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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

1,233 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 62

Ex-Wife's Evidence Rejected By Court

Northern Star · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 1

SEATTLE, Friday (American United Press).-- Agnes Bridges, ex-wife of the Australian-born Harry Bridges, alleged before the State Legislature un-American Activities Committee that the West Coast…

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Australian Says South Korea under U.S. Is is Police State

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday: The Herald-Tribune's Seoul correspondent says: The Australian member of the United Nations Korean Commission (Mr S. J. Jackson) has described South Korea, under American rules, as a police…

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Qld. Rail Strikers Must Go to Arbitration Court; Govt. Firm

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: On return from the South today the Premier (Mr Hanlon) made it clear that the railway strikers would have to go to the Arbitration Court with any claims they…

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Assault and Violence Case Adjourned

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 7

The case in which Thomas Andrew Hayward, farmer, of Goonellabah, summonsed Edward Albert Nowlan, on charges of assault and…

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Man Fined £5 for Assault

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 4

CASINO, Monday. -- Pleading guilty to a charge of assault against Abel Joseph Harper, mail contractor, of Myrtle Creek, Arthur Combo,…

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Charged with Killing and Eating Sister

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: Police in Cheminitz, in the Russian zone of Germany, alleged that Bernard Oehme ([?]…

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Lismore Theatres Star Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 5

"TEMPTATION HARBOUR." -- Tonight, at the Star Court Theatre, England's foremost character actor, Robert Newton, will appear in the…

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Police Search for Prison Farm Escapee

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday. -- Police are checking all vehicles in the Palen Creek area following the escape of Noel White, 26, from the Palen…

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Police Warn Owners Parked Car Thieves at Work in Lismore

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 4

Police yesterday issued a warning to car owners that the number of thefts from parked cars in Lismore showed a sharp upward trend. Four…

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Court Sanctions Standing Down of Qld. Rail Men without Pay

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: The Full Industrial Court today granted an application by the Railways Commissioner (Mr Wills) for permission to stand down without pay railwaymen he could not usefully employ because of the…

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Two Men charged with Murder

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The police are endeavoring to trace the Queensland relatives of 27-year-old Arthur Edgar Wall,…

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Assault on Woman: Four to Be Tried

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Four men were committed for trial at the Central Court today on a charge of assaulting Vera Austin, bookkeeper at…

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Man Charged with Burning House Mullumbimby, Tuesday.--

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 4

Hector Francis Thorn, 34, labourer, was charged at Mullumbimby Court of Petty Sessions today with having set fire to a dwelling at Main…

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Court Declines to Hear A.r.u. President

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 7

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--An application by the Railway Commissioner (Mr. Wills) for an order empowering him to stand down certain employees…

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Alleged Murder

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday: The case of Winifred Margaret Swan (59), domestic, who is charged with the murder of…

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Charged With Killing Daughter

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday: Shaking his head continuous[?]y, and murmuring "No, No," Roy Selway (23), keeper of…

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Lismore Theatres Star Court

Northern Star · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 2

"GREEN FOR DANGER."--The major attraction at the Star Court Theatre, tonight is the brilliant detective drama "Green For Danger,"…

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Gaol Escapee Before Court

Northern Star · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. =-- Domestic discord had been responsible for the criminal record of Crofton Edward Barnes, 26, (who…

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Charged with Murder of Wife

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: Charged with having murdered his wife at Lillyfield on Friday night, Reginald James Kitching. (27),…

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Police Raid at Alstonville

Northern Star · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 4

Police yesterday afternoon arrested two men in Main Street, Alstonville, and charged them at Alstonville police station with street…

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