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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

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Sentenced for Assault on Girl

Tweed Daily · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 4

BUNDABERG, Wednesday: Parents could not let their children out of their sight without the risk of them being molested, Mr. A…

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Charged with Theft of Safe

Northern Star · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A [?] piece of pine wood and a piece of suiting material, when examined by the Government Analyst, led to the…

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Charged with Stealing Safe From Golf Club

Tweed Daily · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday: A small piece of pine wood and a piece of suiting material, when examined by a Government…

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President's Court for Humble Folk

Tweed Daily · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 4

SANTIAGO, Chile (Associated Press): Every Wednesday afternoon scores of ordinary Chileans pass before their new leftist…

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Fines for Theft of Kerosene

Northern Star · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday—Before Mr. G. L. Berry, P.M., at Casino Court to-day, Charles William Morgan, 27, and Stanley Bridge, 30, both…

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Finns Charged With Tapping Russians' Phone Calls

Tweed Daily · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 6

HELSINKI, Thursday: The Minister of Interior announced that a group of Finnish officers had been arrested and charged…

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Duke Gives His Horse To Police

Tweed Daily · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Once again the bay horse which the Duke of Gloucester bought on his arrival in…

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Bid in Court For Opening Of Sealed Envelopes

Tweed Daily · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A court order to enable sealed envelopes containing a company's private balance sheets to be…

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Man in Court After Alleged Mulley Hold-up

Tweed Daily · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Jack Charles Adams (28), packer, was charged at Central Police Court today on three counts of armed assau It and theft arising out of the alleged hold-up at jockey At hoi Mulley's home on…

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Mulley Robbery Two Men, Woman in Court

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Two young men appeared in the Central Court to-day charged with armed robbery at the home of…

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Mulley Case Two Men, Woman In Court

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Jack Charles Adams (26), packer, and Francis John Montgomery (23),…

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Typist Strangled In Brisbane Married Man on Murder Charge

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Reginald Spence Wingfield Brown, 49, of St. Lucia, was charged last night with the murder of a pretty 19-year-old stenographer, Bronia Mary Armstrong…

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New Court Action Against High Nazis

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday: The Nuremburg de-Nazification Board on January 11 served an indictment on von Papen, requiring him…

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Man Charged with Murder Causes Stir in Court

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: Athough legally represented, Reginald Wingfield Spence Brown (49), accountant, charged with the wilful murder of Bronia Mary Armstrong last Friday, twice interrupted the Police…

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Charged With Murder Of Son

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: The tragic sequel to an alleged fight between a 65-year-old father and his son was told at the inquest…

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Bicycle Stealing Prevalent

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 4

Bicycle stealing had become very prevalent in Lismore and there had been as many as 10 bicycles at the police station…

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Man Remanded on Murder Charge Court Proceedings Interrupted

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday. — Although legally represented, Reginald Wingfield Spence Brown, 49, accountant, charged…

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Man Charged with Arson

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 5

ORANGE, Monday.—In Orange Police Court this afternoon George A. Butter, labourer, was charged with arson. He was remanded to…

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Each Charged The Other: Both Guilty

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 4

Each party in cross actions at Lismore Court of Petty Sessions yesterday was ordered to pay a total of £3 8s in fines…

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Father for Trial for Son's Murder

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday. — William Frederick Cooper, 65, to-day was committed for trial for the murder of his son, Theodore Richard…

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