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Courts & crime, 1931

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Police Called In to Evict Tenants Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 May 1931 · page 22

Police who were assisting bailiffs to ev[?] family from a house at Redfern this morning engaged in a hand to hand struggle with pickets…

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Breach of Contract Mr. Justice Starke As Tennis Court Planintiff Tennis Court Renovations Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1931 · page 6

Mr. Justice Starke, of the High Court, was a plaintiff in the County Court today, when the claimed £14/10/ damages from A. Lucas for alleged…

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Policeman Injured Court Ceiling Collapses Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1931 · page 6

A police superintendent aud a constable were injured when a portion of the ceiling in the Geelong court house crashed to the floor during the…

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Warden's Court

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 June 1931 · page 4

On Friday, before Mr. E. M. Harrison, warden, a complaint by F. J. Kestel and Patrick John Wall that the labor conditions of three mining…

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Wrestling Sydney Stadium Police Stop Contest Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 June 1931 · page 4

The police stepped in at the Sydney Stadium last night when Tommy Nilan had thrown Jack Hamon over the ropes in the 10th round of a…

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Eviction Clash Redfern Sensation Police and Pickets Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 June 1931 · page 2

There were sensational happenings at a house in Douglas-street, Redfern, yesterday when a representative of a local estate agency, accompanied by…

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Free Fight at Soccer Match Police Intervention Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 June 1931 · page 3

A free fight took place when a spectator rushed onto the field and aimed a blow at a player during a soccer match between Bankstown…

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Double Murder Mother and Daughter Bodies Under Fishpond Education Official Missing LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 June 1931 · page 3

Under the concrete floor of a recently constructed fishpond at their home at Belvedere (Kent) the police today found the bodies of Mrs. Maud…

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Assault Charge Three Men Remanded Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 2

Leslie Fitzgerald, aged 32 years, William Brown, aged 28 years, and Jack Lewis were remanded at the Central Court today on a charge of…

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Wagga Police Court Wagga, June 1, 1931 (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 6

Edward Kerney, who had previous convictions against him, pleaded guilty to having been drunk in Fitzmaurice street on May 30 and with…

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Shire Appeals Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 2

Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M., presided at the Court held at Wagga yesterday to consider appeals against the Kyeamba Shire Council valuations for the…

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Wholesale Murders Poisoning Case Chicago Woman Charged Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 2

The authorities, following a trail of death extending back 25 years, are investigating the Strange case of Mrs. Margaret Rummers, a grey-haired…

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Fire and Theft at Wagga Shop Last Night Thief Believed Responsible for Damage

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 2

The Wagga Fire Brigade received a call at 9.10 o'clock last night to an outbreak of, fire at Mr. N. Hely's grocery store, Fitzmaurice street…

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Must Not Play Footie Police Department Ban

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 2

Dunn, the Young policeman-foot baller, had been refused permission by the Police Department to play football…

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Sensational Chase Police Pursue Suspects Fugitive Shot Dead Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 1

A sensational chase by police after a motor car believed to contain thieves resulted in one of the fugitives being shot dead. The police were informed…

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Friendly Appeal Court Williambong Shire Rates Over 50 Appeals

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 1

Willimbong Shir Friendly Appeal Court sat on Saturday and heard 14 causes out of the 55 listed, finality being reached in the following six…

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Case Against Solicitor Court Crowded Law Clerk also Charged SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1931 · page 2

So dense was the crowd at the Central Court today to hear the charges against William Carnegie Clegg, a solicitor, and Leila Beryl Smith, aged 37…

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Alleged Conspiracy Medical Agents Charged Large Sums Involved Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1931 · page 1

At the Central Court today, Raymond Barr Brown, aged 56 years, and Littleton Harry Blunt, aged 30 years, described as medical agents, were…

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Case Against Solicitor Court Crowded SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 June 1931 · page 2

So dense was the crowd at the Central Court yesterday to hear the charges against William Carner to Clegg a solicitor and Leila Beryl…

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Clegg Case Court Again Crowded Solicitor And Law Clerk Charged SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 1

The case in which William Carnegie Clegg, a solicitor, and Leila Beryl Smith, a law clerk, were charged with fraudulent omission to pay and…

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