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Courts & crime, 1929

11,099 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 10

Before the Deputy Registar.—At 10.30 a.m., Blashki v Jensen; at 10.45 a.m., Williamson v Beasley…

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Pedestrians' Paradise Gaol for Motorists Involved In Accidents

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 16

A report from Madrid states that by a stroke of his pen, the Prime Minister, General Prime de Riviera, signed an order enforcing the…

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£200 Bail on Capital Charge Assault on Girl Alleged

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 11

Application was made to Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, in Chambers to-day, for ball in respect of Leslie Giles, 20, and Edward Sempler, 19, who, at the…

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"Farce" Arbitration Court

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 12

"The consensus of opinion in the New South Wales Labor Council last night was that the arbitration position, as it now stands, is becoming a…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, January 8. Before Mr. Fletcher, S.M. Motorist Fined for Not Stopping

The Propeller · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

Samuel Jamieson was proceeded against for failing to stop his car after it had been concerned in an accident. Constable Dawson said that on…

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Shop-keeper's Ruse Gun Hold-up Alleged Three Men Charged

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 13

Three men, according to the story told by the police in the Central Court to-day started out last night with the best intentions of getting a few pounds…

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Back to Gaol After Life Sentence Thefts at Parkes Parkes

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

RELEASED from prison last March [?] after [?] been sentenced at [?] in 1909 to penal [?] for life for wounding a [?]…

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Supreme Court. Last Year's Business

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 12

The return prepared by the Prothonotary (Mr. A. G. Saddington) respecting the work in the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the year ended December 30, 1928,…

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Knows Police "Wouldn't Deceive" Coroner Champions

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

EXPRESSING annoyance that a witness had refuted a statement which the police alleged he had made to them, the Parramatta…

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W.A. Police Enquiry PERTH, W.A.

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

The unemployed here are looking forward with particular interest to the Royal Commission which is about to enquire into allegations that the…

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Put the Stamp in the Proper Corner Remember, a Second Use May Mean Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 7

"Put the stamp on the top right- hand corner of an envelope." It seems unnecessary advice. But Post Office officials point out that some people put…

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Police Not Called No Riot in Picture Show

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 7

Concerning the slight disturbance at the Hornsby Picture Theatre on Tuesday night, the lessees state that there was nothing approaching a riot,…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 11. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 10

In Chambers.—Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers.—In No. 4 Court.—At 10 a.m.: Rex v Giles and another. for bail, Beforee the Prothonotary.—In the Pro thonotury's Public Chambers.—At 2.15 p.m.:…

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"Hang a Man" Outburst in Court Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 13

"You might as well get a rope and hang a man, you--"said Eric Carlton (alias Darcy) to the magistrates of the Camperdown Court,…

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Motor Records Victorian Police Ban on Sydney to Melbourne Dash

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 14

The Victorian police are taking stops to prevent the proposed record-breaking dash between Sydney and Melbourne, by the English racing…

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Baby Girl Is Outraged Half-caste Arrested Police Search All Night

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

SHOCKING injuries were received by a girl of 4 years late on Wednesday afternoon In a passage-way beside her mother's shop ' In Anzac…

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No Need for Bare Legs To-day "Drink Party" Police Allegation "Taxi Driver Lucky"

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 10

WHEN John Cooke, 23, taxi proprietor, pleaded hot guilty, at the Central Court, to-day, to a charge of having driven a taxi cap on Fort…

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Board "Roughs It" in Central Aust. Court of Inquiry on Bush Track

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

ALICE SPRINGS, Thursday.--The Federal Board investigating the alleged shooting and ill-treatment of aborigines in Central Australia is inclined…

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Five Years' Goal. German Court's Sentence. on Young Danish Officer. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 13

A sensation has been created throughout Denmark by the sentence of five years penal servitude passed by the Leipzig Supreme Court on a Danish officer, Captain Lambourne, who…

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"Sunday News" Free Insurance : Entry Form, Page 21 Not a Clue Dead Man's Identity Puzzle for Police

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

POLICE and Coroner are [?]ned concerning the identity of a man whose mutilated body was found beside the railway line near Auburn…

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