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Courts & crime, 1930

11,639 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Soviet Official Sentenced Embezzlement From Paris Embassy RIGA

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

The Soviet Court which tried M. Besedovsky, formerly of the Paris Embassy, has found him guilty of embezzling £3000 from the embassy…

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Communist Charged. Alleged Incitement to Crime. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 14

Joseph Shelley, a member of the Communist party, who recently arrived on the coalfields from Queensland, was arrested at Kurri Kurri last night after he had addressed a meeting…

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Deranged Murder and Suicide Mother's Crime

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

The conviction that Florence May Osborne, aged 28, was mentally unhinged through ill-health when she almost severed the head of her…

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Alleged Assault on Girl. Sequel to a Joy Ride

The Propeller · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 7

Yesterday two girls, one aged 14 years and the other 15 years, told the police that they had been taken to Tom Ugly's Point for a joy ride by two…

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Tennis Court Dance

The Propeller · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

The Bonnie Doon Tenuis Court, Blakesley Road, Hurstville, presented a gay appearance last Saturday night, when the first dance was held on the…

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Master Mariner's Fraud. Sent to Gaol for a Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 5

Described as a master mariner, but referred to by Mr. Gates, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, as "a man who has been defrauding the public for years," Andrew…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, January 7. Before Mr. McDougall, S.M. Illegal Sale of Liquor

The Propeller · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

Claude Abrahams (51) was charged with selling liquor at Green Street, Kogarah, he not being the holder of a license to sell same…

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More Police—but "No Crime"

The Biz · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

An effort is being made by Brig. General Lioyd, M.L.A., to obtain extra police protection for Wentworthville on Saturday race…

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Gaol Escapee Sent for Trial Breaking and Entering Charge; No Bail

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 7

Recently escaped from Katoomba lock-up Edward Lambert (31) was charged at Campsie Court yesterday, in company with William Robinson…

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INDUSTRIAL. (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Alleged Breach of Award. Proceedings Withdrawn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 5

This was a case In which Patrick Greenlaw Halliday, secretary of the Baking Trade Employees' Federation of Australasia (Sydney branch), proceeded against John McCall…

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Irish Republican Army Condemns Police Spy

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

DUBLIN, Nov. 20.—For some hours a man remained chained to a telegraph pole in full view of passers-by at Collinstown this week. Affixed to…

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“We Defy the Police Terror”

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

BERLIN, Non, 25.—On Saturday the official organ of the Communist Party in Hamburg, “The Hamburger Volsze[?]tung,” appeared again with the title,…

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Court Grants Conference Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

THE application for a compulsory conference in the coal industry was granted by Chief Judge Dethridge in the Arbitration Court this afternoon…

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Fifty Police. Leave Sydney by Special Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 13

In anticipation of serious disturbances at Rothbury, it is understood, a message was sent to the Acting-Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. H. Childs) last night by Superintendent…

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Birth on Train Police Investigate Goulburn

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 12

POLICE are investigating the birth of a child on the third division of the Melbourne express, betweeen Murrumburrah and Yass, early to-day…

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Bogus Doctor of Palm Beach Must Pay £80 or Do 10 Months' Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 9

Bogus doctor John Berry (21), who was a waiter at a fashionable Palm Beach boarding-house as a means of "taking a rest," and…

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Bird's Nest Causes Fire. at Randwick Police Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 17

An extraordinary fire occurred at the Randwick Police Station on Wednesday, when the flames from a blow lamp burst through a crack and ignited a bird's nest…

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Who Owns Beautiful Necklet Pearls in Police Station Safe

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

A beautiful necklet of pearls, matched and graduated, is awaiting an owner at George Street North Police Station…

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Coalfields Licensees Boycott of Police Premier on Legal Aspect

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

THE Premier said yesterday that botelkeepers on the coalfields would be bound by their license conditions respecting the serving of customers…

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Coal Hauled. On the Railway. Strong Police Guards. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 13

Two train loads of coal hewn from the Rothbury mine by volunteer labour, left the colliery to-day, and arrived at Port Waratah. The first train, which left Rothbury about…

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