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Courts & crime, 1930

11,639 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Show Girls Kick Their Salaries Not Too High at £74- a Week Manager in Court Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 4

STRONG resentment of the statement by Mr. Frank Nell, theatrical manager, that show girls, although practically unskilled[?] received £74 a week…

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Police Say Wife Murderer One of Australia's Most Daring Criminals "A Menace" Health and Morals Palm Beach Council Is Concerned

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 15

Complaints regarding the condition of camping areas at Palm Beach, were made at the meeting of the Warringah Shire…

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Mass Picketing Must Cease. New Law To Be Enforced. State Cabinet's Decision. Instructions Given to Police. No Dole for Law-breakers. Labour Corps To Be Drilled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 11

Drastic action to prevent demonstrations or assemblies of miners was taken yesterday by the State Government. It has been decided to enforce the provisions of the Mass Picketing Act, passed last session, on the northern coalfields for the first time to-day…

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Theft of Hat Shoplifter Gaoled

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 5

"THERE are several convictions against this woman for stealing" said Sergeant Dennis, police prosecutor, when [?] Edwards, 32, domestic duties,…

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Funeral of Famous Old-time Magistrate

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 7

Retired from the Bench ten years ago, after over 25 years' service, Mr. G. H. Smithers, one of Sydney's old-time magistrates, who died at Bondi,…

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Stole a Hat Three Months' Gaol

The Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 10

Margaret Edwards went into Mark Foy's shop yesterday afternoon and got a brand new hat by the simple process of picking it up and putting…

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Eight Charged Unauthorised Meeting Donald Grant Fined

The Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 17

Donald Grant was fined £10 by Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., at the Central Summons Court to-day; after he had pleaded guilty to a charge in which the City…

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Illegally Used Motorcar Three Men Sent to Gaol

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 6

Charged with illegally using a motor car at Newtown on January 11, Richard Bartiett, 22, plumber, James Innes, 20. brielclever and William Andrew James…

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Razor Slasher Dies in Gaol Wife is Recovering

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 13

COWRA, Tuesday. -- Frederick Warner (40), of East Melbourne, who drank poison, after slashing his wife's throat here yesterday afternoon, died…

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Dundas Murder. Solomon Committed for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 11

The Parramatta district Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark), at the conclusion of an inquiry into the death of Mrs. Roma Mary Solomon, 22, at Dundas on December 27, found…

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"Moonshiners" in Mountains Fined £300 "Made a Mess of Things" Police Evidence at Murder Inquest Husband for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 5

"I am the man you are looking for. I have shot my wife. I know I have made a mess of things; I shot her because I loved her."…

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Alleged Arson. Two Brothers Charged. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 16

The brothers Gray, aged 19 and 17 respectively, who were arrested in connection with the recent series of fires in Christchurch, pleaded guilty before the magistrate to-day to…

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Stock Confiscated Police Raid Bookshop

The Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 20

With a special warrant from the Crown Law Department, Detective- Sergeants Quinn, Thompson, and Lawrence, took possession of the…

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World's Greatest Law Court

The World's News · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 9

THE strangest and yet the greatest court of law in the world is a court that, composed of a few elderly gentlemen sitting in an…

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COCAINE -- Gaol for Three Dangerous to Be Found With Boric Acid

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 10

Cocaine circles received a rough jolt yesterday when three men -- Edward Godwin (29), laborer; Henry Reid (31), blacksmith; and…

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Police Refuse Food Orders Cessnock

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 11

POLICE to-day refused Government food orders to men recognised in the recent picketing demonstrations. More than 50 men are affected, it is…

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Accost Girls and Watch for Police

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 12

"Youths frequently accost girls on the overhead bridge at Mortdale station. They have peep-holes to watch for any police coming…

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Injured Women Won't Tell Police

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 6

TWO women taken to St. Vincent's Hospital last night within a space of a few hours refused to give the police information as to how they received…

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£300 in Fines. Two Brothers Charged. Discovery of Illicit Still. Robertson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 16

Fines totalling £300, with costs, were imposed on two brothers, Thomas and Edward Humphries, when they appeared at the Robertson Police Court to-day, on charges…

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Camp Charged by Wild Pigs Snapped Like Dogs When Brought to Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- "When camping on a river near Rockhampton we were awakened by the roar of about 100 wild pigs as they charged…

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