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Courts & crime, 1930

11,639 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Drover's Escapade. Rides Horse into Hotel Bar. Police Court Sequel. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 12

When the case of John Thomas Sweeney, 30, a drover, was called at the Moree Police Court, it was stated that Sweeney had made history at Garah by riding a horse into the…

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Police Charges Fail

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 1

KURRI, Feb. 3.—Last week the police drew a series of blanks in their drive against militant miners in the courts…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, February 4th. Before Mr. Shepherd, S.M. Assaulted Railway Official

The Propeller · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 2

George Booth (37), for whom Mr. L. Gannon appeared, was charged with, assaulting William John Evans, at Sutherland, on Saturday last. Booth was…

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Three Shot Summer Hill Tragedy Murder, Suicide

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 10

The shooting of William Cecil Plumb, his wife, Irene Beatrice Plumb, and his dauhter, Brenda Irene Plumb, at Summer Hill on January 13, was…

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Brisbane Workless Will Defy Police

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 4

BRISBANE, January 30.—When a deputation from the O.B.U. of Unemployed interviewed Premier Moore about finding work and different kinds…

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Woman Twice Shot. Old Man Charged with Crime. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 11

Mrs. Kathleen Benstead, 27, of Collins-street, Essendon, was critically wounded at her home this evening by a man armed with a double-barrelled shot gun…

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Melb. Shooting Woman Wounded Man Aged 80 Charged Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 13

WITH Wars in his eyes and apparently very weak, James M'Clure. 80. appeared at the City Court to-day charged with having…

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Was It Murder? Search for Koutepoff Paris

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 6

Following the receipt of an anonymous letter, the police are excavating in the Forest of Meudon, near Paris, seeking the body of General…

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On Lawn Melb. Woman Shot Jealousy Motive? Octogenarian Charged Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 15

Jealousy is believed to be the motive for the shooting of Mrs. Kathleen Benstead, 47, at her home in Collins-street, Essendon,…

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Chicago Police Admit Helplessness CHICAGO

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 1

"Handling this crime wave is like trying to rake leaves in a windstorm. You no sooner get one section quiet than hell breaks loose somewhere…

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Western Lands Not Half Used Big Wool Company Charged With Pastoral "Loafing."

The Land · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 4

Mr. A. E. C. Treloar, Condobolin, writes:- I noticed in "The Land" newspaper, a reference to Mr. Ball's proposal to…

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No Interference with Fed. Police Canberra

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 1

FEDERAL Cabinet decided to-day not to disturb the existing control of police. A scheme had been…

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Iron Knob Grounding Marine Court Inquires

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 7

The Court of Marine Inquiry, consisting of Mr. A. Gates, S.M. (chairman) and Captain W. T. Howell and Captain R. G. Blayney (assessors)…

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Factory Invaded. By Unemployed Youths, Police Assistance Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 11

More than 300 youths and men answered an advertisement offering work for six at the factory of Nally Products, Ltd., in Mountain-street, city, yesterday morning, stormed the…

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Girls of 14 Strapping Age Father to Police

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 9

ON a charge of having used threats to his 14-year-old daughter in the charge room of the Redfern police station last night. Fred Joseph…

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In the Courts To-day District Court

Daily Pictorial · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 9

(Before Judge Curlewis). In No. 1 Court. Lot before 11 a.m.: Motions generally; James Steel Engineering Co., Ltd., v. West; Perce, McKam. Ltd., v. Vial; the New South Wales…

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Federal Police Forces. Not to Be United. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 12

At the meeting of the Federal Cabinet today consideration was given to a proposal that all the various Commonwealth police forces should be united and placed under joint…

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Dead Man in Empty House. Ghastly Discovery by Police

The Propeller · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 1

Last Mood ay residents of Clutter Avenue, Ramsgate, reported to the Kogarah police that tut awful stench was coming from an empty cottage in that…

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Records Likely in Supreme Court Extra Sittings to Meet Accumulation

Daily Pictorial · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 16

Indications are that last year's record of over 1000 cases listed for hearing in the Supreme Court will be beaten easily this year…

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"Moments Like These You Need Minties!" Ten Years' Gaol "Grey Shadow" Case Poignant Drama at Quarter Sessions Armed Hold-up

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 5

FACED with ten years' gaol, Thomas Herbert Skinner, 29, exclaimed at the Quarter Sessions yesterday: "It's moments like these you need…

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