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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

11,099 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

Still Unsolved. Chocolate Mystery. Police Continue Inquiry. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 7

Further police investigations into the death of Hilda Johnson, the 15-year-old Maryville girl, who was seized by a sudden illness after eating chocolates in a local picture show on…

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Extensive Wool Thefts. Police Charge Four Men Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 1

According to the police, the [?] stemtle robbing of wool entrained a Geelong has been going on for some time. The mode of operation was for the…

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Tore Her Dress Off Man Is Fined "I'll Go to Gaol Rather Than Pay" Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 6

I'LL go to gaol rather than pay fine," declared Nathan Herrington at the Lithgow Police Court. where fined £2 or seven days, and ordered to…

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"Misadventure." Say Police Chocolate Tragedy .Foul Play Discounted. Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 5

While it is thought that death of Hilda Johnson, the 15- year- old Maryville girl, which occurred with such dramatic…

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"Highbrows" Are Dangerous. Japanese View Police Arrest Eighty As Precaution

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 5

Reports from Tokio state that one afternoon alone during the enthronement ceremonies 80 persons Were arrested there their only offence…

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Speedy Drive to Intercept Car Good Police Coup Man From Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 1

Driver Tally, of the polite patrol, established a new record yesterday afternoon between Sydney and Tom Ugly's Point, to get police…

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Not Starving Food for Blacks No Light on Murder Water in Abundance Alice Springs

The Sun · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 9

Giving evidence to-day before the board which is inquiring into the killing of blacks and their condition generally, in Central Australia, witnesses…

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The Joint Court. Land Titles in the New Hebrides. I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 6

The granting of indefensible land titles in the New Hebrides is greatly complicated by reason of it being under the joint administration of the British and French Governments,…

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Panic Among West End Night Clubs. Fear of Police Keeps Patrons Away Many Closed

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 7

One result of the recent pollen investigation into night club life in tho West End of London has been to cause something approaching a panic among…

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Drove Off Punt to Police Dramatic End of Long Car Chase Fast Patrols Out

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 3

A chase, from Wollongong to Waterfall, a hurried 'phone call to Police Headquarters, and a thrilling dash by police squads to three…

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Said It Was His First Offence. Boastful Thief Police Prove It Was Twenty-third

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 5

"This is my first venture into crime, your Worship, and if I receive leniency at your hands, I feel confident that it will be my…

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Gillespie Down Before the Gale Police Stopped Slaughter in Second Round Kid Didn't Appreciate Technical K.O.

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 10

STADIUMS, LTD., fired their first shot on Saturday night in the campaign they have launched against public indifference. They introduced the £1000 guarantee…

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Tubes and Tyres Lorry Driver's Theft

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 13

Allan Eather, 24, lorry driver, was fined £7, and ordered to pay £1 4s compensation, at Burwood Police Court to-day, for having stolen two…

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A Nun Sentenced to 20 Years' Imprisonment

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 33

Madre Concepcion Acevedo y de la Llata, a Mexican nun, who was found guilty of being the "intellectual author" of the murder of General Obregon, committed by Jose de Leon Toral, and…

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Police and Witness

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 32

P. J. Kelly, chief warder at Alice' Springs: Lalla. the black boy. who was the principal witness as to the killing of Mr. Fred Brooks; and the police tracker, Jack…

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Murder Will Out Conceit of Slayers

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 8

MURDERERS are notoriously conceited, and, it is conceit that induces a criminal to tell the police his version of the crime either for the…

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Mystery Fire Police Investigate

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 13

So far the police have not cleared up all the facts surrounding an outbreak of fire at 1 a.m. to-day in the Anglo-American Chambers,…

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Razor-slashing. Brisbane Case. Sydney Man Charged. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 11

Before the police court to-day Frederick Goran, a salesman, aid to be a recent arrival from Sydney, was charged with unlawfully wounding William Brown with inten' to do…

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For Trial Two Men Are Commuted Woman's Story Allegation of Assault

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 9

John Joseph Hooper, 24, and Thomas Clement Archibald Clark, 30, laborers, were charged at Burwood court to-day with…

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Police Inquiries Italy's Coat of Arms Cairns

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 4

POLICE Inspector Mann. of Cairns, I visiting Innisfall in connection with the removal of the Italian coat of arms from outside the C[?] during…

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