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Courts & crime, 1930

11,639 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

Pekinese on a Tram! the Rules Simply Don't Permit It, Madam! Then the Trouble Began, and When It Got to Court the Lady Had to Pay

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 3

TWO women stood in the doorway of Paddington Court yesterday. One cuddled…

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Hunter Treed Charged by Wild Boar

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 6

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- Officers of the steamer Mildura went pig-hunting on the Fitzroy River, and got more sport than they bargained for…

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Honor 10 the Police

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 3

THE citizen who is able to regard men and things in a large enough manner to conceive the policeman as a human being (a thing which appears…

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Midnight Raid Police at Ambassadors

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 2

Promptly at midnight, a raiding party of police entered the Ambassadors, the popular Pitt- street cabaret, and arrested four men, including…

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Dog's Tale Held Police at Bay

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 2

This is the tale of a dog-- not an aristocrat, just an ordinary, homeless, everyday dog, yet it accomplished something yesterday that its noblest…

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Police Raid Ambassadors Midnight Sensation; Four Arrests

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 3

The clock struck midnight, 200 dancers waltzed to the music of the "Pagan Love Song," and Sergeant Russell and Constable…

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Blondes Preferred Police Hair is "Black" West Maitland

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 1

So far a Greta is concerned there are no blondes in the police force. Calling at the…

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Some Manly "Firsts" First Newspaper: The First Newspaper: Police Station

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 5

THE first newspaper to be published in Manly was the "Spectator." It was edited by John Gale, and issued weekly from a printery in Norton-st…

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Hot Words Attack on Police M.h.r. to Miners

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 2

By a vigorous attack on the police force on the northern coalfields, the Federal member for Hunter, Mr. James M.H.R., electrified a meeting of 500…

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How Henry Fox, Charged With Matricide, Insured His Mother's Life Throttled? Prosecutor's Claim Death Mystery London

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 4

How Henry Fox, who is charged with the murder of his mother, Mrs. Rosaline Fox (who was found dead in a Margate Hotel bedroom, with her chair and a carpel smouldering near a gas fire on October 23) took out numerous insurance policies on Mrs…

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Broken Rib and Black Eyes Manly Woman Fares Badly at Hands of Angry Greengrocer High Cost of Assault

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 15

TO breaking one female rib—£20/13/-. That is the little account which Edward John Ling will have to settle as a result of an assault he committed on Selina McEwan at Manly on January 4, and for which he was convicted…

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Consorting Act Why Has There Been No Police Drive? Roaming Criminals

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 9

THE introduction of the "consorting" clause has not resulted in numerous batches of criminals being thrust into our State gaols, nor has it resulted in the underworld jackal being moved on by the very fear of it. Far from it…

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Picture Show Riots at Redfern Police Had to Draw Batons Before Trouble Ended

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 5

Before the show started in two Redfern picture theatres last night, disturbances had to be quelled by police. In one…

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TRAINING The Flying Squad to "Fly" Shots & Shocks to Steady Police Nerves Modern WAR on CROOKS

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 23

BELIEVING that flying squads are just as effective under any other name, the N.S.W. police call them simply "Wireless Patrols," and…

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Ambassadors Raided Early Morning Surprise by Police Percy Stewart Dawson Arrested Tremendous Excitement in Fashionable Night Resort

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 9

SYDNEY'S best known night resort was raided by police in sensational circumstances in the very early hours of this morning. PERCY STEWART DAWSON, millionaire and big property magnate of the city, was one of those arrested, and he was charged with "appearing to be the person having the management and control of premises where liquor was sold…

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Coalfields' Police Hotly Attacked By Labor M.H.R. Virulent Outburst Amazing Speech by Mr. James "Shame! Disgrace!"

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Saturday. "Baton attacks on defenceless miners will be a shame, a disgrace, and a black…

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Three Shots Sang Their Threnody of Woe Murder Stark and Cruel Flaming Fury of Jealousy-crazed Gunman-husband Killed the Wife He Said He Loved

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 17

THREE pitiful figures, father, mother and baby daughter, starred the leading parts in a tragic drama, in which thwarted desires, jealous passion, and murder by violence were featured, to the mad music of gunshots, staged on the fancy-tiled verandah of a Summer Hill bungalow...!…

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Cabaret Raided by Police the Ambassadors Stewart Dawson Charged

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 5

As the G.P.O. clock boomed out the hour of midnight on Saturday, a squad of police forced their way into the Ambassadors' Cabaret, Pitt Street,…

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Alleged Theft From Husband. Wife Arrested in Melbourne. Magistrate Describes Case As Trivial. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 11

Application was made to the City Court on Saturday that Mrs. Mary Francclla Allan, aged 26 years, school teacher, should be remanded to the custody of a policewoman from…

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Seaman's Jaunt Five Months Gaol

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 5

Mr. GATES C.S.M., at the Central Court, to-day sentenced Thomas Samuel Nelson, 24 a seaman, at three months for taking and using a motor…

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