£500 Bail in Lismore Murder Intent Charge
Mr. Justice Herron in the Supreme Court, Sydney, granted bail of £500 to Kevin John Fields, a farmer, who has been charged…
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Courts & crime, 1950
734 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 12 of 37
Court Ruler's Chance Bright in Two Races
Trainer J. L. Mazzer holds a strong hand in the two main evrats at the Casino horse racing meeting this afternoon with his consistent…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A man and his wife were charged with murder early this morning at Balmain police station, after an elderly man…
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CASINO, Monday—A man, who has been charged with larceny as a bailee, will appear in the Casino Court of Petty Sessions on May 3,…
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CASINO, Monday.—Two Casino men, who were arrested on Saturday night and charged with stealing railway property, will appear in the…
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A man who allegedly stole 32 sheets of roofing iron, valued at £10, from Rous County Council v. s yesterday, in Lismore Court of Petty…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— A man and a woman were charged at Balmain Court today with the murder of John MacKenzie, at Balmain on…
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Following an incident, which occurred in Main Street early on Friday night, three men were charged at Kyogle Police Station…
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DUBBO, Monday.—Mr. Justice Dwyer today ordered a retrial for Mrs. Ethel Maude Wood, 42, who is accused of poisoning her husband. The jury, after a retirement of…
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JOHANNESBURG, Monday (AAP).—Police opened fire in Johannesburg yesterday during rioting, in which one American was…
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A 21-year-old Lismore labourer had poked his tongue out and made a "raspberry" at a policeman, it was alleged in Lismore Court of…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A man who "had behaved like a wild beast," was sentenced to six years' gaol on a charge of attempted rape, at the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—A Criminal Court jury late tonight acquitted Federick Williain Harrison, 27, and Norman Edward…
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NEW YORK, Friday (AAP).—Student rioting reached a new peak yesterday when mounted police spurred their horses into the front…
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A man, who admitted indecently assaulting an 11 years old girl at Brunswick Heads on January 24, was sentenced to 18 months' hard…
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A man who attempted to sell a Lismore car dealer a car he had hired from Newcastle, was yesterday sentenced to 18 months' hard…
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SINGAPORE, Monday (AAP-Reuter).—Singapore police in a dramatic raid last night arrested a number of high-ranking members, of the Malayan Communist Party. In an isolated house near…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — A judge sentenced a 15 year old girl to a week's gaol today for contempt of court after she had repeatedly…
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CASINO, Wednesday.—"Were i[?] not for your youth, I would no[?] hesitate in sending you both to gaol," said Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.M., in…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—An intensive manhunt over a wide area of rugged mountainous bushland between Omeo and Mitta Mitta is being conducted by armed police for a man suspected of having killed…
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