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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

8,409 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

Night in Gaol Parkes

The Sun · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 8

When Sydney George Turner, a leading local baker, failed on Wednesday to meet an instalment of £15 under a Small Debts Court verdict…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Armstrong.) SENTENCED

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 6

The following persons, who had pleaded guilty, were sentenced:- Joseph Hensby, 22, a labourer, breaking and entering a shop and robbery in company, two…

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Auctioneer Charged Light Fine Imposed

The Biz · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 4

Terence Bellew McManus, of Cabramatta, was charged at Liverpool Court this Thursday with selling certain goods after 1 p.m. on a Saturday…

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Insulting Words Charge. Dismissed by Magistrate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 6

Eileen Peters, 23, domestic, and Clyde Morrison, 28, labourer, were, at the Central Summons Court yesterday, charged with having, on January 19, used insulting words to Constable…

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Assault on Wife. Husband Fined £5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 6

James Clark, 44, a smith's labourer, was fined £5, in default 20 days' hard labour, at Glebe Police Court yesterday for having assaulted his wife at Annandale on…

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Police Thanked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 6

At the Quarter Sessions Court yesterday Mr. J. K. Manning thanked Detective Lawrence for kindness and consideration shown to a man and woman who had pleaded…

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Two Policemen on Charge of Assault

Daily Pictorial · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 17

SERGEANT JENNINGS and Constable O'Donnell were charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with assaulting Willie Goo Gan…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, February 4, 1931. (Before Mr. Scobie, S.M.)TRAFFIC

The St George Call · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 2

Phillip James Moore was fined £3, for having on January 7, transferred a number plate for a motor car to an unregistered car…

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Coroner Charged Demanding Money Count Dismissed KANDOS

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 7

At the Kandos Police Court to-day. before Mr. H. H. Parrington, P.M. of Mudgee. Ray Wm. Tuokar.a butcher, of Kandos, proceeded against Victor Sayer…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, February 3. Before Mr. Scobie, S.M. Motorists in Trouble

The Propeller · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 4

Henry Norman Turner, 32, was charged with driving a motor car along the Prince's Highway, Blakehurst, on January 27, in a manner dangerous to the…

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Thieves Took Gift Cup of Tea While They Were Stealing Poles

Daily Pictorial · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Thursday. -- Members of the South Cessnock Progress Association often do voluntary labor in the South Cessnock Park…

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Sent to Gaol ! Business Man Who Could Not Pay Wages

Daily Pictorial · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 3

PARKES, Thursday. -- A prominent Parkes Business man has been imprisoned for not meeting a judgment for wages…

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Country Bank Affray Ex-Policeman Sent to Gaol Injured Teller

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 7

Joseph Parrick Kalinowst, 36. plead guilty at Darlinghurst Session to-day. to a charge of having been found in a dwelling with intent to commit…

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Charged Across the House Japanese Opposition Threaten Minister KOBE

Daily Pictorial · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 4

Rushed by the Opposition during an uproar in the Diet, the Foreign Minister, Baron Shidehara, was saved from violence by the…

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"No Duty" Police Threat Protest Move

The Sun · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 7

It was learned from a reliable source this afternoon that some members of the police force had suggested that they should refuse…

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Desertion Charge. Seaman in Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 8

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, at the Central Police Court yesterday, proceeded against Isaac Duncan Hedley, 38, ice merchant on a charge of…

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Solicitor Before Court Bankruptcy Sequel Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 9

Following upon Judge Lukin's ruling in the Bankruptcy Court last November in the case of Walter J. Toohey, of Sandringham, and Horace G…

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Applause in Court. Judge's Rebuke. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 6

The jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case in which Nathaniel James Watling was charged with having shot at Cecil Ernest Chapman, schoolteacher, with intent…

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Park Razor Case Reaches Court Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 10

Before three justices of the peace of Cessnock to-day, William Turnbull Daffin, 29, an unemployed mine worker, was charged with having maliciously wounded…

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Law Notices. Friday, February 6. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 6

Before Mr. Justice Stephen, in the Causes Court, Queen's-square.—At 10 a.m.: Dalgety and Co., Ltd., v Neville, Moratorium Act. Before the Prothonotary, in the Prothonotary's…

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