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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1931

8,409 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

Theft of Jewellery. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 17

Thieves entered the home of Mrs. Isobel Driver, in Milson-avenue, Toorak, this afternoon, and stole, among ether articles, a Platinum and diamond ring valued at £450,…

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Launch Mystery Magistrate Safe Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 6

Although early reports from Thursday Island gave rise to the fear that the launch Ealalie, owned and commanded by Captain Liston Blyth,…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 8

Before his Honor Judge Edwards and Juries, in No. 1 Court.—At 10 a.m.: Maher v Clift, Tinter v Vallack. Note: The list will bEo called over punctually at 10 a.m…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 8

Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy at Supreme Court Buildings.—At 10 a.m.: Public examination: Re Clarence Leslie Donnelly. re Harry Myers Crooks, re William Herbert Moate, re…

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Brave Prisoners Dug Out Comrades; Then Back To Gaol

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Friday.--Heroism was shown by prisoners from Napier Gaol, who were at work on the Bluff when the earthquake came…

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Reward In Melb. Murder Investigation MELBOURNE

Evening News · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 3

A reward of £50 is to be offered by the State Government for information leading to the establishment of the identity of the man seen with Adeline…

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£50 for Clue Ormond Murder Offer Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 3

On the recommendation of the Chief Commissioner of Police (General Blarney) the Chief Secretary (Mr. Tunnecliffe) has agreed to…

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Verdict of Murder. Northumberland Mystery. LONDON, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 14

A verdict of murder was returned at the inquest into the death of Miss Evelyn Foster, 28, who was found dying beside her blazing car on a lonely Northumberland moor…

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Fifty-one Chinese in Court

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 10

As the result of a raid by Sergeant Jennings and the gaming squad on a house in Dickson Street, city on Thursday, 51 Chinese appeared at…

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Murder and Pillage Fiendish Outrage by Marauders In the Punjab

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 6

A dastardly outrage was committed last week by armed marauders from Ramkha man village, in the Lahore district of the Punjab (India). Twelve bandits, armed…

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Law Notices. Monday, February 9. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 8

In Chumbera.—Before the Prothonotary in the Prothonotary's Public Chambers.—At 10.30 a.m.: Fraser v Low Grade Fuel Burners, Ltd. (Bank of New South Wales, garnishee); A. C. Ingham and…

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Alleged Anarchist. Desperate Fight with Police. LONDON, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 13

Michele Schiro, who recently returned to Rome from the United States and who had been spending money lavishly, was arrested at the doorway of the Foreign Office in…

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Secret Society? Melbourne Police Raid Italians' Home MELBOURNE

Evening News · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 4

Following reports that an Italian secret society had been active in the city, plain-clothes Police, who have been specially detailed to watch…

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Lawn Tennis. Granville and District Hard Court Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 17

Entries for the annual competition close on February 23, and clubs are invited to participate in the following events:- Saturday afternoons, A grade, men's and women's…

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Wage Cut Arbitration Court Declines to Alter its Decision

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 2

The Arbitration Court on Thursday refused the application of the Commonwealth Attorney General (Mr. F. Brennan) for a delay of three months in the…

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Quarter Sessions Appeal Court. (Before Judge White.) Private Car Hirers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 8

The successful appeal by Clement Highley against a fine of £3, imposed at the Rogarah Police Court, on a charge of having driven a motor car which had not been registered…

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House of Commons. Protection of Women. Blackheath Police Increased. London, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 13

In the House of Commons, the Home Secretary (Mr. C[?]), in answer to a question relating to the protection of women after dark, said that the number of police at…

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Gandhi Finds a "Dear Friend" Viceroy Has Request to Make Police Probe Calcutta

The Sun · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 1

"My dear friend", is how Gandhi commences a letter to a Viceroy in which he asks for an inquiry into…

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Magistrate Safe

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1931 · page 1

Mrs, Blyth, who is in Wagga, to-day received a message that her husband, Captain Liston Blyth. Papuan Magistrate, who was…

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Shocking Assault on Small Girl Goulburn Prowler Sent to Gaol for Five Years

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1931 · page 20

"I CONSIDER you are a horrible menace to society, and for the protection of society I think you should go to gaol for a long time," said Judge Coyle at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions last week when he sentenced Ames Thomas Bowley (40) to five…

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