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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

11,639 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

Crime in Chicago. Murder and Bombs. Women's Panic in Theatre. New York, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 15

The correspondent of the British United Press says that a series of crimes in Chicago, almost unparalleled even in Chicago, was augmented to-day by a gang murder, the…

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LOST -- Walter Tomlinson! "Hush-Hush" Smiles of Police Where is Tomlinson?

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 2

That is the mystery of the moment -- and the police who know won't tell. A SMILE, a wave of the arm, and a…

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For Samoa Military Police Corp Minister, Too Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 20

In accordance with the Cabinet's decision to send military police to Samoa, recruits are now being called for. They must be between 22 and…

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Russian Officers. Wholesale Massacres. Brutality of Soviet Police. London, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 15

The greatest massacre of officers since the early days of the Russian revolution is reported in a message from Riga. The O.G.P.U. (secret police) carried…

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Amesbury's Coursing Budget How Fives Court Won : Champion Puppy's Persistency

Referee · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 14

THE 33rd annual meeting of the New South Wales National Coursing Association will take place at Sargents' Burlington Cafe, 324 George-street, next…

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District Court. (Before Acting Judge Mack.) Taxi-cab Passenger Injured. Beegling v Moffatt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 9

In this case Helen Jean Beegling, spinster, claimed £400 damages for alleged negligence from Josiah Sleeman Moffatt, taxi-cab proprietor…

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Quarter Sessions. No. 1 COURT. (Before Judge Armstrong.) Crown Prosecutor, Mr. V. H. Treatt. Warrant Issued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 9

Alfred Lyle Cox, who had been indicted on a charge of housebreaking, having failed to appear when his name was called, his recognisance was ordered to be estreated, and a…

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The Letter Bag the Buck-out Meters on Taxi Cabs and "Bushranging" Again Police Please Note To the Editor

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 10

SIR.—We the public, who had to pay, know to what extent "bushranging" was practised by taxi-cab drivers before the business was put on a proper and-from the payor's standpoint…

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Judge Dethridge Sets a Bad Example. Rejection of the "Powers 3/-" from the Dried Fruit Industry Award May Lead to Reduction of 3/- per week in all Awards of the Federal Arbitration Court

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 13

IN making an award in the Federal Arbitration Court at Melbourne last week for the dried fruit industry in the Murray River Valley, Chief Judge…

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One Charge Fails Police Prefer Another Magistrate Convicts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 16

Charged recently with having stolen a doll's pram at Auburn, Reginald Toby was acquitted at the Parramatta Police Court…

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Alleged Theft of Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 8

Harold Mervyn Birch, 26, a clerk, was committed for trial at the Parramatta Court yesterday by Mr. Flynn, S.M., on a charge of having stolen a motor car valued at £300,…

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Two Youths Sentenced. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 12

At the Quarter Sessions, before Judge Mocatta, three youths, Harold Alfred Grose, John William Doherty, and John Francis Molloy, were charged with assault causing…

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Four Charged--one Freed

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 3

A feature of yesterday's hearing of the case at Central Police Court against four men charged with fraud in connection with the Property…

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"Mean Assault" Broke Policeman's Jaw

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 31

"It was a mean assault," remarked Mr. Flynn, S.M., at the Campsie Court to-day, when he reduced a charge of assault, occasioning actual bodily…

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The Gaol Cricketers Visit Bathurst

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 15

There are many cricket clubs ill the Parramatta district. Less widely known, perhaps than the others, is that at Parramatta Gaol. Its members,…

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Suspected Person Sent to Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 9

In the Central Summons Court James Joseph Rands, 37, labourer, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on a charge of being a suspected person found in Belmore Park…

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Gaol Concert Miss Trixie Boss' Pupils

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 15

Pupils of Miss Trixie Boss gave a splendid concert at Parramatta Goal recently. "One of the best we've had here," said…

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Shire Official Charged Not a Blacktown Case

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 6

The report from Lithgow printed yesterday of the committal for trial of Frank Derrett Davis, for an alleged indecent assault on a young girl at…

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Police Sergeants Retiring

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 16

A presentation was made to Sergeant Henry Jones, of the Water Police, on the occasion of his retirement. Mrs. Jones also received a gift. Inspector Mortimer, of the Water…

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"Went to Sleep" Suspect's Explanation Magistrate Not Satisfied

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 16

On duty in Good-street, Granville, at 1.25 a.m. on January 29, Constable Meehan saw Leslie Angus Hund enter a lane off Cowper-street, at the rear of…

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