I.R.A. Demonstration: Police Quell Belfast Disturbance London
The police at Belfast, after baton charges lasting for two hours, suppressed I.R.A. demonstrations of sympathy innnec…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Northern Rivers · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1940
1,066 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 54
Young Man Charged
Frederick Thomas Evans (19) was charged before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., at the Lismore Police Court yesterday with having taken a girl…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Assault Charge Withdrawn
When the case of alleged assault, preferred by Joseph Francis Kenny against Ambrose James Luton was called at Munvillumbah Court of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Remanded for Alleged Theft
At Murwillumbah Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, William Joseph Harrison (29) was charged with having stolen from the person of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Found Guilty of Murder of Girl
ROCKHAMPTON. Wednesday:—"It is the only verdict the jury could have come to under the circumstances, I quite agree with it," said Mr. Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth In Court
A youth, aged 17, appeared at the Lismore Children's Court yesterday, before Mr. E. H. Kelly, J.P., charged that, at 4 a.m. on Tuesday, he entered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Recapture Germans Brisbane
Hugo Hilberbrandt and Hubert Carl Wunck, who escaped from Brisbane internment camp on January 2, have been recaptured by police…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eire Police, Military, Discover Arms Dump DUBLIN
It is officially stated that the police and military discovered an arms dump at Saughard, near Dundalk, containing 18 rifles, two machine guns, 533…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General Murwillumbah Small Debts Court
Before the Police Magistrate (Mr. J.McElroy) at Murwillumbah Small Debts Court yesterday, an order was made for the payment to the judgment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ganger for Trial on Stealing Charge
ATHERTON, Thursday:—In the Police Court, George Patrick Edwards (33), a railway ganger, was committed for trial at Cairns Circuit Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School Teacher Charged Serious Offence Alleged
After a short retirement, a jury at Moree Quarter Sessions has found Charges Frederick Noble (52), a Garah school teacher, not guilty of a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Theft of £10 Cheque Accused Discharged
At Lismore Police Court on Monday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., Frederick Howard Seller and Rous Frederick Cosgrove, charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Native Police's Powers in N. Territory Canberra
The Constitution of the native constabulary for the Northern Territory is provided for by the publication of an ordinance in the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Torpedo Deflector Mentioned in N.Z. Court Case Wellington (N.z.)
Allegations of a patent torpedo deflector, said to have been sold to the British Admiralty for £280,000 to make British ships safe…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jury Disagrees in Murder Trial Melbourne
A jury to-night disagreed in the Criminal Court in the trial of James Simpson (33), waterside worker of North Melbourne, who was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Native Police for Northern Territory
CANBERRA, Friday:—Recruiting for the first section of the new Northern Territory native constabulary will begin at Darwin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crown May Appeal Against Criminal Court Sentence
BRISBANE, Friday:— The first test case under legislation passed last year enabling the Crown to appeal against a Criminal Court sentence regarded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempt to Smuggle Cyanide Into Gaol
BRISBANE?, Sunday:—Last Monday, authorities at Boggo Road Gaol discovered that a man was attempting to smuggle cyanide into the gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From Milk to Beer; From Beer to Gaol
After being on a milk diet for nearly three months Arthur Foulds, 56, chauffeur-caretaker of Peak Hill House, Steventon, Hants, had two…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →31 Arrested in Police Raid
Thirty-one were arrested early yesterday morning in a police raid in Lismore. They were released on bail and will appear in the…
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