Man Charged with Theft
A man was charged in Lismore Court of Petty Sessions with stealing £3 from a house in Ballina Street, Lismore, on Friday…
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Courts & crime, 1951
746 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 38
Guilty on Two Murder Counts
WASHINGTON, Thursday (AAP) —The Puerto Rican Nationalist, Oscar Collazze, 37, has been found guilty by a jury on each of two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Q'land Electoral Chief Charged with Forgery
BRISBANE, Thursday.—Bernard Joseph Maguire, 53, Queensland's Chief Electoral Officer, was remanded on £600 bail on a ballot forgery charge in the Police Court this morning. He was arrested this morning:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lismore Theatres Star Court
"TOKYO " JOE." — Humphrey Bogart is cast in the type of role that made him famous in the drama, "Tokyo Joe", at the Star)…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Although numerous telephone calls were received offering help to the defence, radio and newspaper…
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NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP).— Three policemen were wounded in a gun battle in Indianapolis with a rejected suitor who had been barred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Crisis Looming Labor Rejects Bill On Court Powers
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) tonight would not comment on the challenge by the Lahor (Opposition contained in the Labor Caucus decision earlier in the day to reject the Government's legislation amending the Conciliation and Arbitration Act…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Playground Facilities Eliminated Renewed Effort To Acquire Police Paddock Urged By P. & C. President
The commencement of a new High School building on a block adjacent to the present site of Kyogle Central School, has eliminated all playground facilities for sport of any kind for pupils at present…
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Joan Isobel Gorr, 26, was found not guilty of murder, manslaughter or infanticide of her blind baby by a jury in the Criminal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Warning on Straying Stock
CORAKI, Friday.—A warning that action would be taken if straying stock continued to menace roads in the Coraki district was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Powers [?] Red Bill, Says High Court in Judgment
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Mr. Justice Dixon, who gave the leading judgment for the majority of the High Court, said the validity of the Communist Party Dissolution Act was attacked primarily because its chief provisions related to powers belonging to the States and not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cabinet to Consider Plans to Fight Reds Reaction to Court Decision Against Dissolution Act
CANBERRA, Friday.—Federal Cabinet on Monday will consider the High Court's judgment on the Red Bill, and make plans on possible future action to strengthen the hands of the Government in its fight against Communist elements and industrial unrest. In Melbourne today the Full High Court held today that the Communist Party Dissolution Act is wholly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charged With Stealing Cycle
CASINO, Sunday. — Police arrested a man this afternoon after receiving a report this morning that a motor cycle had been stolen from…
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A man who purchased 17/- worth of meat with a false cheque for £10 was sentenced in Lismore Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to four…
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A 24-year-old labourer, who was arrested 24 hours after his release from a 12 months' gaol term, was sentenced yesterday to 12 months'…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Alleged to have attacked a 73 year old pensioner who had befriended them and given, them shelter in his…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — Detectives tonight raided the premises of a metal dealing firm at Burwood and took possession of a number of…
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KURE, Monday (AAP-Reuter).— Army authorities today freed a 29 years old British Army driver who had been sentenced to 10 years' gaol…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Two teenage girls and a youth were found guilty in the Central Criminal Court today of the murder of a 73 year old pensioner. The eldest of the three, Edith…
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DARWIN, Tuesday.— Former Northern Territory police constable, James McFarlane, 31, was today sentenced to death for the murder…
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