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Courts & crime, 1930

11,639 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Hard Luck Story Police Give Aid

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 9

A MAN, his wife, and their sick child walked into the Redfern Police Station to-day and told a pathetic story of poverty. A collection was taken up…

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Beeby Award Before High Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The case to test the validity of the interim award of Judge Beeby in the New South Wales coal dispute opened…

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Startling Fire Police Station Bird's Nest Alight

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

A PAINTER, using a blow-lamp to burn off the old paint at the front of the Randwick Police Station, to-day, was startled when the spot at…

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Dope Traffic Domain Arrest After Police Watch

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 11

AS a result of the arrest of a man in the Domain to-day, the police believe they have tapped one of the main sources of distribution…

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"Don't Serve Them" Police Boycott Urged

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 12

WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday. The miners have called on the Branxton butter factory to cut off supplies of milk and butter to the…

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Everyday and Everybody Police and Traffic Duty

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 4

CONTENDING THAT IT IS ABSOlutely unfair to motorists that constables who cannot drive cars should be placed on traffic duty, Auburn…

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Tricks Worth Trying Supreme Court Mystery

The World's News · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 26

A CARD is chosen by a spectator, then returned to the deck- The deck is completely shuffled, after which the individual cards are placed side by side on the rack…

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Eden-monaro Election. High Court Petition

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 19

A petition disputing the [?] of John Joseph Cusack as Labor member for Eden-Monaro at the last Federal elections has been lodged by the defeated Nationalist…

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Win and a Loss for Ex-police Bowlers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 27

At Burwood yesterday ex-police engaged both Burwood and North Sydney rinks at bowls. Ex-Police beat North Sydney 81-65,…

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Police Station Robbery Constable for Trial Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 1

During the hoaring of a charge of theft of £171, preferred at the Prahran Court to-day against Constable Ernest Michael Simonsen, 35, it was…

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Labor Leaders in High Court Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

AMONG the spectators to-day in the High Court during the hearing of the big legal battle over Judge Beeby's…

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In the Courts To-day Supreme Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 10

IN CHAMBERS.--(Before Mr. Justice Owen). In the Banco Court. At 10.30 a.m. Johnson v. The Labor Daily, Ltd., for injunction…

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Boycott of Police. by Cessnock Hotel Employees. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 15

The staffs of the Cessnock hotels have decided that in future they will not render any service to members of the police force who are quartered at the various hotels in the…

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The Samoan Tragedy. Unarmed Natives Shot Down by Military Police

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 8

Nine persons were killed—eight Samoans and one policeman—as a result of the unfortunate clash between the police and members of the Mau (Samoan…

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Crime Rush Chicago Sacks 500 Police Burglars' Paradise Chicago, Tueday

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 1

Because the civic exchequer is hard-up, Chicago recently dismissed 500 police. The reign of robbery and violence has since…

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Watchman Killed by Car Salesman in Court Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

Ernest Casper, 65, watchman, was knocked down by a motor car in Bendigo this morning. He died later in hospital…

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Beeby Coal Award. Argument Before Full Bench of High Court

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 18

"The Full Bench of the High Court assembled, at Melbourne yesterday to test the validity, or otherwise of the interim coal award made last month by…

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Is Theatre Tax Valid? Chances of Test in High Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

Is the State entertainment tax legal? It is rumored that a move will be made in the High Court to test the validity of the Act…

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Katoomba Escapee. Committed for Trial. Police Precautions with Other Prisoners. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 10

At the Katoomba Court to-day, Allan Webber, aged 34, who made a sensational escape from the lock-up by removing bricks in his cell, and who was recaptured after 14…

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Coal Lockout High Court Proceedings. Testing Validity of Judge Beeby's Award

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 15

THE hearing of the case to test the validity of the award for the coal industry made recently by Judge Beeby was continued at the High Court at…

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