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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

15 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

The Kennel Murder Case

The Campbelltown News · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 7

Who killed Archer Coe ? That is the most baffling question that Philo Vance, the famous and debonair detective character created…

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Camden Police Court

Camden News · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 10

At the local police court on Thursday of last week, George Sullivan, 39, on remand, was charged with indecent exposure in Argyle Street, and also…

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Assault Charge

Camden News · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 9

At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions last week Fred W. Gillett (22) was sentenced by Judge Barton to twelve months' imprisonment for having…

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Denham Court

Camden News · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 8

It is wonderful how the time flies. Here we are in the season of Lent and before the next issue of this Monthly Journal Easter will have…

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Camden Police Court

Camden News · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 4

March 15th, 1934. Before Mr. G. Williams, P.M. Hector Claude Ross and Lawrence Ross were charged with being…

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Camden Police Court

Camden News · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 1

At the Camden Police Court on Monday last, 26th inst, before two local Js.P., Fred Wilson (53) was charged: 1st for being drunk in Argyle St., on…

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Camden Police Court

Camden News · Thursday 24 May 1934 · page 10

The following cases were heard on Thursday last at the Camden Police Court, V. H. Wells Esq., P. M., presiding…

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Camden Police Court

Camden News · Thursday 19 July 1934 · page 8

At the Camden Police Court on Thursday last, 12th inst., before J. W. Forrest, Esq., P.M. Percy Lee, of Sydney, was charged with driving a…

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Coroner's Court

Camden News · Thursday 20 September 1934 · page 10

The Coroner, Mr. A. B. Baldock, held an inquest on the death of Edward James Greenwood, at the Camden Court on Wednesday of last week…

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£400 Damages for Assault

Camden News · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 3

A verdict was given for the full amount claimed in the case in the Campbelltown District Court last week in which Arthur Mullane, of Picton…

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Douglas Park Flood Boat. Sixpence Per Passenger to Be Charged

Camden News · Thursday 11 October 1934 · page 3

The Wollondilly Shire Council on Friday last agreed to make fresh arrangements for the conveyance of passengers across the Nepean River in…

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Murder at the Vanities

The Campbelltown News · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 7

Murder at the Vanities, the Prince Edward long run attraction and showing soon at the Macquarie Theatre, features eleven of Earl…

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Talkie Talk. the Macquarie Cinema. Murder at the Vanities

The Campbelltown News · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 7

There have been many musical and backstage pictures; and there have been equally as many films dealing with the diabolical designs of fiendish…

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Camden Police Court

Camden News · Thursday 22 November 1934 · page 4

Thursday, 15th November, before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, P.M. William Sidney Silk (alias Charles Thomas) 29, was charged that he did…

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The Dragon Murder Case

The Campbelltown News · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 7

It was a lucky day for Willard Huntington Wright when that, brilliant young art critic decided to become “S. S. Van Dine.”…

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