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Courts & crime, 1930

11,639 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

High Court and Coal Case Decision Reserved--Is It a Lock-out?

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Judgment was reserved by the Full High Court to-day, after eight days' sitting, on Judge…

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Police Break Peace Instead Of Keeping It Took Crime with Them to Coalfields All Was Quiet Till They Came Residents Appalled at Police Brutality Are Officers Incompetent? Councillors' Charges Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 1

SHOCKED and incensed at yesterdays outrageous assaults on the peaceful demonstrations of the miners, public bodies on the coalfields intend protesting vigorously to the authorities, and to ask for the withdrawal of all but local police…

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Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes! a Girl, a Wild Party, and the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

STARTLING sight met Constables Anderson and Pratt when…

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Labor Defence Army Stirs the Coalfields Answer to Police Terrorism, Wage Cuts, and Official Treachery

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 1

CESSNOCK Jan. 13.—The attempts of the Coalowners-Bavin-Weaver coalition to intimidate the Northern miners into accepting the bosses’ slave…

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High Court Bench. Vacancy Not to be Filled Mr. Scullin's Statement. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 12

After a meeting of the Federal Cabinet to-day, the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) announced that the Federal Cabinet had decided not to fill the vacancy on the High…

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High Court Judges to Be Reduced Vacancy Will Not Be Filled Scullins Plans Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 5

THE Prime Minister announced to-day that the Federal Cabinet had decided not to fill the vacancy on the High Court Bench caused by the…

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No Free Advice for Women Laborites Permitted in Court S.M. Told Union Officials Not to Interfere

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 11

On two occasions Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, prevented well-known trades union officials from…

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Coal Case in High Court. Argument Concluded Lock-out or No? Area of the Dispute Decision Reserved Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 5

THE High Court resumed the hearing of the coal case to-day. Mr. Menzies, K. C. (for the owners) declared it was reasonable to infer…

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Fresh Optimism that Coal Trouble Will End New Desperate Peace Efforts To-day Owners' Hurried Meeting; Urgent Proposition From Scullin Police Dominate Coalfields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 3

With the mining centres now dominated by police power, desperate efforts to find a solution of the coal trouble will be made to-day by the Prime…

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Labour Defence Army Formed at Trades Hall. Miners Planned Mock Battle Postponed After Baton Charges. Labour Member's Appeal to Mr. Scullin. "Disarm the Coalfields Police."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 13

The Greta section of the Labour Defence Army planned a mock battle for Wednesday night, but when news was received of the police baton charges in the Kurri and Cessnock areas the drill was postponed. Before the postponement it was learned that the police flying squad,…

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Bowral Police Court. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 18

At the Bowral Police Court, J. Patterson, licensee of the Imperial Hotel, was fined £1 and costs for serving liquor during prohibited hours to a resident of Bowral, who,…

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Court Outburst Mother's Strange Death Murder Charge London

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

"How dare you say" such a thing?" shouted Henry Fox from the dock of the Margate Court when counsel suggested that his apparent affection for…

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Three Men Charged Goulburn

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 7

At the Goulburn Police Court, Michael Bock, 22 Stan Darlton, 22, and Maurice Tully, 19 were charged with having bad in their possession goods, including a…

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Police Meeting

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 7

Mr. B. Fortescue, general secretary of the Police Association, has arranged to visit the coal field to-morrow to get expressions of opinion from…

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Daring Letter Theft From Air Ministry LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

Just as a bundle of letters had been delivered at the Air Ministry to-day, two of them were snatched by a man, who drove off with a confederate in a…

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Threat of Murder. Girl Violently Assaulted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 22

"No one else will get you. I'll murder you or shoot you," were the words attributed to Fred Radford, 36, a packer, who was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with…

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For Rothbury Police Secretary

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 3

[?]secretary of the Police A[?] Mr loiessue is leasing for [?] and other confields centas to[?] order to give the police stationed…

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Cruelty Story Wife Who Fled £10 Theft Charge Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 6

THAT her husband's cruelty to herself and her child compelled her to leave her job as school-teacher a Kotoomba, N.S.W., and run away…

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Theft of Sheep. N.Z. Farmers Perturbed. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 18

Farmers in the Wanganui district are offering £500 for the detection of persons responsible for the systematic theft of sheep. The trouble is spreading to other districts…

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Love Drama Son Dead Mother Charged Weird Motive B[?]dapest

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

NOT the least amazing of the trials of 66 Hungarian peasant women, charged with having murdered husbands, brothers,…

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