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Courts & crime, 1929

11,099 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Slick Slide Thieves Down Rope From Golf Ciub Surprised by the Police

The Sun · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 3

Thieves who visited the premises of the Moore Park Golf Club early this morning were disturbed by the police, and, from an upper window, had Just…

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Country News Extra Police Unemployed in Cowra No Disorder Yet Cowra

The Sun · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 7

"I don't intend to leave the town until I get work--and I expect to get sustenance in the meantime," remarked a speaker at a meeting of…

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Has No Equal in the World Our Traffic Problem Has Police Thinking

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 7

A number of alterations in traffic regulations and the introduction of new laws may result from the report of Inspector Heydon Spyer, of Police…

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In Court; Now Dead Man on Remand With Bullet in Temple on Bail of £200

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

Charged at Central Police Court last week with conspiracy in connection with a film company called Australian Films Association,…

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Terror-stricken Wife Hides in Guarded Home Fears Return of Husband Who Broke Gaol "Afraid He Will Carry Out Threat," She Declares; Gates Chained, and Dogs Set at Entrance

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 3

While police are searching for William M'Donald (28), who escaped from Long Bay Gaol on Saturday afternoon, all gates and doors at his wife's home are strongly barred…

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Motorist Charged with Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Monday. -- Edgar Clive knocked down by a motor car on Saturday night, died in the Tamworth Hospital to-day. The leg had to be…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 7

Andrew Wilson, 51, horse dealer, was charged before Mr. W. J. McMahon, S.M., at the Newtown Police Court, yesterday, with having stolen a horse valued at £30, the…

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Solicitor Charged with Fraud Remanded from Central Court on £1000 Bail

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 10

"Another matter" of £4000 was mentioned by. Sergeant Hart when Norman Leonard Rex Griffin, solicitor, was remanded at Central Police Court…

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Liverpool Girl Assault Alleged

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 4

ALBERT Crooks Thomas Watson. 34, laborer, was remanded at the Central Court to-day to Liverpool Court on January 17, on £80 ball, on a charge of…

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Stole Motor Cycle Two Men Sentenced

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 20

Charged with having stolen a motor cycle valued at £40 at Lakemba on December 18. Ernest Alfred Stubbings, 23, a laborer, was sentenced to…

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Arrest Made Before Theft Was Reported

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 7

Smart police work surprised Mr. Maunder, of St. John's Road, Lidcombe, yesterday. He returned from a holiday on…

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No Case "Labor Daily" in Court Election Matter Magistrate's Snub "Intelligent Member of General Public"

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 5

"We must regard cases of this nature from the viewpoint of our ordinarily intelligent member of the general public, and in that…

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N. L. E. Griffin. Solicitor Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 6

Before Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, Norman Leonard Rex Griffin, solicitor, on remand, was charged that, at Sydney since May 1, 1928, having…

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Electoral Act. Newspaper Charged with Breach

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 6

At the Central Police Court yesterday, the "Labor Daily," Ltd., was proceeded against, on the information of James McGrath, Divisional Returnlug Officer for the Federal…

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His Taking Ways Tailor Sent to Gaol

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 5

John Peter Walsh. 69. tailor, boarded for some time at the home of Francis Smith, Darlinghurst Bond. Darlinghurst. When eventually he left…

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Fed. Legal Tangle Official Charged Canberra

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 9

AN unusual situation has arisen at Canberra which raises the question of how far a Federal Department or Commission can act without trespassing…

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Uttered False Cheque Three Months' Gaol Tamworth

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 5

At the local court to-day, before Mr. W. G. Geikle, P.M., James Olson was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labor, for…

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Motorist Charged. Carrying Off a Woman. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 9

The case was begun in the City Court today in which Herbert A. Mitchell, about 46, insurance company manager, was charged with having unlawfully deprived Elaine llma…

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Murder Charge Cyclist's Death Tamworth

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 5

EDWARD CLIVE CARR, whose right leg was amputated following a collision between a car and a motor cycle on Saturday, died in hospital last night…

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Widow Who Fell Convicted of Theft of Two Frocks

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 8

"This woman has been a widow for nine months. She is in poor circumstances, and was tempted and fell."pleaded Mr. O'Carroll, who appeared at…

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