Police Search for Stolen Car
CASINO, Tuesday.—Casino police were still searching this morning for a 1935 model utility stolen from Whiporie…
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Courts & crime, 1953
707 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 36
Warning On Court Behaviour
TOKIO, Tuesday, (AAP-Reuter.)—The Judge Advocate directing the…
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A man who rode a bicycle in Molesworth Street, Lismore while under the influence of intoxicating liquor was fined £8 by Mr. K. Anderson, S.M., in Lismore Court of Petty Sessions…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A 29-years-old woman was charged in Brisbane Police Court with the murder of…
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LONDON, Wednesday (AAP). —The principal accused of a group of ten charged with plotting to overthrow the Bulgarian…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Prominent boxer, Harry Hayes, 24, was convicted in Central Court today on…
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"THE TEXANS."—Hailed as the American "Overlanders", the powerful western drama, "The Texans", opens at the Star Court…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Two Sydney detectives will fly to Melbourne tomorrow to interview a naval rating in…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A 53-year-old orchardist was today committed for trial by the City…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — Sydney detectives had cancelled plans to fly to Melbourne to interview a man in…
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LONDON, Wednesday (AAP). — Derek William Bentley, 19-year-old electrician, was hanged today for murder. An eleventh-hour bid by 200 Members of Parliament failed to secure…
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CASINO, Wednesday. A railway gatekeeper had admitted being asleep when a motor cyclist was killed in a level crossing smash on the Casino-Tenterfield road on December 30, a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Five prisoners who attempted to escape from Parramatta gaol on Tuesday were today…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—A Brisbane police court magistrate today ordered the arrest of a witness alleged to have refused to give evidence in a murder case…
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TAMWORTH, Thursday.—Robert Edward Ryan, 42, labourer, of Tamworth, today was committed for trial at Tamworth Supreme Court on a charge of murdering Alfred William…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. —A 27-year-old Russian migrant was sentenced to six years' gaol by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Imartdo Transferred to Grafton Gaol
GRAFTON, Saturday. — Five prisoners transferred from Parramatta Gaol, were placed in Grafton Gaol, the State's toughest prison, a few minutes after noon today Their transfer under heavy…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — A man's 12 months gaol sentence for illegally using cars and stealing was doubled by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bond for Handbag Theft
A 31-year-old, woman who stole a woman's handbag containing £5 was bound over In Lismore Petty Sessions…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— A cashier who, the Crown claimed, had stolen £9,358 from Greater Union Theatres,…
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