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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Slain Man Burnt 1000 Saw Pyre Turbanless Hindu for Murder? Bitter Scene

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 5

LISMORE, Monday.--Nearly 1000 people, mostly white sightseers, stood around a blazing funeral pyre at…

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Police Aid From Darwin Pine-creek Riot Canberra

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 1

The Home Affairs Department has ordered all available police reinforcements from Darwin to Pine Creek Northern Territory, where the police…

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With Mouths Open! Curious Description Of Police At Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 8

TOUCHING upon the necessity to eject a public bather from the competition area during the carnival, Mr. N. J. Burke (examiner-in-chief)…

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"Not Bad" Father's Belief In Her in Court

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 9

A good-looking, fashionably-dreesed girl, aged 20, appeared at the Central Court to-day to answer a charge of being an idle…

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Come Over Here Whiddon Wants Vic. Police Chief at the Draw

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 5

"I publicly invite Major-General Blamey to come across and draw the first four marbles in one of our lotteries."…

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Grim Bungendore Case Nears Solution More Good Work by the Police Mystery of Two Men in Car Suicide Theory

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 1

Although police are of the opinion that Sidney James Morrison, at, of Pacific Avenue, Bondi, the victim in the…

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Yellow Press Becomes Judge and Jury Out of the Hands of the Court Spirited Protest in Shooting Case at King's Cross Sub Judice

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 5

A spirited protest against what he termed trial by newspaper in the King's Cross shooting case was made by Mr. W…

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Bank Manager Charged with Theft. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 13

Wilfred Douglas Moffatt, bank manager, of Myrtle Bank, appeared in the Adelaide Police Court to-day charged with having stolen a Commonwealth Treasury bond, valued at…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Breaches of Awards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 7

Thomas Burnett, formerly a restaurant-keeper, at 82a Darlinghurst-road, Darlinghurst, was proceeded against by an industrial inspector for failing to keep time and pay…

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Theft of Radio Accessories. Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 14

Radio accessories valued at over £20 were stolen from the Commonwealth Radio Research Laboratory, at Liverpool camp. Entrance to the laboratory was effected by forcing…

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Secretary Charged. Larceny of £5400 Alleged. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 13

In the Adelaide Police Court to-day Herbert Miller Haines, secretary of Fischer and Copley, stock and station agents, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen three…

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Police Demonstrate Their Horsemanship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 16

An exhibition of jumping hurdles with ar ms folded at the Police Depot yesterday at Redfern…

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Police Courts. Betting Prosecutions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 7

George Casey, 40, appeared before Mr. Shepherd, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of having been in Union-street, Pyrmont, on January 9 for the…

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Mrs. Gandhi Arrested Joins Husband in Gaol Calcutta

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 1

Mrs. Gandhi has been arrested and sent to join her husband in gaol. AMONG the other prominent…

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Where Convicts Choose Their Brides—WOMEN MARRY to Escape Gaol!

The World's News · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 5

HAVE witnessed some strange betrothals in different parts of the world in the course of many years' travel, but none…

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Fists Fly Warders Hurt In Gaol Fight Broken Nose Bathurst

The Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 11

OF two warders who intervened in a fight at Bathurst gaol yesterday, one is in hospital with a broken…

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Shoo! Fruit Machines Police on Trail

The Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 9

The authorities having shown that they must insist on the fruit machines being removed from the city, these gambling device s moved into the…

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Charge of Murder. Man Found Not Guilty. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 13

In the Criminal Court to-day a jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case in which Richard Graham Chappell was charged with having wilfully murdered Linton Leigh…

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Police and Unemployed. Clash in Northern Territory

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 8

A serious clash, in which several revolver shots were fired, occurred between the unemployed and the police at Pine Creek, Northern Territory, last week-end…

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Mounted Police. Training of Rider and Horse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 12

An interesting display of horse-breaking and horsemanship was given at the Bourke-street Police Depot yesterday in the presence of Commissioner Childs. The spectators saw…

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