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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

11,639 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 250

Slander Claim Settled in Court

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 7

MOLLY Foster of Fullaster-read [?] Ives by her next trend. Anthony Leonerd Foster claimed damages from Denold Thorpe [?]ettred business man of…

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Police A[?] for Miner Balmainpar[?] Angry England

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 7

THAT the coll [?] tally in the north had [?] officers to [?]rrest the p[?]…

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"Third Degree" Police Denials "Masked Man" Story

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 8

"IF his marksmanship had been better, accused would have stood tils trial before the Supreme Court on a charge of murder." said the…

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Alleged Threat Police and Woman Medical Examination

The Sun · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 9

An allegation that the police had threatened that if his client won another case they would hold her for seven days…

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Special to Police Patrol Beach Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 1

TO put a stop to mixed drinking parties on the bench into at night, six residents of North Glenelg have been sworn…

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Mary Dugan Trial on Screen Murder Case in Talking Picture

Daily Pictorial · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 9

The danger of relying too strongly on circumstantial, evidence in a murder case is emphasised in the talking picture, "The Trial of Mary Dugan"…

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Fight Ended in Death Murder Charge in S.A. ADELAIDE

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 1

Keith Ivor Trevor Fleming, 28, it is alleged fought with Edward James Steed at midnight on Saturday. As a result Fleming received a blow on…

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Police En Masse "All Quiet in the Domain"

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 5

Police were in mass formation in the Domain yesterday, and a patrol wasgon was stationed in the lane at the rear of Sydney Hospital…

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Class-conscious Police and Magistrates (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 3

Sir,--Who appoints the police and stipendiary magistrates? And what qualifications have they to have ? if the only qualification is to have a blassed mind…

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In the Courts To-day District Court

Daily Pictorial · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 9

(Before His Honor, Judge Curlewis.) In No. 1 Court. At 10 a.m.: All undefended actions, and afterwards the following defended actions:--Fraser v. Gall; Beegling…

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Shot Dead by Gangsters Had So Many Enemies That Police Are Helnless CHICAGO

Daily Pictorial · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 4

Julius Rosenheim, who has been a criminal investigator for 15 years, kissed his wife good-bye, and had only walked half a block when two…

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N.S.W. Crooks Victoria Keeps Track of Them "Invited to Leave Early Morn Raids by Police Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 1

ALTHOUGH eight arrests have been made Melbourne police official are not seriously perturbed at the influx of criminals from N.S.W., as a result of the operation there of the recently instituted Consorting With…

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Theft of Handbags

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 8

Mervyn James Crane, 29, a labourer, was sentenced to six months imprisonment by Mr. Flynn, S.M., at the Parramatta Court yesterday, on two chaiges of having stolen…

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"Dummy" 28 Electrician Charged

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 11

Norman Frankel, 21, electrician, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having offered and uttered a counterfeit coin resembling a 2s piece,…

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Magistrate's Ruling. Driving While Drunk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 15

William Tipling, 32, was fined £15 by Mr. Flynn, S.M., at the Parramatta Court yesterday on a charge of having driven a motor car in Marsden-street, Parramatta, on…

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Imprisoned for Theft. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 12

At the Mudgee Police Court this morning Patrick James Gleeson and Sydney Harris pleaded guilty to stealing goods valued at about £98. Sergeant Jones, of Sydney, gave…

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Youths Arrested. Alleged Assault on Girl

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 12

Three youths, aged 15, 17, and 18 years, respectively, were arrested at Manly yesterday, and charged with criminally assaulting a girl of 12 years on Sunday afternoon…

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Convicted of Assault on Girls Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 6

James Edward Cullen pleaded guilty at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day to charges of common assault on two girls, He was remanded for…

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Invented Police Whistle

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--Mr. Joseph Hudson, of Bermingham, has died at the age of 82. He invented the Metropolitan Police whistle in 1884…

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Police Threat. Solicitor's Allegations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 8

When the case of Jean Wilson (25), who was charged with offensive behaviour in Albion-street, on Saturday, was called, at the Central Police Court yesterday, Mr. Heavener…

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