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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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4 Years' Gaol on Shooting Charge

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A man who was convicted of having maliciously shot at his father-in-law with intent, to do grievous bodly harm, was…

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Police Allege Drove Under Influence

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 6

Alexander Sivewright, 40, dealer, of Keerrong Road, was remanded to April ll, by Mr. F. C. H. Tompson, S.M., in Lismore Court of Petty…

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Assaulted by Three Police, Man Alleges

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 5

GRAFTON, Tuesday.—Three Dorrigo policemen appeared at Grafton Sessions today on a charge of assaulting a Dorrigo electrician and…

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Report Called on "Red Tape" in Railway Police

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly today that he had…

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3 Police Not Guilty Of Assault

Northern Star · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 4

GRAFTON, Wednesday.—A jury at Grafton Quarter Sessions today acquitted three Dorrigo policemen on a charge of assaulting a…

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Month's Gaol for Rebel Leader

Northern Star · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 5

SINGAPORE, Wednesday (AAPReuter):—Captain "Tuck" Westerling was sentenced to one month's simple imprisonment in the…

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Police Guard on Polio Victim Now Suspect

Northern Star · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—A police officer, who has been guarding a prisoner, a polio victim at the Northfield Infectious Diseases…

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Evidence at Bribe Inquiry No Opinion Given In Report After Police Probe

Northern Star · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The first witness at the Royal Commission into bribery charges today, Detective Sergeant Byrne, shown a copy of the "Sun" of February 2 with a story hsaded, "No Evidence of…

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Gaol Sentence for Stealing

Northern Star · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 6

KYOGLE, Thursday.— Ronald Francis Patrick Tidy, 21, labourer, of no fixed abode, was convicted on a charge of having stolen from…

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Sentenced To Three Months' Imprisonment

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

At Kyogle Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday a man convicted on a stealing charge was sentenced to three months' imprisonment…

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Lismore Theatres Star Court

Northern Star · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 8

"BOSTON BLACKIE'S CHINESE VENTURE".—The principal attraction at the Star Court Theatre tonight will be the detective comedy drama,…

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Woman Sentenced To 18 Months For Manslaughter

Northern Star · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A 42 years old woman, who was found guilty on March 6 of the manslaughter of Edna Jean…

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Glass Spear Murder In Magazine

Northern Star · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 8

At Kinie Ger sheep station across the Western plains, the bodies of Burton Lensell and Herman Carpenty, manager of the estate, were…

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2 Face Court Martial Over Tarakan

Northern Star · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Francis) to-day cited two naval officers who would appear before a naval court…

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Woman Held for Murder Suicides

Northern Star · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 1

CAIRO (Georgia), Sunday (AAP).—Hattie May Turner, 22 year old negro woman, charged with the murder of five persons,…

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Whipping, Seven Years' Gaol for Child Assault

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Monday.— A whipping and seven years' gaol was ordered by the Chief Justice in the Criminal Court today for an assault…

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Three Months for Knife Assault

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Denton, S.M., today sentenced Harold Leslie Reid, 28, miner, of East Sydney, to three months' gaol for a…

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Remanded On Charge Stealing Dressed Fowl

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 1

A man charged with allegedly stealing a dressed fowl was remanded until March 20 at Kyogle Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…

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"Fowl" Theft Alleged

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 7

KVOGLE, Monday.—A man charged with allegedly stealing a dressed fowl was remanded until March 20 at Kyogle Court of Petty…

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Prefers Comic Court To Chicquita

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesdays—Leading jockey, J. Purtell, will ride Comic Court in preference to Chicquita in the Alister Clark Stakes at Moonee…

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