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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

8,409 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

New Mystery in Ormond Murder Slain Girl No Fatal Mark Seen Rage Theory Death by Suffocation Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 11

Although the detectives still believe that Adeline Hazel Wilson, [?] of Ormond, was murdered by someone in a fit of rage,…

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Upper House Battle Appeal on January 20 High Court Sitting at Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 5

The appeal by the N.S.W. State Government against the decision of the Full Court, which held that an Act for the abolition of the…

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10 P.C. Cut What Help to Workless? Court Critical Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 9

The most significant pronouncement yet made from the Bench on the attitude of the Arbitration Court towards the application for a…

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The LIBRARY Studies in Crime, the Home-Grown Essayist, Humours of the "Exam." Paper, and a Volume of Reminiscences "Plain Murder," by C. S. Forester. "Sir John Magill's Last Journey," by Freeman Wills Croft. "Sentimental Essays," by J. R. Pound, D.Sc. "The Book of Howlers," by H. Cecil Hunt. "Edwardian Hey-Days," by Major George Cornwallis West. Murder Will Out

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 12

TWO excellent "crime" books are "Plain Murder" (The Bodley Head—Dymock's), by C. S. Forester, and "Sir John Magill's Last Journey" (Collins—Dymock's), by Freeman Wills Croft…

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FISTIANA a History of australian Boxing. Larry Foley Knew Tragedy of 'Hard-Upness' — Knocked Out By a 'Whipper-snapper' at Glen lnnes — A Comical Side to the Encounter—Fast and Furious. Police Tried to Stop Championship of Australia Fight in 1879—When Jem Mace Officiated in Foley's Corner — Senior Constable Forced to Become a Passive Onlooker (Continued From Last Week)

Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 14

So far as the encounter was concerned between Foley and Jackson, it was only for a moderate stake—£10 aside—but here again it was a case of "green…

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Horsebreaker's Money. Man Charged with Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 7

At Newtown Police Court yesterday Alfred Taylor, 32, a traveller, was charged with having stolen £200 and a watch and chain, of the total value of £204, the property of…

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Police Oppose £143,000 Theft Charge Remand

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 5

JOHN BROWN TENNENT, 38, manager, was charged with having stolen two ledgers, containing accounts of clients. two private ledgers, one cash…

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Moratorium Act Gaol Clause Magistrate's Warning To Company Gramophone-hire Case

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 9

"UNDER the Moratorium Art, a mortgagee who continues an action under a mortgage, without leave of a court, is liable to six months'…

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Warders Are Exonerated Suicide in Gaol Youth on Murder Charge

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 5

"I AM satisfied that every possible precaution is taken, and that the supervision at the State Penitentiary is excellent…

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Fined for Stealing

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 1

Alfred Hulbert (49), at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, pleaded guilty to a charge of h[?]ing stolen an emery wheel and there articles the…

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Police Baffled Murder Mystery At Ormond MELBOURNE

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 7

IN w[?] investigators into the murder of Adeline Hazel Wilson, 16 at O[?] the police are faced [?] the difficulty of accounting for the…

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Modern Knight Entertainment Sir Galahad in Court Of Mr. Perry, Magistrate

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 7

SIR GALAHAD of the pure heart had been but 17 summers. Never theless, he conclusively proved that the poet's assertion that his was the…

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After Thirty Years Gaol Warder Retires

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 3

Mr. David John Stuart recently retired from the N.S.W. Prisons Department after 30 years' service. At the time of his retirement he was a senior…

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"Plot to Kill Father" Girl of 14 Charged with Murder Callous Crime 'Planned It to Elope' Adelaide

The Sun · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 13

Allegations that the murder of her father was planned and committed with her full knowledge were made by the…

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Arrested Again! Men Face Second Charge Of Car Stealing

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 7

TWO men arrested on Monday night after a car chase, in which five shots were fired by police, were captured again last night in a stolen…

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Prisoner's Suicide. to Escape Murder Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 7

Held on a charge of murder, Stanley Jackson, aged l8 years, of Guildford, committed suicide at Long Bay Gaol on January 8. Yesterday the City Coroner (Mr. May)…

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Judge Rules Moratorium Act in Force Magistrate Was Wrong

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 8

Mr. Justice Long tunes yesterday decided that a magistrate who had made an order giving possession of certain premises to a mortgagee on the day on which…

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Cheque for £125 Hus-band: Wife On Theft Charge

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 7

DONALD CORDON, or Glynn. 28. laboter and his wife. have Margaret Glynn, 23. were committed for trial from the Central Court to-day…

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Emu in Police Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 12

A policeman at Redfern station last night with an emu captured in the district…

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At the Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 13

Reginald Carrig, at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, was fined £2 with 8/- costs for having used indecent language, and £1 with 8/- costs for…

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