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Courts & crime, 1930

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

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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Broker Now Charged in Cheapleys' Case

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 6

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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Woman on Attempted Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 18

DUBBO, Monday.--Charged in the police court to-day with having shot Albert Tuck, with intent to kill, Catherine Tuck was remanded for…

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Magistrate Has Never Seen the "Obviously Truthful" Witness

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 18

Pleading at Paddington Court yesterday on behalf of a young client, a solicitor referred to a witness as "obviously truthful."…

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Escapee in Court

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

Alian Webber, 32, a purser, was charged at the Parramatta Court yosteiday with escaping from the Katoomba lock-up on December 19, while under remand on a charge of…

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When Constable Was Shot Intent to Murder?

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

Michael Patrick O'Sullivan. 22. laborer, was charged at the Burwood Court yesterday with shooting at Constable Luiham, at Five Dock. on…

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Crime Increasing. Court Returns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 12

According to the returns furnished by the officials of the Department of the Clerk of the Peace for the year ended December 31, 1929. crime in this State is on the increase…

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Fate Got in First Man, Under Assault Charges, Badly Hurt in Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 18

BROKEN HILL, Monday.--Following an accident at the North Mine, Henry Furze was admitted to hospital this morning in a serious…

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Rothbury. Police Secretary Emphatic. "Contentment Reigns Supreme."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 11

Rumours of general discontent among the police stationed at Rothbury were denied yesterday by the secretary of the Police Association (Mr. B. Fortescue)…

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Peace at Rothbury. Police Satisfied. Branxton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 11

All was quiet at Rothbury to-day, but the usual picketing of the approaches to the colliery was carried out. The Braxton railway station presented a…

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Press and Police Sacred Confidences London

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

Following the threatened imprisonment of two Johannesburg pressmen (or refusing to disclose confidential information to the police, the…

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"Dying" Police Ask for Gin, and Get It

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

For having sold gin. John Charles Skelton, a grocer, of Crovdon, was fined £30, at the Burwood Court yesterday…

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Insulting Communist Fined Called Police "Scabs" Cessnock

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 12

"At a time like this everyone should endeavor to keep the peace, and not try to stir up strife," said Mr. Reed, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court…

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Chinese Assaulted. Consul's Complaint. Mentioned in Court

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

When Richard Sheehy, 26, who was charged at the Parramatta Court yesterday with assaulting a Chinaman, named George Sang, asked that his ball be reduced from £80,…

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Red Agitator Insulted Police Fine and Bound Over. Cessnock

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 11

HERBERT James Huggett, of Sydney, describes as a member of the Communist party, who has been addressing [?] meeting in Cessnock,…

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Access to Fed. Court Claims by Teachers Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

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

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"Police Quite Satisfied" Rothbury Camp Association Makes Inquiry "All Good Boys"

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

MR. B. FORTESCUE, secretary of the Police Association, has supplied the "Labor Daily" with the following reports…

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Escapee Fainted After He Got Free Crushed His Chest--Alleged Statement to Police

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 10

Allan Webber (32), purser, was charged at Parramatta. Court yesterday with escaping from the Katoomba lock-up on December 19…

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In Defence Her Brother Girl's Outburst Maitland Court Scene Maitland

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

In defence of tier brother,who, inspector Grahams declared, was a hoodlum and a ringleader of a gang of larrikins, a young woman made an…

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The Girl Did Not Appear Palmer St. Case Police Allege She Was Spirited Away

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 6

All three prisoners in the dock, but no prosecutrix present. This happened at the Central Polled Court yesterday, when Aubrey…

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