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Courts & crime, 1931

8,409 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Communist Sentenced in Britain

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

LONDON.—Arthur Edward Swain, a Communist, of Birmingham, and a candidate of the Communist Party at the communal elections, has been…

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Alleged Horse Stealing Three Charges

The Biz · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

Douglas George Jones appeared at Liverpool Court this Thursday on a charge of stealing a horse valued at £10, the property of Thomas Hope…

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Man Aged 45 Charged

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 7

A man aged 45, who was alleged to have lured a seven-year-old girl into a paddock at Homebush last night, appeared at the Burwood…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, January 20, 1931.(Before Mr. Williams, S.M.)

The St George Call · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

“It is very dangerons,” said His Worship, in imposing a fine of £1 on Rupert Mitchell Anderson, for riding a motor cycle in such a manner as to…

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Mooney and Billings to Stay in Gaol

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

The Supreme Court of the State of California has refused to pardon comrades Mooney and Billings, although the witnesses for the prosecution…

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Ormond Girl Murder Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 7

It the man last seen in the company of Adeline Hazel Wilson (16), who was murdered at Ormond on January 10, is not traced by…

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Stabbed Over Heart One-legged Man Is Charged

Daily Pictorial · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

Stabbed over the heart while standing on the verandah of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Sandring-ham, yesterday, the proprietor,…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, January 20, 1931. Before Mr. Williams, S.M. Unlicensed Wireless

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

Inspector Winkler, of the Postmaster-General's, Department, proceeded against Horace Clifford Sawden for having a wireless receiving set in…

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Clovelly Prisoners and Police

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 9

A resolution carried by the Rozelle branch of the U.W.M. asks for the release of the remainder of the Clovelly prisoners, and for the instant dismissal…

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Lucia Court-martial

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 1

London, Thursday.--Able Seaman J. E. Luck has been sentenced to six months' detention by the court martial set up to deal with charges…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

Before the Acting Chief Clerk in Bankruptcy.—At Supremo Court Building, Elizabeth-street.—Taxation of costs: Re H. S. Davy, 10 a.m. Settlement of minutes: Re J. S. Stevens, 10.30 a.m…

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Moratorium Case. Mortgagees in Possession. Magistrate Refuses Order for Vacation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

The Chief Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. Laidlaw), delivered judgment to-day at the Central Court, in the matter of the application by Helen Gordon Coldham, by her attorney,…

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Murder Charge Aged Chinese Dies Bathurst

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 7

Three youths, Vernon Bonham (16), Robert George Bonham (18), and Thomas O'Hara (18), were remanded until January 29, at Bathurst…

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"Fruit" Machines. Police Action Promised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 11

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Chief Secretary (Mr. Gosling), announced that the police had been instructed to take action against clubs and hotels in which "fruit"…

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Murder Charge; Bullet Is Fatal After Two Months

Daily Pictorial · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

AFTER lingering in Bathurst District Hospital since November 30 of last year, Dan Loo, an aged Chinese, who was picked up in a…

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Blames Police for Delay of Trial

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 7

"I've been threatened by the police that they will hold my case over until next June If they can. They are holding me up so as l can't get a fair…

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Police Night with Communists Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 7

MELBOURNE police are so well acquainted with the inner workings of local Communists that they had little trouble in securing tickets to…

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Silent Drama. Murder of Picture Manager. BERLIN, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 12

While 3000 spectators in the Great Mercedes Film Palace were watching a murder drama on the screen, Herr Schmoller, the manager, was murdered in a sound-proof room…

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Effect of the Court's Judgement

Daily Pictorial · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 3

The judment means:--New Federal basic wage of £3182. Ten per cent. reduction of…

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Wednesday. January 28. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

In Chumbers.—Before the Prothonotorv—In the Frothonotarj s Public Chambers.—At 10 a m A C. Ingham and Co., Ltd., v MorRan and another Wheeler garnishee; Burbidge v Manning Dorman…

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