White Man and Black Gin "Disgraceful" Says Magistrate
A story of disgraceful conduct on the part of white men with aboriginal women in the environs of Casino was told in the Casino police court during the…
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Courts & crime, 1940
1,066 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 54
Amazing Spy Story How King Carol Was Duped. Sensational Evidence in U.S.A. COURT
One of the most extraordinary spy stories ever unfolded in a public Court was told in New York a few days ago when Nicholas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assault After Dance Defendants Fined Ballina
Charged with assaulting D. S. Harris at East Ballina on January 6, William Angus Lloyd, hairdresser, of North Lismore, was fined £2, with…
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BRISBANE, Friday:—The hearing was continued in the Police Court to-day in a charge against Leonard Harry Kirk (22),…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Miners' Hostility to Arbitration Court Sydney
Delegates of the mining unions walked out of a meeting of the coal representatives yesterday. Their action is regarded as the first…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Charged With Wounding SYDNEY
A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the wounding of Aircraftsman John Coates, stationed at Richmond, who was…
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SYDNEY, Monday:—Since November 25 more than 10,000 cyclists in the metropolitan area have been reported for various traffic breaches,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stealing Charge
Frederick Howard Seller (39) was charged at the Lismore Police Court yesterday that on December 20, 1939, he stole a certain valuable security,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broadcasting Commentator Charged Melbourne
In evidence at the Flemmgton Police Court to-day, Lieut.-Colonel Clarke-Cotterell, engineer of radio station 3XY, alleged that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gernan Troops Near Rumania Act As Railway Police Moscow's Outburst Bucharest
German troops acting as railway police have armed at the Rumanian frontier. It is officially stated that Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman Sent to Gaol for Stealing Sydney
sentenced to two months' hard labour on two charges of stealing, Esther Allison (34), a widow, pleaded not to be separated from her children…
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In the Licensing Court at Murwillumbah yesterday, the Police Magistrate (Mr. J. McElroy) granted an application for the transfer of the licence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Premises in Disgusting Condition" Strong Comment by Magistrate
"The Inspector's report has disclosed that your premises are in a disgusting condition, and if allowed to continue would cause a plague in…
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In the Small Debts Court at Murwillumbah yesterday, there was no appearance of the parties in the case A. S. Loder v. G. H. or G. K. Knight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SURVIVED 22,000 Volts: Charged with Attempted Suicide Burnie (Tasmania)
According to evidence in the Smithton Police Court to-day, Crawford Cure, a young man, took 22,000 volts through his body in an effort to end…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Traffic Cases at Murwillumbah Court
In Murwillumbah Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., John Sinclair Tredwell pleaded guilty through Mr. A. A. R. Hynes (Hynes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Liquor in Hall Not an Offence Magistrate's Ruling
SIDNEY: An opinion that regulation 107 (A) of the Theatres and Public Halls Act, which prohibits the taking of intoxicating…
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The monthly sitting of the Magistrate's Court to have been held yesterday at Tweed Heads did not take place, due to a lack of matters for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Random Thoughts of an Idle Man a Murder of Long Ago
Many years ago there was a girl who got into trouble, and who was killed through an illegal operation. The man who operated had a drop of blood on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Father v. Son Well Known Graftonians in Court
At the Grafton Police Court, this week, before Mr. N. C. L. Sheridan, P.M., Richard William Robinson was charged by his father, William Thomas…
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