…

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Inquest on Strangled Woman Witness Asked To Remain In Court

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday:--At the resumption this morning of the inquest on Dorothy May Everett (27), the Broughton School…

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40,000 Banknotes Court Exhibits London (By Mail) (B.U.P.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 8

A 300-year-old Chinese banknote written in blood was of 40,000 in the 75,000 dollar Avonmore collection exhibited in a case at London Sessions…

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Two Girls Charged with Murder Bus Driver's Death During Hold-up

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 7

MONTREAL, Tuesday.--New York police have announced that two girls, aged 20 and 17, the former a daughter of a patrolman assigned…

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Murwillumbah Court

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 4

In Murwillumbah Court on Tuesday, Harold Oscar Schulstad (31) was charged that, being a person deemed to be insane, he was found…

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Newcastle Inquest Police Tell of Interview with Roberts Newcastle

Northern Star · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 7

When the inquest was continued to-day into the death of Dorothy May Everett, Francis Walker, a schoolboy, gave evidence of how…

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John Thomas Demsey's Death Inquest Resumed Police Guard on Vehicles

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday:-- The inquest was resumed to-day on John Thomas Demsey (29), transport driver, whose body…

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Had Eloped Girl For Whom 1000 Police Searched New York

Northern Star · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

After G. Men had been called in to trace Gertrude 17-years-old daughter of Mr. Harry Bennett, head of the service department of the Ford…

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Alleged Horse Stealing E. S. Gulliver for Trial

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

Following a protracted hearing at Casino Police Court, Ernest Samuel Gulliver (38), of Myrtle Creek, was committed for trial at the Lismore Guarter…

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Fight on Vessel on Christmas Day Fireman Sentenced

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday:- A Christmas Day struggle on the high seas aboard the steamer Port Nicholson was related at Hull…

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Youth Sentenced to Death For Carrying Cartridges JERUSALEM

Northern Star · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 2

For being in possession of 81 rifle Cartridges, Sul[?]eman All Elkeraki (19) was sentenced to death. Thee prosecution argues that he probably…

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Broughton School Murder Strange Evidence. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 5

When the inquest concerning the death of Dorothy May Everett was resumed at Newcastle to-day, Leonard, William Roberts, houseman at Broughton School,…

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"Police Bugbear" Supervision of Dairying

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.-- The Secretary of the Police Association of New South Wales (Mr. Cosgrove), who has completed a 2,000 miles'…

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The Demsey Murder Case Significant Evidence. Melbourne

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 5

At the inquest concerning tho death of John Thomas Demsey, plain-clothes constable Swinger gave evidence of the discovery, on November 29, of two…

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