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Courts & crime, 1932

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 8

Before the Chief Clerk in Bankruptcy.—11 30 a.m,.: Re D. R. Parke, settlement of minutes 12.30 p.m. Re Taplin, taxation of costs…

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Court Reporter's Death

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 4

Mr. John Henry Shepherd, for 27 years a member of the official law reporting staff, died suddenly on Thursday, He attended his duties as…

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Cannot Gaol Gun Carrier S.m. Regrets Law's Inadequacy Criminal Fined

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 7

"My only regret is that I cannot send this man to gaol without the option of a fine--I wouldn't hesitate a moment,"…

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Who Will Be New Police Sec.?

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 4

SEVENTY members of the No. 2 branch of the Police Association met [?]erday and…

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SLAVES Discontent in Russia Police Tyranny

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 7

The Russian people are seething with discontent, but are scared to even say a word against the system; poverty is everywhere; the people…

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Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 8

Board-room. 7th floor, Commonwealth Bank Buildings, Martin-place.—Before the Chairman, Metropolitan Bench of Stipendiary Magistrates.—At 10 a.m.: Inquiry into the stranding of the s.s…

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Tuesday. January 12. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 8

In Chambers.—Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers in Banco Court.—At 10 a.m.: Townsend v Townsend for injunction, to be mentioned same v Irvine, for injunction, to be mentioned: ex parte…

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Gaol Only Cure C.s.m. Would Order It for Guns Killed Drugs!

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 5

"IF I could gaol this man without the option of a fine, I would not hesitate." Mr. Laidlaw, C.S.M., said this…

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Law Notices. Monday. January 11. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 8

Causes List.—In the Banco Court—At 10.30 a. m.: Morrow and another v Manning…

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Lang Broadcast May Be Heard in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.--Though Mr. Fenton, the new P.M.G., is guarded, it is understood that he had eminent constitutional authority for his statement…

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Issue of Food Relief Discretionary Powers Deputed to Police

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 7

"Father" has a daughter over twenty-one years of age, who is without means of support. He has been keeping her as best he can, although he has been out of work for…

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Whiddon Is Amazed His Retort To Vic. Police Chief Fake Tickets

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 5

"Such an extraordinary statement by a police officer leaves me amazed," said the Director of the State…

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Another Candid Communication To the Commissioner of Police, Sydney, N.S.W.

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 9

Dear MR. CHILDS, -- We hate to criticise the Police Force. You've got your hands full. But since nobody has been shot dead on the Darlinghurst front for the past 24 hours, you've probably got a little free time. May we have a little of it?…

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Fruit Machines Out Not for Hotels Quickly Moved From Bars Yesterday Police Order

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 5

Official instructions were issued yesterday by Police Commissioner Childs that fruit machines, being illegal, would…

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Shots Fired Police and Unemployed Pine Creek Clash Ex-hospital Occupied Darwin

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 5

A serious clash, in which a number of revolver shots were fired, has occurred between unemployed and police…

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Bushranger Saved His Neck Frank Gardiner Famous Revolver Duel With Police Reformed at Last

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 7

A new country in the throes of being "licked into shape" is up against numerous breaches of the law, ranging from cruel and savage misdemeanors to multitudinous acts of petty evasion. The early days of Australia provided us with many stirring dramas of robbery…

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Bread Bribe Charge to Recall Shadler to the Box Bakers' Move in Court Judge's Ruling

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 5

Aldolph Merco Shadier will again be placed in the witness box on Tuesday for cross-examination by counsel for the…

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Divorce Mills Will Be Grinding Overtime In 1932 Rush of Poor Litigants Threaten to Swamp the Courts But What of a Court of Marital Conciliation? Appeal to Reason Has Brought Many Unhappy Partners Together

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 16

The decline in divorce business in New South Wales courts has been the subject of recent comment. Lack of funds to fee lawyers and pay individual costs is the obvious cause. That means that incompatibility, cruelty,…

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Girl in Court Colgate-palmolive Eyes For Man on Murder Charge White Remanded

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1932 · page 26

DRESSED in the same grey suit and shirt which he wore when he last appeared before the court, James White, A SIGNAL HONOR is paid to a paper that is chosen year after year to carry the advertising of such articles as Palmolive Soap and Colgate's Ribbon…

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Laughed at Gaol Locksmiths Handsome "Houdini" at Large Picturesque Escapee From Yatala Prison "Master Mind" of Crime Leads Police a Lively Chase

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1932 · page 19

THERE'S one more mark on the trouble-scarred record of Yatala Stockade, that notorious prison a few miles from Adelaide, and there's one more feather in the cap (by now it looks like an Indian's war-bonnet) of one of the slickest operators in Australian crime. ERNEST ALBERT RICHARDS, who picked his Way out of that gaol a week ago, like…

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