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Courts & crime, 1930

11,639 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

"His Walking Stick Was His Bludgeon" the March on Rothbury Old Miner Convicted Thirty-two Others Await Their Trial Exhaustive Evidence by Police Is Met with a Fine Legality of Charge Queried Unlawful Assembly? West Maitland

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 5

THE first of the 33 men arraigned at West Maitland Police Court to-day on charges arising from a demonstration at Rothbury, was fined, £5, and costs, by Mr. Recd, P.M. the other are awaiting trial. Edwin Aubin, check weigher, of Weston Street,…

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SHOPLIFTING. Man Sentenced to Six Months' Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 10

A sentence of six months' imprisonment with hard labour on each of two charges of shoplifting was imposed upon James Lambert, a canvasser, aged 46, at the Central…

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Ruffianly Assault Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 6

Inflamed with wine, John Gallagher, 31, visited the camp of John Malcolm, on the bank of the Macquarie River. Gallagher savagely attacked Malcolmn, blackened…

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Alleged Cattle Theft Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 6

"Christopher King Odls. butcher, was charged at the Lithgow Police Court to-day with having stolen five head of [?]t[?] valued at £30, the property of Glee[?]on…

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Heavy Fines Unlawful Assembly Charge "Most Serious" Magistrate Praises Police Witness West Maitland

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 14

Heavy fines were imposed by Mr. Reed, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court to-day, on the men charged with having taken part in an unlawful assembly on December 16. "This offence was most serious and I must impose salutary…

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The Rothbury Riot. Twenty Men Before the Court. Defendants Deny Police Evidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 19

Mr. Reed, P.M., reserved judgment in the cases under the Mass Picketing Act heard at West Maitland Police Court yesterday, arising out of happenings at Rothbury Colliery on December 16, and implicating twenty men. He stated that with the large number of men involved…

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Attack on Witness. During Dalton Inquest. Offender Sentenced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 10

As a result of the sudden attack upon a Crown witness outside the Coroner's Court on Monday, during the luncheon adjournment of the inquest upon the death of Bernard…

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To Gaol Sisters Convicted Attempt to Steal

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 19

Two sisters, Mrs. Maud Smith, 48, of Maloney-street, Mascot, and Mrs. Martha Howard, 32, of Terry street, Marrickville, were each…

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Police Chase Thieves

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 15

Finding the door of Miss Kathleen Mooney's tobacco kiosk, Pitt-street, near Circular Quay, open at 11 o'clock last night, Constables Burr and Smith…

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Tennis Championships 14 Mass Murder Trials

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 14

VIGOROUS TENNIS ACTION— Striking attitudes of Miss Daphne Akhurst, New South Wales, and Rowe, of South Australia, playing in the Australian Lawn Tennis Championships at Kooyong. Melbourne "MASS MURDER" TRIALS—Some of the 31 Hungarian wot who were recently arraigned on charges of having murdered their…

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"Language" in Police Station

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 10

Insulting language anywhere may lead to trouble; but used in the charge-room of a police station ....!…

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Libels on the Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 15

The Premier (Mr. Bavin) said yesterday that he was seeking legal advice to ascertain whether proceedings could be taken against certain persons so as to prevent a repetition of…

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Police Find Many Spectacles

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 6

Spectacles and tenses valued at £60 were found on two men arrested by Sergeant Small and Constable Clinch, of Regent St., yesterday afternoon…

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Scurrying Feet Near Police Station

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 19

GOULBURN, Tuesday. -- Attracted by scurrying feet in a street near the police station, the police rushed out, and saw two men pursued by a third…

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Straight Australian Police Basher Gangs

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 11

EVERY fairminded citizen in new south wales will join in protesting against the action of the Bavin Nationalist Government in granting full license to…

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Bavin Says Police Must Remain

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 6

The police are to remain on the coalflelds. Mr. Bavin conveyed this decision to the citizens of Cessnock, in a reply to…

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From Page I High Court Judgment

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 13

"The power which section 51 of the Constitution confides to the Federal legislature is to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the…

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Chaired Off Court Victors from Newcastle

Referee · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 18

GOULBURN won the country women's teams skill of Mrs. martin…

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Militant Women. Meeting Stopped by Police. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 16

A meeting of militant women, fixed for Kurri Kurri this afternoon, did not take place Police Interviewed a large group of women who assembled for the meeting, and…

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With Lives at Stake Famous K.C.'s Fights in Murder Trials

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 6

A remarkable man was the late Sir Edward Marshall Hall, K.C., whose life story, written by his friend, Mr. Edward Marjoribanks,…

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