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Courts & crime, 1932

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Women Versus Men. Assault Follows Theft

The St George Call · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 1

At the Kogarah Court on Thursday, before Mr. Cohen, S.M., Kathleen Carroll (28), Elsie Maud Flynn (45), Stanley Cooper Armstrong (30) and Keith…

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Police Are Busy on Canefields Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 1

INNISFAIL, Thursday.--Sub-inspector McCarthy and Detective P. Talty arrived at Daradgee to-day In search of clues which might lead to…

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Asked for Medical Attention. Sentenced to Six Months’ Gaol. Indecent Exposure Charge

The St George Call · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 2

Giving evidence in a charge against a [?] named Arthur John Furnell, at the Kogarah Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Cohen, S.M., Det. Const. Oldfield…

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Industrial Court. (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Claim for Wages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 3

Hearing was concluded of the claim for £43/3/, under the cabinetmakers' award, brought by Ernest Sartorelli, of Belmore, against Sam Hing, trading as the Acme…

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Italians Charged. Barellan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 6

At the Barellan Police Court yesterday, two Italians, Giovanni Bisa, 28, and Dominic Cunial, 22, were sentenced to three months' imprisonment for having stolen five bags of…

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Traveller Charged With Possessing Illicit Liquor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 3

A charge of having had illicit spirits in his possession was preferred against James Stevenson, 40, traveller, at the Central Police Court yesterday…

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Assault Charge. Alleged Attack with Tin-opener

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 2

Gertrude Thompson, 44, who was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having assaulted and caused actual bodily harm to Dorothy Crowe, was alleged to have attacked…

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Fatal Accident. Car Driver Charged. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 9

About 2 p.m. to-day, John Helmrick Meek, 59, a resident of Katoomba, was knocked down and fatally injured while crossing the street by a car alleged to have been driven by Albert…

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Theft of Car. Young Man Committed Fob Trial

The St George Call · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 2

A young man named Oriel Ellard, was committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions in February by Mr. Cohen, S.M., from the Kogarah Court on…

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Mail Robbery Mysterious £800 Theft In W.A.

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 5

PERTH, Thursday.--A robbery of £800 in notes while being transferred from the Perth branch of the Bank of N.S.W. to Perenjoli has…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, December 29. Before Mr. Cohen, S.M. What Happened in Park

The Propeller · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 4

Charles Howie Thomas, 48, was charged with behaving in an offensive manner in Cook Park, Brighton-le-Sands, on December 27…

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Assault on Mother-in-law. Alleged Violence and Bad Language

The St George Call · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 2

Mr. Cohen, S.M., was called upon at Kogarah Court on Tuesday to decide who the guilty party was in a case where Louisa Jane Ballantine and…

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Early Hearing by High Court

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 7

The Crown appeal against the decision of the State Full Court that the Deputy Industrial Commissioner Mr. E. C. Magrath cannot exerclse…

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Two Letters Praise and Abuse for Police

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 5

AS New Year gifts, Mr. Childs, Commissioner of Police, yesterday received two unofficial letters. The first he opened referred in…

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Cupid Clicks Handcuffs. Romance of the Police Force

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 5

On Monday afternoon, Plainclothes-Constable Michael Healey, of the Wireless Squad, is to be married to Policewoman Ellen Bennett. THE two "officers" have been…

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In Nightdress Woman Makes Call On Police "THREATENED"

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 8

Redfern police received a shock at 3.30 a.m. to-day when, wearing nothing but a nightdress, a woman stumbled into the station, gasping…

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That’s My Business. Answer to Police Questions

The St George Call · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 2

When the police were enquiring into a robbery at Hurstville, the man they were questioning made the answer on many occasions “That’s my business”…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 4. District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 3

Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 10.15 a.m.: Willmore and anor. v winter. At 10.30 a.m.: Gibson v Patterson. At 10.45 a.m.: Gibson [?]ts Patterson. CHIEF INDUSTRIAL MAGISTRATE'S COURT…

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Black Camorra Clouds [?] Up Again Confessed Secret Society Member Stabs Australian Police Data on Camorra Time to Act

Arrow · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 21

SHADOWS of that dreaded Italian secret society, the Camorra, are rising again about Sydney, stirred up by the arrest of Dante Filleri, alias Charles Fisher, on Christmas Day. Since the fierce murder of Dominico Belle, on Newtown Railway Station, in…

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Police Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 4

The following cases were dealt with at the Penrith Police Court on Tuesday, by Mr J. B. Scobie, P.M.:- For assaulting Harold John Harris,…

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