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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

11,099 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 250

Court Versus Board Beneficent Institutions Clash

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 9

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- Discontent in the Federal Public Service is largely due to clashes between the administration of the…

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Donnybrook Car Mystery Police Efforts Futile Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 3

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Leslie Williams, the Goulburn electrician, grows deeper every day. The police have redoubled their…

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Murder Charge. Man Shot in Train. Sequel to Quarrel. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 10

At Three Springs yesterday the coroner, at the inquest concerning the death of Frane Bottinger, 24, a German, committed William Leslie, 23, for trial on a charge of murder…

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"Killed a Cow" Farmer for Trial Police Charge

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 8

IN a charge of having maliciously billed a cow, valued at £13. Robert Blackburn, a farmer, was committed for trial from Liverpool Court to the…

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"Found in House" Police Allegations Revolver and Torch

The Sun · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 12

"It is alleged that the two men were found in the house last, night. They had gloves on and the man named Quinn had a torch. One man…

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For Trial on Murder Charge Woman's Throat Cut With Carving Knife

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Thompson Gardiner William Bacon, telephone switch attendant, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of having…

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Law Notices. Friday, February 8. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 8

In Chambers.—Before the Prothonotary.—In the Prothonotary's Public Chambers.—At 2.15 p.m.: Blundell v Sinclair, examination of judgement debtor; Allingham and another [?] Cruickshank, examination…

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Police Get Paid for Gunmen They Kill Detro[?]

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 1

OPEN season on Detroit gunmen was declared to-day by Police Commissioner William P. Rutledge, who presented…

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Night Clubs Are on Decline Effective Police Raids London

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 1

It was officially announced by the pollee authorities to-day that the popularity of London's night clubs is steadily diminishing. At some the…

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Riotous Miners. Police Charge. Wild Scene in Wales. LONDON, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 13

When four men who had resumed work at Nine Mile Point colliery, Monmouthshire, were leaving the pit a crowd assembled and jeered "Blacklegg!" Thirty or 40 police…

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Was It Williams ? Man Seen in Melbourne Police Probe New Story Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 10

Is Leslie Williams, the missing Goulburn motorist, still alive? Detectives are investigating a circumstantial story that Williams,…

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Engineers Next 48 Hours Put Over by Court HOBART, Jan. 30

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 1

On December 18 the full Arbitration Court made a judgment that certain engineers in the jam industry should work 48 hours. The next day the…

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Moslem Mobs Police Forced to Fire Race Riots Deaths Now Total 24 CALCUTTA

The Sun · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 1

The Bombay disturbance., Which was precipitated by a rumor that a Pathan had kidnapped a woman mill -worker,…

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WORTHLESS £5 NOTES 15 Years Old I.W.W. Brand, is Latest Police Theory

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 3

Counterfeit £5 notes detected in the city recently are, C.I.B. headquarters believes, being circulated by some I.W.W. member, who is releasing them…

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District Court. (Before Judge Armstrong.) Claim for Money Lent. Flynn v Walker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 8

In this case Alice Maude Flynn, of Wycombe-road, Neutral Bay, spinster, sued Reginaid Lionel Walker, to recover the sum of £473 (of which £73 was abandoned), being…

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Strikers Act as Policemen After Riots in Colombo Death Threat Police Off Streets Order Restored Colombo

The Sun · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 1

An extraordinary development has occurred in connection with the tramway strike which has been proceeding for the past 12 days. Yesterday every constable seen on the streets in the…

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Quarter Sessions. No. 1 COURT. (Before Acting Judge Rowland.) Crown Prosecutor. Mr. V. H. Treatt. ACQUITTED

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 8

Charles Frederick Thomas, 45, business manager, was charged with having obtained 425 dozen skins from Solomon Rappaport, at Sydney, on some day in March last, by falsely…

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Court of Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge Cohen, with Captains Marcus, Osborne, and Menmuir as assessors.) Collision in White Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 8

Hearing was concluded of the inquiry into the cause of the collision between the tug Lindfield and the steam lighter Jellicoe, on the morning of December 10. 1928, in White…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 11

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industril Magistrate.—At [?] a.m.—For hearing; Hunt v Railway Commissioners for N.S.W.; Federated Shinwrights etc., Association, v Hughes; same v Hardiman;…

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Police Court Yesterday's Sitting

The Biz · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 5

Business at Liverpool Police Court seems to be on the increase. At any rate, there was a rush of "customers" of various classes and creeds…

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