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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

8,409 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

Heard by the Way Penrith Pays Promptly—Disrobing at the River—Inadequacy of Federal Grant—Court Scene—Guns to Clean, etc. Fine Bowling Performance

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 1

BILL, Howell, jar, continues to get wickets cheaply for Cumberland in Metropolitan [?] Grade matches. Playing against Marrickville last…

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Police Charged

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1931 · page 17

ARISING out of a raid upon a Chinese building in Dixon-street. City, last week, charges of assault and occasioning actual…

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Goes to Gaol at 81 for a 211½ Theft! Pathetic Court Spectacle; Bowed, and Silent

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 25 January 1931 · page 9

FOR the theft of a pair of bloomers, valued at 211½, the property of Woolworth's, Ltd., Dannette English (81) was sentenced by Mr. Shepherd,…

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Yacht Sunk Police Make Arrest

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1931 · page 2

A man and a young woman were last night detained at Coff's Harbor, following the finding, on Thursday, of a half submerged yacht in the…

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At Gap 20 Minutes Struggle Police Win

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1931 · page 1

From 1.30 until 1.50 this morning, two men fought a desperate battle on the edge of a 260ft. drop at The Gap, and they were…

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£1625 Missing Bank Manager in Court Hobart

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1931 · page 5

Edward Frederick Plummer, former manager of the Ulverstone branch of the Launceston Bank for Savings, pleaded guilty at the City…

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Caught in His Little Shirt What Happened to Jones ? Fainted When Police Came

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1931 · page 13

EVIDENTLY Thomas Jones had no expectations of receiving visitors when he temporarily domiciled himself in a Kent-street…

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Woe Over Case of Clara Bow Jury Wept and Court Upset Los Angeles

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 25 January 1931 · page 4

There were remarkable scenes when Daisy Devoe, secretary to the screen actress, Clara Bow, was found guilty of stealing £165 from…

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Girl Told Court She Read Sister's Books Kyogle Case and Admissions Made in the Box Lismore Nurse for Trial

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1931 · page 11

AT the Lismore Police Court on Monday Ruby Louisa Gaudron, a nurse, of Lismore, was committed for trial on a charge of using an illegal instrument. The prosecution was conducted by Sergeant Asprey, Detective-Sergeant Arnold also being…

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Fatal Knife Wound Boy Charged With Murder Dying Story

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 5

ALLEGED to be the victim of a penknife assault, Thomas Good, 15, of Prospect-street, Moore Park, was…

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New Move by Police Ormond Murder Yet to Be Cleared Up

Daily Pictorial · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- As the man who was last seen with Hazel Wilson (16), of Ormond, on the night she was murdered has failed to come…

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Murder Charge Against Lover

Daily Pictorial · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Sunday. -- Gertrude West (19) was gravely wounded at her home, Te Awamutu, to-day with a shotgun…

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Elderly Shoplifter. Sent to Gaol for Six Months

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 3

Dannette English, a very old woman, who gave her age as 81 years, pleaded guilty at the Central Police Court on Saturday to a charge of stealing a pair of bloomers valued…

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Bank Manager Admits to Theft of £1625 HOBART

The Labor Daily · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 1

Edward Frederick Plummer, former manager of the ulverstone branch of the Launceston Bank for Savings, pleaded guilty at the city court…

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Alderman Charged. Alleged Breach of Local Government Act. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 3

Norman Clarence McLennan, taxi-driver, an alderman of South Grafton Municipal Council, was charged at Grafton Police Court on the information of Gerald Walter Fitzgerald with…

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Indian Agitators. Release from Gaol Urged to Discuss Constitution. Calcutta, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 7

There is increased talk at Delhi and other centres of pardon for supporters of Congress now in gaol for political offences. It is known that the Central Government has…

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Girl Wounded Attempted Murder Charge In N.Z. AUCKLAND

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 1

GERTRUDE WEST, 19, is in a grave condition as the result of a shotgun wound in the body, received at her home at Te Awamutu…

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At Canyon Woman Disappears Police Search Katoomba

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 5

Blackheath police are searching for a woman who has been missing somewhere near the Grand Canyon since 6 o'clock last night…

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Ocean of Whisky for Officials U.S.A. Sanctuary for Bootleggers Senate Charged Washington

Daily Pictorial · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 4

"This city is an oasis for violators of the liquor laws, and you have made it a sanctuary for stores of bootleg whisky."…

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Police in Smash High Speed Was Safe; Slow a Menace!

Daily Pictorial · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 2

AFTER dashing for eight hours around the city and suburbs at high speed without mishap, members of the police wireless patrol were…

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