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Courts & crime, 1929

11,099 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 12

Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 10.30 a.m., Mckinney ats. Horrigan; at 10.50 a.m., Jolliffe v Lycett and others; at 11.10 a.m., Wilson ats, Dykes…

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Gaol Horrors Portuguese Captive Seeks Compensation London

Evening News · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 1

WITH a sextant and a banjo as [?] luggage, Mr. A. G. Brewer, second officer of the steamer Clan La[?] arrived at Southampton…

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Conflict Over Biggest Swear-word Magistrate Dismissed the Case

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 10

A constable at The Central Police Court yesterday said that David Mackey (72) told him to go to a place that is popularly supposed to be a great…

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Joy Riders Get Twelve Months Magistrate's Censure Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 5

For Illegally using a motor car Arthur Roberts, gardener, Ernest Beach, laborer, and Sydney Smith, laborer, were each sentenced by the…

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Wrong Man? Boonjie Murder Identifying Suspect [?]

Evening News · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 10

THE men arrested [?] in [?] murder of Frederick Walter [?] last [?] the…

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Motor Joy Riders. Ordered 12 Months in Gaol. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 16

Arthur Roberts, a gardener, of St. Kilda, Ernest Beach, labourer, of Balaclava, and Sydney Jones Smith, of St. Kilda, pleaded guilty at the Flemington Police Court to-day…

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Police Raid. on Plaza Cafe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 16

Sergeant Russell and Constables Chuck and Jennings and other police last night raided the Plaze Cafe, King-street, city, and arrested a man who described himself as the…

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Shooting on Train. Charge of Murder. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 16

Fran[?] Bettinger, the German who was shot in a train near Strawberry, on the Midland railway, on Friday night, died in hospital this afternoon…

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Death Follows Shooting Charge Now Murder Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 1

Franz Bettinger' 27. the German who was shot in a train near Mingenew, allegedly by William Leslie, 23. died this evening…

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Would Like to Fine Him £500 Magistrate on Betting "Transgressor Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 5

When having James Dorney, tobacconist. of Mount Alexander Road, Ascot Vale, £200 for allowing his premises to be used for betting Mr…

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Unfortunate to Pick on Police Car

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 4

It was bad luck for Herbert James Green that in the very early morning of New Year's Day Constable Simms, driving a police patrol car to…

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Police Courts. Increasing Congestion. Magistracy Understaffed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 14

When the case of Inspector Hooper, of the R.S.P.C.A., against Penny and Campbell, firemen attached to the Kogarah Fire Station, for alleged cruelty to a dog, was again adjourned…

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Sequel to Attack on Beach Young Married Man Charged With Serious Offence

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--As the outcome of an affair on Merewether Beach on January 15, when a man was attacked by a woman, who alleged…

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Hip Flasks Police Find Cache Plaza Raid Sequel

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 13

A cache of hip flasks filled mostly with gin and whisky, all ready for parking in pockets was found in a room at the Plaza Cafe, when it was…

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No Corkage. Police Attitude. Charge Will Be Suppressed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 16

It was pointed out in the "Herald" yesterday that the police are determined to suppress the practice of charging corkage on liquor supplied a certain restaurants, and…

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Fremantle Seamen. Registered Instate Court. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 16

The Registrar of the State Arbitration Court (Mr. F. Walsh) yesterday granted the application of the Fremantle seamen for registration as a State union following their decision…

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Law Notices. Wednesday, January 23. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 12

In Chambers.—Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers.—In No. 4 Court.—At 10 a.m.: Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd., v Bulolo Goldfields Aeroplane Service, Ltd., for further particulars; Kin v Tan, to set aside ca. re.;…

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Four Dead in Riots. Croat Students Fight with Police

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 12

Strained feeling between Serbs and Croats came to a head in Zagreb on December 1, when four people were killed and several injured in conflicts between…

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Police Thought Girl Was Dying Recovers After Blood Transfusion

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mona Ryan, who was shot by an unknown assailant in Carlton last night, was thought to be dying when…

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Youths' Escapade Sydney to Gundagai Confession to Police Gundagai

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 15

"Can't a fellow walk around without any boots," Louis Sydney Dryden asked Constable Linaker, at Tumblong. Ten miles from Gundagai, when asked…

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