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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Man's Injuries Baffle Police

Northern Star · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.— Police are still mystified as to how Charles McDuggan, 72, of [?]rskineville, received serious head injuries in a…

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No Police Interview On Bribe Charge

Northern Star · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.-"I have not yet been interviewed by detectives in connection with this matter", Mr. K. McCaw (Liberal, Lane Cove) said tonight. On Thursday he accused a member of the State…

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2 Cliff Rescues By Police Squad

Northern Star · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The police rescue squad under Sgt. Weir was called out twice today, to rescue men from two Sydney cliffs…

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First Police Prosecutor Welcomed

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

Lismore Inspectorate's first police prosecutor (Sgt. C. P. Condon) was welcomed at Lismore Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…

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Third Remand On Intent To Murder Charge

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

Kevin John Fields, 37, farmer of Keerrong, was remanded for the third time in Lismore Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, without…

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Police Reject Taxi Plan: Council Stands Bu Operators

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

The Superintendent of traffic has rejected, in its present form, the plan f[?] the operation of taxi cabs in Lismcre submitted by Lismore City Council. The council will inform the Traffic Department that it does not propose to…

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The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Wednesday, March 1, 1950. Police Naivete on Taxi Problem

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 4

IF IT HAD not represented such a complete disregard of local government authority there would have been…

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Lismore Theatres Star Court

Northern Star · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2

"JOHNNY ANGEL".—George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso and Ward Bond lead the players in the dynamic drama, "Johnny Angel," at the Star…

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"Humming Around Town," Stranger Told Police

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 5

A stranger questioned by a policeman in Main Street on Wednesday afternoon said that he was "humming around town."…

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Mother Drowned Daughter's Baby, Police Allege

Northern Star · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday. — Anna Matilda Hoff, 60, alleged to have drowned her unmarried daughter's newly-born baby in a drum of…

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Man Charged with Theft of Radio, Damage to House

Northern Star · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Norman Leslie Walters, 41, dealer, faced three charges at North Sydney Court to-day, relating to the damaging of a…

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Aborigine Fined £5 for Assault

Northern Star · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 4

TABULAM, Friday. — Purvis Mercy, aborigine, was charged with assaulting. Cecilia Walker at the Tabulam Aborigines' Reserve on…

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Month's Gaol for Spitting at Wife

Northern Star · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—A salesman was sentenced to a month's goal, in Paddington Court today, for spitting in his wife's face…

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Two Knifed in Brawl: Man Charged

Northern Star · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—One man was disembowelled and another stabbed in the groin, buttock and arm in an altercation with another man at Flemington tonight. Thomas Alfred Mortimer, 28, of Hinley Street, Flemington, who was…

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Court Move Against Union Over Meat Strike

Northern Star · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A court move was made to-day against the Meat Industry Employees' Union on the ground that it aided and abetted an illegal strike at Homebush abattoir…

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Horse Racing Court Ruler May Score at Carlton Park

Northern Star · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 9

Mr. J. Mazzer's improved galloper, Court Ruler, may go on to another success in the Carlton Park Handicap, the main race at Lismore…

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Two Arrested in Dawn Raid; Murder Charge

Northern Star · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—In a raid of a suburban house at dawn today, sehior homicide detectives arrested two men, who were…

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Remanded On Stealing Charge

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1

Ronald Francis Patrick Tidy, 21, labourer, of no fixed abode, was remanded at Kyogle Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning on a…

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Theft Charge at Kyogle

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 4

KYOGLE, Monday.—A young man was remanded at Kyogle Court of Petty Session this morning on a charge of breaking into a room…

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2 Remanded on Murder Charge

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.— William James Rundle and John Percival Waters were remanded until March 10 in the City Court today on a…

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