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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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Police Turn Back March on Parliament

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Sixty men and women who marched on Parliament House today to protest…

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Judge, Counsel in Court Clash

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A decision of Mr. Justice Dunphy last December declaring Laurence Short to be national secretary of the Federated Ironworkers' Association had caused Short's union opponents to suffer a grave injustice, Mr. Simon Isaacs, Q.C., said in the Arbitration Court today…

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Assault Charge Fails At M'Bimby

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 3

MULLUMBIMBY, Tuesday —After hearing evidence from both parties, Mr. K. Anderson, S.M., dismissed a…

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Court Rules in Favour of Laurence Short

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Full Arbitration Court today ruled that the conference which…

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Warning by Magistrate

Northern Star · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 6

A warning that if he came before him again on a similar charge he would be given a long term of imprisonment…

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Man Charged With Girl's Manslaughter

Northern Star · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 1

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—A 41-year-old man was charged tonight with the manslaughter of Lilian…

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C.i.b. to Probe Railway Theft

Northern Star · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two detectives were today assigned to join detectives investigating the theft of £3700…

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Out of Gaol, Back Again

Northern Star · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.—A man, said to have been released from gaol last Monday, was today sentenced…

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10 Years' Gaol For Sex Crime

Northern Star · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Sentencing a 26-year-old bus conductor to 10 years' gaol in Quarter Sessions…

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Remand in Murder Case

Northern Star · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—In Central Court today Joe Chitcuiti, 52, painter and docker, of Bourke Street,…

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Lismore Theatres Star Court

Northern Star · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 5

"SADDLE TRAMP": The western comedy drama, "Saddle Tramp", heads the programme at the Star Court Theatre tonight. Joel…

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Students Made Wards of Court

Northern Star · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Thursday (AAP).—Judge William McKesson yesterday made 23 high school students wards…

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Court Statistics Crime Down, Debts Up

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 1

Statistics recently revealed show that the number of cases dealt with in the Kyogle Court of Petty Sessions…

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Assault Charge Appeal Upheld

Northern Star · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Court of Criminal Appeal to-day upheld an appeal by Charles Phillip Taylor, 42,…

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Committed on Murder Charge

Northern Star · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.—Harold Edward Ward, 48, carpenter, of Centennial Park, was committed for trial in the Police Court…

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Ordered to Murder, Miner Alleges

Northern Star · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 1

NORTON (Virginia), Friday (AAP).—A former organiser of the United Mine Workers' Union filed a 350,000 dollar…

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Couple Charged with Murder

Northern Star · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 28 years old man and a 30 years old woman were to-day charged with the…

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Egyptian Prisoners Riot in Gaol

Northern Star · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 3

ISMAILIA, Sunday (AAP). —Nearly 100 Egyptian prisoners rioted for an hour in the gaol house in the grounds…

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Assault on Man Fatal; Murder Charge

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A man and a woman were remanded in the Central Court today until March 11 on a charge…

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Father Charged with Infant Son's Murder

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A 26-year-old labourer, charged with murder, was remanded to March 18 in Central Court…

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