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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

8,409 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Fiend Haunts Lonely Road Brutal Murder of Girl Motorist LONDON

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

After giving a man a lift in her car, Evelyn Foster, the pretty daughter of an Otterburn garage proprietor, was struck over the head…

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Over Woman Row at Devine Home Shot Fired Attempted Murder Charge

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 7

Matilda (Tilly) Devine, who recently returned to Sydney after a year's absence in London, figured in a new role at the…

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In Shark Waters Youths Rescued by Water Police

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

Three youths, St. John Grace, Mosman Street, Mosman, his brother Peter, and Kenneth Mullens, Raglan Street, Mosman, were thrown into…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 9. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

In Chambers.—Before the Prothonotary.—In the Prothonotary's Public Chamberd.—At 10 a.m.: Re Orange, ex porte Gunthorpe, for charging order. At 2.15 p.m.—Examination of judgment debtors:…

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With Rifles Police Go North Shearing Trouble Brisbane

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 7

Thirty police armed with rifles left by train this afternoon for the Charleville and Cunnamulla districts, where trouble has occurred…

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"The Red Terror." Police Description of Vagrant. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 15

John Lawrence, 38, labourer, was charged at the City Police Court to-day with vagrancy. Detective West said that Lawrence was known throughout Australia as "The Red Terror."…

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Suicide of Prisoner in Cell Hanged From Window Used Blanket Held in Murder Case

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 8

Held on a charge of having murdered an old woman at Drummoyne, Stanley Jackson, 18, who lived in Harris-street,…

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Upper House Abolition. Appeal to High Court. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 10

Representatives of the Government of New South Wales will appear before the Full Court of the High Court to-morrow and move for leave to appeal against the judgment of the…

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The High Court. Selecting a Chief Justice. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 10

Discussing the appointment of a successor to the Chief Justice (Sir Isaac Isaacs) of the High Court, the Acting Federal Attorney General (Senator Daly) said to-day…

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A Threat Crofts to Court "Certain Things" Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 7

"I have authority to say, as representative of the unions, that something will happen to productivity in the near future if the w[?]…

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Armed Guards of Police Queensland Shearing Dispute Premier's Order Brisbane

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

ARMED parties of police are leaving for [?] at which trouble-making are assembling in connection with the hearing dispute…

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"I Will Shoot You, Too" Bondi Maniac's Grim Threat to Police

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

"I am just exercising the law, and I will shoot you, too." THAT, said Plainclothes Constable McGill, at the inquest yesterday,…

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Wild Meeting of A.L.P. Police Summoned At Bankstown Heated Scenes

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

ROWDY scenes marked a special meeting of the Central Bankstown branch of the A.L.P. last night, and police…

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"Tilly" Says Husband Tried to Murder Her Story of Shooting and a Razor and a Woman

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 1

JAMES Edward Devine, 39, described as a fruiterer before Mr. Williams, S.M., in No 1., Court at the Central to-day on a…

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Before the Court for 24 Years, and Never Had a Chance!

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

SOMEWHAT intoxicated, a man at Central…

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Heavy Sentences in New Zealand Clash with Police. Communists, Unemployed Arrested CHRISTCHURCH, N.Z.

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 1

An average of three or four unemployed meetings a day have been held since the 1st December. The unemployed in ever increasing numbers…

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Mob Assails Police with Iron Bars Thousands In Demonstration On Food Rations Politicians Hooted Adelaide

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5

AFTER several minor clashes with mounted troopers, unemployed who attempted to force an entry into the office of the Premier, Mr. Hill, to-day, came into vicious conflict with the police, and the worst riot in South…

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Riot of Unemployed Iron Bars Serious Adelaide Clash Fought Police Casualties on Both Sides Adelaide

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 7

After several minor clashes with mounted troopers, unemployed who attempted to force an entry into the office of the…

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AH -- There Was a Host of Ahs Fan Tan Raid Has Sequel In Court

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3

Nine little China boys Sat down to play; In came policemans And took them away --…

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'The People v. World Depression' a Case New Being Heard in The Court of Human Justice

The Labor Daily · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

"A LIMITED company very rarely has a body to be kicked or a soul to be damned." What a compass is to a mariner, so a balance sheet is to…

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