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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

1,388 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 70

Cancer Research Data Theft

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 3

PARIS, Sunday: The police at Consolenes are investigating the theft of a rack of test tubes and details of 1500 experiments, the…

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Crowd Menaces Police

Northern Star · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—One of the worst demonstrations to which the police have been subjected in Sydney occurred on…

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Police Search for Man

Northern Star · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The police have not been able to contact a man whom they wish, to interview in connection with the shooting, of…

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Remanded on Theft Charges

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 5

CASINO, Monday.—At Casino Court of Petty Sessions to-day, before Mr. A. W. Hughes, relieving C.P.S., Stanley Francis…

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Sent to Gaol for Vagrancy

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 3

CASINO, Monday.—At Casino Court to-day, before Mr. A. W. Hughes, relieving C.P.S., George Gardner, 38, labourer, charged…

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Cross Actions Allege Assault Further Adjournment

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 5

Further evidence was heard at Lismore Court yesterday in the case in which Angelo Campardo, farmer, summoned Edward R…

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Two Chinese on Murder Charge

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday. — Chan Kwan and Chan Sin, charged with the murder of Yenng Shing, bosun of the steamer Port Abitibi, and…

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Watersiders' Claim in Court Today

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Representatives of the shipowners and the waterside unions, with Judge Foster presiding, today, discussed…

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Lismore Theatres the Star Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 6

"FROM THIS DAY FORWARD": To-night Joan Fontains will be the stellar player in the emotional domestic comedy drama, "From This Day…

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Coats and Wigs Off In Court

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 1

PERTH, Monday: The Judge and counsel removed their wigs and the jury were allowed to take off their coats owing to the…

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Sharp Rise in Lismore Court Work

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 4

With a sharp increase in the number of court cases, the hearing time for the magistrate and staff at Lismore Court more than…

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Bound Over on Stealing Charge

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 5

BALLINA. Tuesday.—Before Messrs. G. Dench and A. E. Sheather, J's.P., at Ballina Court, Douglas George Williams, 18,…

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3 Jews Sentenced To Death

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Tuesday: Four Jewish youths, found with rawhide whips when British troops searched…

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Perth Murder Trial

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 3

PERTH, Tuesday: "It is ridiculous; I don't even know the woman," said Leonard Chas Jackson (46), business manager…

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War Bride Charged with Forgery

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday (AAP).— An Australian war bride, Iris A. Kemble, aged 22, formerly named Barrett, of Melbourne, was…

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Car Batteries Charged in Less Than 30 Minutes

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 5

A revolutionary battery charger has arrived in Murwillumbah. It charges flat car batteries in 20 to 30 minutes, and car owners…

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Man Surrenders to Police

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 5
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: An elderly man surrendered to Burwood Police in Sydney today in connection with the shooting of a…

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Tenancy Cases Before Court

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 5

A decision on a tenancy application by Neville Joseph Packett, of 314 Keen Street, Lismore, for possession of a house occupied at…

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Perth Murder Trial

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 3

PERTH, Wednesday: When the trial was continued today of Leonard Chas. Jackson (46), Leopapd manager, of Kalgoorlie,…

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