New District Court Judge Appointed
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Attorney-General (Mr. C. G. Martin, M.L.A.) announced to-day that well-known Sydney barrister, Mr…
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Courts & crime, 1949
952 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 48
Lismore Theatres Star Court
"RACE STREET."—To-night at the Star Court Theatre the sensational underworld drama, "Race Street," will head the programme. George Raft…
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NEW YORK, Friday: Tall, shapely night club performer, Katherine Boyd, known professionally as "Zorita," was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Rules Live Hare Coursing Is Cruel
SYDNEY, Friday. — In a test prosecution in the Penrith Court yesterday Mr. A. Stoneham. S.M., found that live hare coursing was…
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FORT BRAGG (North Carolina), Friday: Four enlisted men (ranks other than officers) sat on a General Court Martial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comic Court in Well at Moonee Valley (From "Spearfelt" of Melbourne "Argus".)
MELBOURNE. Friday. — Comic Court may be too good for the field of three-yearolds in the Devonshire…
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An 18-year-old Lismore youth and an ex-pupil of Nashua School, has received £10 from the Commissioner of Police with a certificate in…
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DARWIN, Monday.—The police patrol investigating a native murder in Arnhem Land is being suppled from the air…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—Commonwealth Security Officers in Sydney are watching police investigations into the death of Michael Goreloff,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Doctor in Court: "Lost All Sense of Dignity"
Clad only in an athletic singlet, a pair of khaki trousers and a pair of odd shoes—one brown and one black—a Nimbin medico pleaded guilty at Lismore Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to charges of having been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cardinal Guilty on 6 Counts: Life Gaol
BUDAPEST, Tuesday (AAP).—Cardinal Mindszenty was found guilty on six charges by the People's Court and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Court found him guilty on six charges connected with:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Years' Gaol for Poor Box Theft
SYDNEY, Wednesday—A labourer who stole £3 from a church poor box was sentenced to two years' imprisonment today. He was Frank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£640 Theft From Bookie Alleged
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man was today charged with the theft of £640 from well known Sydney bookmaker Arthur Paradine at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ritchie Sands Sent to Gaol
GRAFTON, Wednesday.-Ritchie Sands, one of five boxing brothers was sentenced to six months' hard labour in Kempsey Court today…
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KYOGLE, Wednesday.—During the hearing of a charge of having caused timber to be removed from Grown lands, at Kyogle Court of…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Two women were found guilty of murder by a jury in the Criminal Court tonight, and were sentenced to…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two men who held up a city florist shop last year were to-day each sentenced to 10 years' hard labour. They were…
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CASINO, Thursday.—Police alleged at Casino Court today jealousy motivated the stabbing of a halfcaste woman near the Rink Theatre last Friday night. Maximillian John Bom, 23,…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: George Arthur Rutter, 43, committed suicide in a police cell at Parkes today soon after he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Charge Follows Alleged "Challenge"
Alleged to have "challenged" the police to arrest him, a man was discharged on an offensive behaviour charge at the Kyogle Court of Petty Sessions, on Tuesday, by Mr. C. H. Blackmore, S.M. The man was Daniel Driscoll, who…
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