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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

1,233 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 62

Hindu Charged with Bomb-throwing

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Wednesday: Reuter's representative says: A 23-year-old Hindu, Madan Lal, was arrested after the bomb-throwing…

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"Police Keep Qld. Thug-Free"

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday: Queensland Police have placed a steel screen on the border to prevent southern roughnecks…

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Convicted for Assault

Northern Star · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.--A fine of £2 and costs of £6 were today ordered against Thomas Henry Smith, labourer, of Hartley Street, when he…

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£15 in Fines on Two Stealing Charge

Northern Star · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.--Charged with having stolen property to the value of £4 from Walter Smith, Benjamin Coe, 21, labourer, pleaded…

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Current Films "Wanted for Murder"

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 9

The sensational crime drama, "Wanted for Murder," will be presented at The Roxy to-night, starring Eric Portman and Dulcie Gray…

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Dublin Police Chief Killed

Tweed Daily · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday: Chief Superintendent Sean Gantly, of the Dublin Police, was shot dead in a running gunfight between…

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Police Commissioner Mackay Dies

Northern Star · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--The New South Wales Commissioner of Police (Mr. William John Mackay) collapsed and died tonight…

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Police Say Killing Was Admitted

Northern Star · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.-- Robert John Murray, 31, postman, was alleged in the Coroner's Court today to have admitted killing…

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Lismore Theatres Star Court

Northern Star · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 4

"ABIE'S IRISH ROSE": The delightful love story of a Jewish boy and an Irish girl, "Abie's Irish Rose" opens tonight at the Star…

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N.s.w. Police Chief Dead

Tweed Daily · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: The New South Wales Commissioner of Police (Mr. William John MacKav) collapsed and died…

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Man Charged With Trunk Murder Sobs In Coroner's Court

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. -- A man charged with the murder of a woman in what is known as the "trunk murder" sobbed bitterly in the Coroner's Court today when the death of his parents was mentioned…

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Assault On Man Charged With Rape

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday. -- A man charged with rape was attacked by another man while being taken to the cells at Campsie Police Court…

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Medicine Stocks Seized by Police

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1948 · page 5

GUNNEDAH, Friday. -- The police have seized all stocks of medicine of the Gunnedah Hospital following the death from strychnine…

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For Trial on Murder Charge

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1948 · page 5

WEST WYALONG, Sunday.-- Committing Lloyd Fleming, 39, farmhand, for trial to the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on a charge…

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Charged With Murder Of Mother

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: George Paul Bechtold (21) was charged today with the murder of his 55-year-old mother, Mrs M…

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Alleged Torture by Police

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- The defence counsel charged in the City Court today that 18-year-old twins accused of raping a 21-year-old…

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Son Charged With Murder

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- George Paul Bechtold (21), railway employee, appeared at Central Court today on a charge of having murdered his…

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Three Charged with Drunkenness

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 3

Three men charged with drunkenness failed to appear when their names were called at the Court of Petty Sessions in Lismore yesterday…

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Two for Trial of Burglary on Charge

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 4

Two young men who are alleged to have burgled a Keen Street garage in September last year were committed for trial at the Quarter…

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A.w.l. Sailor Makes "Arrest" After Theft

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Police tonight commended the action of a young sailor who chased and overpowered a man who allegedly had…

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