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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

11,639 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250

Stealing From Shops

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 5

Slaters 13 and 6 years of age were arrested in marks Foys' last night on shoplifting charges. Later police visited their home and…

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Assault in City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 22

George Burgess, aged 30, ot Vera-street, Campsie, was assaulted by three men in Mountain-street, at 3 o'clock in the morning. Knocking him unconscious, they dearchcd his…

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Inciting to Murder. Communist Sentenced. Advocate of Violence and Bloodshed. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 17

A charge against Joseph Shelley, 41, for having, at Kurri Kurri, on January 8, incited divers persons to commit murder, was heard at West Maitland Court, before Mr. D. W…

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Theft of Motor Vehicles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 21

Fourteen motor vehicles, cars, lorries, and cycles were stolen in the metropolitan area on Thursday, Yesterday, a lorry, belonging to Mr. Sydney…

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Assault on Constable. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 18

Thomas Millard, 25, was fined £10 for having assaulted Constable McMahon at Delungra. The constable had arrested Allan Lawson…

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Gaol Screening "The Four Feathers"

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 6

A SPECIAL screening of "The Polls Feathers," Paramount's epic of British courage in the Sudan, will be held next Monday at the Parramatta gaol…

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Chose Gaol Woman Solicitor and Sergeant Red at Kurri Insulted Police Maitland, Saturday. MAITLAND

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 3

CHARGED at West Maitland Court with having used insulting words. William Laidlaw was alleged to have said: "The police are so low that they A SUMMONS has been issued by Miss Jollie Smith—the woman solicitor instructing Mr. Clancy, who appeared for the miners in the recent court cases which…

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Gaol for Forging Mr. Garden's Name

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 5

Charged with having obtained goods from shopkeepers at Newtown, Petersham and Marrickville by means of false pretences, Joseph Fornley. 40,…

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Missing Funds Young Woman Charged Brisbane

The Sun · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 5

Defalcations totalling £921 7s 3d are alleged against an attractively-dressed young woman, Pauline Kulick, 24, who appeared before Mr. Ferguson. P. M.,…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 12

Before the Registrar.—At 10.15 a.m., Barker v Thomson and another, The Permanent Trustee Co. of N. S. W. Ltd., garnlshee; at 10.30 a.m., W. T. Carmichael, Ltd., v Dadley…

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Big Sum Manager Charged Bank's Funds Alleged Embezzlement

The Sun · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 3

Norman Hood Alien, 35, manager of the Government Bank at Mayfield, appeared before the Newcastle police court…

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Stolen Car Police Activity

The Sun · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 3

After the number o[?] a car stolen from Herbert Norton, of Wentworth-street, Randwick, yesterday, had been telephoned to all police stations in the…

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Burglars Trapped by Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 4

Early this morning a night-watchman found two men in a furniture store at Newtown. They were surrounded by police and arrested…

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Youths Arrested. After Exciting Chase. Alleged Theft of Motor Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 18

Two youths were arrested after a thrilling chase at Rose Bay about 9 o'clock last night. The youths, it is alleged by the police, entered a motor car which had been left unattended in…

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Convent Instead of Gaol Girls' Vain Plea to S.m

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 5

Refusing to grant their request that they be sent to a convent for a year, two girls were sentence to three months' hard labor by Mr, Laidlaw,…

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Police Vigil Railway Thefts Sequel

The Sun · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 3

Following disappearances of tins of petrol from trucks at White Bay goods yards in the last three months, last night Superintendent Jamison and…

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Summons for Police Officer. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 18

A summons has been taken out by Miss O. Jollle Smith, solicitor, of Sydney, against Police Sergeant Toohey, of Cessnock, for insulting words alleged to have been used at…

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14 Years Harry Is Sentenced Dramatic Plea Long Terms for Others London

The Sun · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 1

The Hatry trial ended dramatically to-day, when the defendants, Clarence Hatry, Edmund Daniels, Albert Tabor, and…

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BAWRA Liquidation Delayed by Court Appeals

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 7

The general secretary of the Graziers Association (Mr. J. W. Allen) has been Informed that neither the date nor the amount of the final distribution of Bawra…

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Communist Fined. Insulting Language to Police. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 18

William Laidlaw, who admitted being a member of the Communist party, appeared before Mr. D. W. Reed P.M., at the West Maitland Court this afternoon on two charges…

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