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Courts & crime, 1930

11,639 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Solicitor Charges City Police

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 3

That the police had threatened they would hold the client for seven days tor medical examination, if she won another case, was the allegation made…

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Three Youths Arrested Alleged Assault on Girl at Canley Vale

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 4

Three youths, who are alleged to have criminally assaulted a 12-year-old girl, in the street at Canley Vale, on Sunday afternoon, have been…

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On Roof Suspects Escape Police

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

Three men were seen about 1 o'clock this morning on the roof of a shed [?] Burnett-street, Redfern, by Constables Bowling and West, but they escaped…

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Out of Gaol Into Hospital Free Drug-runner in More Trouble

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

Released from Parramatta Gaol yesterday morning after serving a five-months' sentence for cocaine-peddling, a man went to hospital with…

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Thieves Flee Police Chase Leap From Window

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 8

JUMPING from a window to a laneway, a distance of 10 feet, at Redfern early to-day, three young men, being chased by the police,…

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Left Gaol: Attacked Same Night with Crowbar Man Hit on Head Drug Runner

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 1

BELIEVED by the police to have bean the victim of drug traffickers-revenge for some breach of the trade, Albert Reynolds, 32, who…

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Girl in River Police Seek Man Melbourne

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 5

FOUND hanging to a rope in the river near a coal lighter at Victoria Docks early to-day a girl who gave the name of Betty Grayson, 17, of Kilmore, was…

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Scrub Incident Robbery Denied No Action by Police

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 5

FOLLOWING the alleged assault of a man in the scrub at Bankstown yesterday. Constables Hole and Dimmock interviewed several youns…

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Counterfeiting Plant in George St. Room Man Arrested Read Novel When Charged Fine Moulds

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 1

A man, who had been under close police surveillance for some weeks, was arrested yesterday, and a complete…

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Balmain Colliery. Picketing Continues. Miners and Police Protection

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 11

Allegations that the leaders of the miners were using police to suppress picketing at the Balmain colliery were made by officials of the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's…

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Abolition of Fruit Barrows Marketing Committee Opposes Police Suggestion

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 15

The Fruit Marketing Committee decided yesterday to present a bold front to the Police Department, which-proposes to abolish seven fruit stands in…

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Missed Their Cue Patriot Police at Rothbury (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 6

Sir,--I am not in agreement with all that Charles Reeve says or does. If he wants to lecture the police he should deo it in a proper way--not call them names…

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Rack From City Miners' Children Police Question Mothers Kurri

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 5

A large crowd of women gathered at the Kurri School of Arts to-day their children from Sydney, where they, have been holidaying…

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Judge Alters Court Custom Takes Sobbing Child Witness on Bench

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The appearance to-day of a girl of 8 as principal witness at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions in a…

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Airplanes Used by Police After Thieves Fifth Robbery at Store Novel Chase

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 1

Police employed unique methods in a chase after thieves when two airplanes from Richmond Airdrome were requisitioned to…

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Unassociated Mines May Commence Plan Discussed Men Refuse Police Protection Combined Meeting Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 5

INSTEAD of Millfield-Greta colliery resuming work to-day, the employees in conjunction with the men of Greta Main colliery, evolved…

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Preferred Death to Cat O' Nine Tails Leaped to Doom on Way to Dread Triangle Wandsworth Gaol Horror Will Form of Punishment Go ? LONDON

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 8

FEAR of the cat-o'-nine-tails led James Spiers, 37, who was sentenced last Friday to ten years' penal servitude and 15 strokes of the cat, to jump over bannisters and fall headlong 25 feet to a stone floor at…

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Fraud Charge Property Insurance Co. Four in Court "A Cloak for Evilly Disposed Persons"

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 12

The need for amending the Companies Act was emphasised by Mr. Rogers (for the Crown) at the Central Court to-day when he outlined the case against John Gunn, 46, solicitor; William John Beckett, 38, company manager; Allan Francis Howden, 40; and…

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Talk of Swindle Property Insurance Company Four Men in Court "Dogs Have Been Barking It"

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 7

SENSATIONAL arrests in connection with the affairs of the Property Insurance Company, Ltd., had a sequel at the Central Court to-day, when four men were charged with conspiracy…

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District Court. (Before his Honor Acting-Judge Mack.) Claim for Compensation. Bennett v Stuart Bros

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 7

This was a claim by Ernest Joseph Bennett, formerly employed by Stuart Bros., contractors, of Camperdown, for an additional award of £2 per week pending the applicant's…

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