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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

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Recapture by Police Near Beenleigh

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday: William Turvey (43), farmer, who escaped from Cleveland police station on Sunday night, was…

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Court Order for Possession

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 8

[?] March 17, was ordered by Mr. W. C. Avery, P.M., at Lismore Court of Petty Sessions yesterday when…

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Cause of Murder Of American Civilians on Wake

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday: A Tokio report that a powerful American task force was about to invade…

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Armed Police Patrol Bombay Riot Area

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 1

BOMBAY, Monday (AAP). — Police, armed with rifles and fixed [?]yonets, were last night patrolling [?]e area in which rioting yesterday…

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Lismore Theatres the Star Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 2

"THE WAY TO THE STARS": Giving his usual polished performance, Michael Redgrave leads the company in the celebrated English attraction…

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General Kesselring For Court Martial

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 1

ROME, Monday (AAP).—General Kesselring, the former German commander in Italy, will face a Court Martial in February for…

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Three Charged with Stealing

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 2

Emil Edward Gnthrle (23), laborer, was charged at murwillumbah Court of Petty Sessions yesterday with having at…

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Jail for Assault of Girl

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday: Perry Wallin (61), school teacher, was sentenced to tow months' [?] by Mr Rillie, SM, today on a…

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Former NSW Cabinet Minister On Murder Charge

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 1

Thomas John Ley, 66, company director, former Minister for Justice in a NSW Government, and a member of Federal Parliament,…

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Gaol, If no Bail "Horrid Justice" Man to Stand Trial

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 6

It was a horrible system of justice which allowed a man to be kept in gaol four mouths because he could not get bail and because the district was 500 miles from Sydney, said a solicitor, Mr. W. P. Walters, at Lismore…

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Guarding Against Rail Theft

Tweed Daily · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Special freight guards have been increased and more elaborate precautions adopted in the past…

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Garvie For Maitland Gaol

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Mervyn Garvie, convicted murderer whose death sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment will probably go…

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Fined for Theft of Motor Car

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday. — The story of how he was persuaded to buy a car which, unknown to him, had been stolen from Murwillumbah…

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Woman for Trial for Sons' Murder

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Charged with the murder of her two young sons, Mrs. Jean Ethel Wright, 31, of Strath field was today committed…

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Former NSW Cabinet Minister On Murder Charge

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 1

Thomas John Ley, 66, company director, former Minister for Justice in a NSW Government, and a member of Federal Parliament,…

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Man on Charge of Intent to Murder

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Harry Brownlow, 54, was today committed for trial on a charge of having administered strychnine to Eileen…

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Ley Case:— Was on Murder Charge: Now Crown Witness

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—It was announced in the West London Police Court that John William Buckingham, 43, who was charged with Thomas John Ley (former N.S.W. Minister) and Lawrence John…

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Lismore Theatres the Star Court

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 3

"ROUGHLY SPEAKING."—The hilarious comedy, "Roughly Speaking," which opens at the Star Court Theatre to-night gives ample scope for the…

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One Defendant Discharged To Be Crown Witness in Murder Case

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: It was announced in the West London Police Court that John William Buckingham (43), who was charged with Thomas John Ley and Lawrence John Smith with having murdered a barman,…

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Court Story Of the Sale of Stolen Car

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 2

The story of how he was persuaded to buy a car which, unknown to him, had been stolen from…

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