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Courts & crime, 1929

11,099 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250

"Used Baton" Policeman Charged Violence Alleged West Wyalong

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 10

Widespread interest was taken in a case heard at the local police court before Mr. E. Harrison, P.M., when Charles Chapman proceeded against…

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Boys Abscond Sought by Police

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 10

ACCORDING to a police report, three boys. Kelin Hurley, 17, Frank Everson, 14, and Moran Konx, 15, absconded from the Boy's Home, Glebe, shortly…

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Dangerous Driving ? Police : Council Differ

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

THE Police Department does not propose in attach a motor cycle patrol to the Glebe district, as requested recently by the local council, which had…

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Miss Daisy Curtis. Women Police Overseas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 6

The Katherine Helen Spence Travelling Scholarship, awarded usually to women for the furtherance of University training, was for the first time in 1927 given to a woman…

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Not for Glebe Police Motor Cyclist

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

Despite a prolonged agitation by the Glebe Council, the Police Department will not attach a police motor cyclist to the Glebe station. This…

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Collier’ s Police Stop Free Speech PERTH

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 3

Percy Bradley was fined £1 for “ obstructing the passage of pedestrian traffic” last Saturday night. The facts are, that when a religious…

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"Exhibit A" Keeping It Cool Police Problem

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 15

Rough and ready miners at Roaring Camp were awed and made quite gentle when the camp became a collective foster father to…

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Two More Women Disappear Search by Police

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 3

Following on the report last night that Miss Dora Flynn, aged 30, of Illistorm Flats, Carabella-street, Kirribilli, has been…

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Latham May Go to High Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The possibility of the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Latham) nominating himself for one of the two appointments that…

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Move on : Stop! Divided Control Police v. COUNCIL

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

SEVERAL Glebe alderman expressed the opinion last night that the [?] had come to decide whether the council of the police should run…

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Law Notices. Friday, January l8. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 8

In Chambers.—Before the Prothonotary, in the Prothonotary's Public Chambers.—At 10 a.m., Overland Sydney, Ltd., v Viles, Viles cl[?]mant; 2.15 p.m., Standard Insurance Co., Ltd., v Sinith, F.J.D…

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Blacks Shot Thirty-One Killed in Encounters with Police

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 4

Sensational evidence was given before the Federal Board that is inquiring at Alice Springs into the shooting of aboriginals in Central…

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Went for Police But Didn't Return Newcastle

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 10

REMARKABLE cre[?] was revealed in court, to-day, when a women sm[?] the magistrates by telling him [?] and her husband, who had…

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Killing of Blacks Police Reprimanded. Board Chairman's Questions. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 13

During [?]the cross-examination of Mounted Constable Murray to-day, Mr. O'Kelly, P.M., chairman of the board inquiring into the killing of 31 blacks in Central Australia last…

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Murder and Arson. Charges Against Man and Woman. Burning of a House. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 14

Sensational evidence was given in the Police Court to-day when Joseph Stanislaus Philipson, 21, draughtsman, and Isabel Williamson, 52, housewife, were charged with having…

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More Haste Arbitration Court Cases Senator's Promise Canberra

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 14

A promise of an endeavor to hasten the hearing of cases now before the Arbitration Court was made this morning by Senator Ogden, Assistant…

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High Court. Messrs. Bavin and Latham Mentioned. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 14

Two names have been mentioned for the appointment of a successor to the late Mr. Justice Higgins on the High Court Bench. They are the Federal Attorney-General (Mr…

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Carters and Drivers. Withdraw Claims From Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 14

The Carters and Drivers' Union has decided to withdraw all claims now before the Commonwealth Arbitration Court on behalf of the Victorian branch of the Union. The union…

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Fresh Riot. Port Adelaide. Ships Stormed. Police Baton Charges. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 13

Further demonstrations by wharf-labourers occurred at Port Adelaide to-day. Rioting began about 9 o'clock, when about 800 men, with 50 women at the back of them,…

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Court-martialled. Naval Officer. Placed on Retired List. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 13

For having acted "to the prejudice of good order and naval discipline,[?] Engineer Lieutenant Commander William Henry Vaughan Edgar, of H.M.A.S. Anza[?], has been deprived of…

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