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Courts & crime, 1930

11,639 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Assault Charge Chinese Story

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

RICHARD SHEEHY, 26, was remanded from Parramatta Court to-day to Campbelltown Court on January 13 on a charge of having assaulted a…

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Broker Charged Cheapley's Crash

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 10

A further charge arising from the crash of Cheapleys Ltd., and the arrest of several persons, was mentioned in the Central Police Court…

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"The Police Force"

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 3

The attraction at Fullers' new theatre this week is "The Police Force," a lively and fast-moving comedy. Ernie L[?]tinga plays the principal…

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Police Unable to Find Witness In Alleged Assault Case "Kept Away" Counsel's Hot Protest S.M. Grants Remand

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 11

Sensational statements were made in the Central Court to-day during brief proceedings in connection with capital charges against three men, arising from an alleged assault on a young woman in Palmer-street,…

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Soldiers' Money Gaol for Embezzler Emotional Outburst London

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

Major Harold Cheesman, formerly metropolitan secretary of the British Legion, has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment in the second…

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Secretary of British Legion Sentenced Loses Rank, Decorations, as Result LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4

Major Harold Cheesman, formerly metropolitan secretary of the British Legion, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment for…

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Rothbury Police Assn. Attitude Secretary Explains

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 3

THE Secretary of the Police Association, Mr. B. Fortescue, writes:— "Statements by me, respecting conditions under which the police were…

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£400 Blood Money for Murder of Royalties Amazing Revelations London

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

Amazing revelations have been made concerning the recently discovered anti-Fascist plots against members of the Italian and Belgian Royal families…

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Teachers' Claims Access to Court Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

THE annual conference of the Federated School Teachers' Association, which opened to-day, resolved to approach the Prime Minister personally…

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Police Boycott Coalfields Hotels Decision Likely Today Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6

Whether the police, accommodated at Cessnock Hotel, will be boycotted by the staff, following interviews by the Miners' Lodge officials, will not…

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Nearly Stuck Escaping From Lock-up Webber Before Court

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 3

A graphic description of how he escaped from Katoomba lock-up on the night of December 19-20, and alleged to have been made by Allan…

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The Mines. Police Repudiate Reports. Express Confidence in Government. Alleged Malicious Propaganda

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 11

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Weaver) said last night that malicious propaganda was being instituted to discredit the Government's operations at the…

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Can't Get Served Police in Cessnock Hotel Union Attitude Cessnock

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 10

The attempted boycott of police living at Cessnock hotels has not yet become generally effective. Only in one hotel have the…

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Rothbury Police Army Goaded to Desperation Fires of Revolt Police Union to Act on the Edge of a Precipice Minister Sleeps and Issues Official Denials Tyranny on the Coalfields Branxton

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

AT last the capitalist Press has been forced into an admission of facts concerning the attitude of the police to the conditions they are obliged to endure in the Rothbury compound while harboring Weaver's blacklegs…

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Spirited Away ? Mystery of Woman Witness Police Can't Find Her Three Men on Grave Charge

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

THE belief that a woman, alleged to have been the victim of a criminal assault by three men on December 25, had been spirited away by some persons, was expressed by the police prosecutor,…

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Remarkable Story of Escape From Katoomba Lock-up Through Wall Alleged Statement to Police "Helped by No One" Jammed in Overhead Grille

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6

A REMARKABLE statement, alleged to have been made to the police by the Katoomba escapee, was produced at the Parramatta Court to-day. ALAN Webber, 82, purser, was remanded…

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Early Morning Arrest Shop Assistant Charged With Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 18

Charged at North Sydney Court yesterday with breaking and entering the shop of Ernest Jones, news agent, Pymble, on January 5, Hywell Davies…

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Charge of Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 7

Walter Alfred Cleary, 27, a salesman, was committed for trial at the Burwood Court by Mr. Camphin, S.M., yesterday on a charge of breaking and entering and stealing goods…

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Alleged Housebreaking. Labourer Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 7

When Herbert Boardman, linotyper, of Vaucluse-road, Vaucluse, and his family left Sydney for a holiday on December 7 last they locked up the house. A week later, when…

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Alleged Theft From His Uncle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 3

Walter Alfred Cleary. [?]. salesman was committed for trial at the Burwood Court by Mr. Camphin, S.M., yesterday on a charge of breaking and…

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