Information Sought by Lismore Police
Detective-Sergeant H. E. Snowden, of Lismore, is anxious to interview any Lismore residents who were recently approached by a salesman…
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Courts & crime, 1939
1,937 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 97
Man Over Cliff: Woman's Screams Attract Police SYDNEY
The screams of a woman and the continued hooting of a motor horn attracted th e police to the cliffs at Maroubra early this morning. They found a hysterical woman in a car and she told them that her male…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Man Faces 19 Charges Remanded at Lismore Court
LISMORE, Tuesday:—Nineteen charges of stealing and receiving, offences alleged to have been committed between January 1,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Move to Reduce Toll of Road British Police to Test Brakes on Highways
LONDON, Monday:—As part of the campaign to reduce the toll of life and limb in road accidents, police motor patrols began to-day to carry a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Engineer Released From Soviet Gaol
MOSCOW, Tuesday:—The British engineer, Mr. Brian Grover, who was arrested at Stattza on November 20 after flying from Stockholm in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Charge at Mackay Girl Stabbed 17 Times
MACKAY, Wednesday:—Mervyn Augustus Leach (24) appeared at the Police Court to-day charged with the wilful murder of Dorothy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Not Yet Pardoned Has Been in Gaol For 21 Years New York
A false report, apparently first published in London, has been circulated that Tom Mooney has been pardoned after 21 years in gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Goal Disputed in Court Calcutta (By Mail)
A football club in India has set a precedent by going to law over a goal. The club filed a suit in the civil…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Allegations Against Former Secretary of Commerce in U.S. "Charged Cost of Private Parties to State"
WASHINGTON, Tuesday:—The Acting Comptroller General (Mr. Richard Elliott), who has frequently clashed with the Administration in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Freezing Works Explosion Man Before Mt. Gambier Court
ADELAIDE, Wednesday:—In the Mt. Gambier Police Court to-day, Lawrence Henry Bullings (43), a rabbit buyer, of Mt. Gambier…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged with Theft of Racehorse Man Remanded in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Thursday: When James Edward Donovan (58), painter, of Spencer Street, City, was charged in the Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Men Discharged on Court Count Magistrate's Comments
BRISBANE, Thursday:—Discharging Frederick Arthur James (31), and William Mitchell (40), miners, in the Police Court to-day, Magistrate F…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Charges Lismore Police Court
Pleading guilty in the Lismore Police Court yesterday before Mr. E. H. Kelly, J.P., Frank Bradbury (51) was fined 10s on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suicide in Gaol Melbourne
John Strong (30), who was placed in a cell at Pentridge gaol after having been remanded on three minor charges, hanged himself on December…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tweed Heads Court
Maurice Kerwin appeared before Mr. R. G. Collins, J.P., at Tweed Heads Court yesterday charged with having goods in his possession…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Committed for Trial Mackay Murder Charge
MACKAY, Thursday:—Mervyn Augustus Leach (24) was to-day committed to stand his trial at the Circuit Court at Mackay on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder Charge Follows Death of Girl BRISBANE
The hearing of a charge against Mervyn Augustus Leach (24), of having wilfully murdered Dorothy Elsie Duncan, at Seafort, near Mackay, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Discontent Nazis Protected by Police
"There is greater opposition in Germany to Herr Herr Hitler than previously, but it is disorganised and divided, "writes a special correspondent of "The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Al Capone May Leave Gaol This Month Only to Be Re-arrested
CHICAGO, Wednesday:—Al Capone, through his attorney, paid the Federal Government 37,692 dollars covering fines for failure to pay income tax in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Not Santa Claus Couldn't Fool Police
When Constable Canning, of Orange, saw a man with a sack on his back at 3 o'clock the other morning, he did not believe that the figure was Santa Claus…
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