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Courts & crime, 1930

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Poisoning Tragedy. Man Charged with Murder: Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 15

Albert Wagner, 45, was found lying in the yard of a house apparently suffering from the effects of poison. He was taken by the ambulance to a doctor and then to his home,…

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Fur Stealing Charge

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 7

Albert Kellow, 26, laborer, was committed for trial from the Central Court this afternoon on charges of having stolen 17 fur chokers, valued at 100, belonging…

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Two Poisoned in One House One Dies; Other Charged With Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 7

WELLINGTON, Thursday. -- Albert Wagner (45) was found in the yard of a house in Wellington, apparently suffering from…

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Theft From Car

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 7

Arthur George Smith, 31, smallgoodsman, who, Sergeant Napper said, was also known as Edward Maher and William Wall, was sentenced by Mr. Laidlaw,…

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Assault Case Remanded

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

Keith Richards, 22, laborer, was further remanded at the Central Court to-day until January 16 on a charge of having assaulted William Broughton,…

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Theft of Motor Tyres

The Propeller · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3

Gerald Higginbotham, aged 20 years, was charged with stealing two motor tyres and tubes complete, valued at £10, the property of David Brooks…

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Alleged Assault on Wife

The Propeller · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3

John Bell was charged with assaulting his wife, Gertrude Bell, at Bexley, on December 30, occasioning her actual bodily harm…

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Murder Charge. a Further Remand. Devine and Green in Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 6

At the Central Police Court yesterday James Edward Devine, 38, and Francis Donald Green, again appeared on a charge of having murdered Bernard Hugh Dalton on November 9…

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8½d THEFT : £2 FINE

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3

Mrs. Jessie Sutherland, 45, was fined £3 at North Sydney Court, to-day for having stolen a tin of cheese, valued at 8½d, the property of Wavers, Ltd., North…

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Constable's Jaw Broken Laborer Charged

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 1

Martin Stafford, 27, laborer, was charged at Campsie Court yesterday with using indecent language at Bankstown on New Year's Day and…

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Alleged Theft Four Men Sent for Trial

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

The identification of goods alleged to have been stolen from Cheapley's, Ltd., while that company was in the hands of a liquidator caused…

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Threat to Witness Teeth Broken in Assault

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

When applying for a remand in on assault case yesterday at the Central Court Police Prosecutor Napper stated that the principal witness had been…

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What Police Found

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 7

Following up clues concerning robberies of silverware from a manufacturer in the city, Delective-sergeant Cumes and Constable Jones visited a flat at Glebe this morning and found more than 60 pieces of silverware valued at £70. They arrested a man and took the property to police headquarters…

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Paste=slinging Rival Theatrical Interests Assault Charge Fails

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 8

George Marlow, theatre proprietor, was pasted by Herbert Riley, a billposter, on December 17, and at the Central Court to-day he proceeded…

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Nearly Choked Year's Gaol for Thug Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 10

How a young woman was attacked late at night, and almost choked unconscious, was told at Coburg Court to-day. when Horace Absalom, 20…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, December 31. Before Mr. McDougall, S.M. Motorist Fined

The Propeller · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3

Michael Donohoe, aged 51 years, was charged with driving a motor car along the Kingsway, Cronulla, while under the influence of liquor…

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Cheapley's Goods. Taken from Liquidator's Custody. Four Men Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 13

Before Mr. Shepherd, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, Sydney James Lucas, auctioneer, 29 years, Arthur Jno. Brazier, auctioneer, aced 29 years. Michael Keith…

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Film Panic an Arrest Manager Charged Victims' Burial London

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 1

CHARLES Dorward, manager of the Glen Cinema at Paisley, where 70 children met their deaths in the panic on Tuesday…

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While She Looked, He Robbed Amazing Post Office Theft at Waterfall

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

With amazing effrontery a thief crept into the house of the Waterfall postmistress, Mrs. O'Neill, on Wednesday night, and stole three…

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Tamasese the Man When High Chief Went to Gaol in N.Z.

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 6

Rev. C. W. Chandler, late Anglican chaplain of Mt. Eden Prison, Auckland (N.Z.), gives an intimate sketch of High Chief Tamasese,…

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