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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

11,099 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Died Before Case Came on Police Witness Two Men Sent to Gaol

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 5

A vivid story of a brawl which occurred outside an hotel in Glebe on November 24 was unfolded before Mr. McMahon, S.M., at the…

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Shoplifter Sent to Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 8

Lena Jones, 38 years, domestic duties, was charged before Mr. Camphin, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday with having stolen on January 11 from Buckingham's, Ltd., goods…

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Bizarre Hundred Pebbles Murder Mystery Police May Unravel It London

The Sun · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 20

Setting out on a secret mission in a powerful limousine, Detective Inspector Prothero, of Scotland Yard, is believed to hold the…

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Alleged Theft of Motor Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 8

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Camphin, S.M., William Anderson, 22 years, mechanic, was committed for trial on a charge that at Sydney on or about…

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£120 Theft Robbery' From Office

The Sun · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 12

A thief entered the office of Royle and Company, Bond-street yesterday, and stole a £100 Treasury Bond, numbered 020,134, two cash boxes…

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"In Bad Way" Alleged Assault

The Sun · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 12

When Frederick Arthur Peterson, 26, a laborer, was charged at the Balmain Court, to-day with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm upon…

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Alleged Gaol Escape Goulburn

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 1

Alleged to have escaped from lawful custody at the Reformatory, Goulburn, on November 22, Henry Davidson was committed for trial from the Goulburn…

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Assaulting a Constable. Two Men Sentenced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 8

Edward McDermott, 28 years, labourer. George William Stanton, 27 years, labourer, and Robert Vincent Stanton, 26 years, labourer, were charged at the police court yesterday…

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City Council Clerk Is Charged

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 4

George Cunningham, 33, a clerk, employed in the City Council, was charged in the Central Police Court yesterday with having stolen a cheque worth…

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S.p. Betting Council Man Charged

The Sun · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 12

Following on a visit made by the police to one of the City Council departments, evidence was secured of illegal betting by one of the…

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Arrested Missing Son Theft Charge Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 16

Norman Salon, 24, a motor salesman, of Mona-road, Darling Point, whose father, Mr. S. Salon, of Merriwa, recently offered £100 for information…

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Woman Dies -- Another Is Charged Tamworth

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 1

At the conclusion of the inquiry into the death of Marlon Martha Frazier, a married woman, who died in Tamworth Hospital, the Coroner, W. G…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 8

At the Licensing Court yesterday the following applicatious for the transfer of publicans' licenses were granted:—William Holdsworth to Thomas Ryan, Tilbury Hotel, Forbes…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 8

Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 10.30 a.m.: Filewood v Crane. At 10.50 a.m.: Archer ats. Yellow Cabs of Australia, Ltd. At 11.10 a.m.: Congdon ats. Bruce…

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Charges of Theft. Bank Clerk Remanded. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 12

William Frederick Thomas, 27, a bank clerk has been remanded on ball on six charges of theft from the Commercial Bank of Australia The alleged shortage totals £560…

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May Save Eye Assault Victim Trades Hall Attac[?]

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 9

DOCTORS attending him at Sydney Hospital are still in doubt whether or not James Dignam, [?] who was brutally at the Trades Hall…

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Lost Leg Car and Cycle Crash Driver Charged

The Sun · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 16

The sequel to a smash between a motor car and a cycle in Bay-street, Rockdale, on November 20, when the rider of the cycle was badly injured,…

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Lived in Shed. Youth and Girl. Magistrate Suggests Marriage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 8

Donald Schoffel, aged 19, a carter, was charged with vagrancy at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday. Constable Sly said that on January 12 he…

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Youth to Stand His Trial Alleged Assault on Girl

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Allegations that she had been seriously assaulted in the scrub at Belmont on New Year's Eve, arid that a youth had attempted…

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High Court Vacancies

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 6

AUSTRALIA is the poorer for the passing of men like the late Mr. Justice Higgins. In him the High Court Bench loses a…

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