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Courts & crime, 1932

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Fruit Machine Again In Limelight When Will This Publicity Cease Al Capone Was at the Head of Affairs While Sydney's Underworld Played a Minor Part the Keep-your-eyes-shut Police

Arrow · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 4

AT last the keep-your-eyes-shut Lang Government and police have awakened to their responsibilities and have banned the illegal fruit machines from hotel bars. The step to interfere is not premature for new it is disclosed…

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Police Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 6

The following cases were dealth with by Mr Scobie, P.M., at Penrith Police Court on Tuesday:- "Silly Stunts"…

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Bank Clerk Charged with £4504 Theft. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 12

Raymond Howard Ditterich, 34, a cleric employed in the Soutt Melbourne branch of the Union Bank of Australia, Ltd. has been arrested and charged with having, as a servant…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Master Baker Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 8

For failing to keep correct time and pay sheets, Leo O'Donnell, master baker, of 66 Pitt-street, Redfern, was fined 10/ and costs. The same defendant was charged on the…

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Theft of Jewellery. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 12

Early this morning a thief broke a [?] of Mr. A. E. Richardson's jewellery shop [?] stole about £100 worth of jewellery, cons[?] ing of rings and watches. Sister G[?]…

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Mrs. Beryl Smith Charged With Fraud

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 8

Lelia Beryl Smith, 39, law clerk, was charged before Mr. Cohen, S.M., at the Central. Police Court yesterday with having received £250 on May 9, 1930, upon terms…

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Campbell Pale & Nervous Charged Under Vag. Act Adjournment

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 5

Eric Campbell, described by the police on the sheet at the Central Summons Court as a solicitor, and known recently to…

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Teller Charged Bank Shortage of £4504 MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 1

Following the discovery of a deficiency of £4504 in the accounts of the South Melbourne branch of the Union Bank of Australia Ltd.,…

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Police Idea 'Keep Check'

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 1

MANY police officers are offering suggestions to rid the city of the gun menace, and they all agree…

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Schelley Out of Gaol Served One Month Finds Security

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 5

Joseph Schelley, a prominent militant leader of the Seamen's Union, who had been a prisoner in Parramatta Gaol, was released yesterday…

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New Guard. Leader Charged. Alleged Insulting Words. Demonstrative Crowd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 11

Public interest in the case in which Eric Campbell, leader of the New Guard, appeared at the Central Summons Court yesterday to answer a charge of having used insulting…

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A Poser for the Magistrate Baker Tells of Secret Process

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 5

Claiming that he had a secret process which he did not want to divulge in open court. Edward Arthur Sawkins, a baker, handed an…

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"Treasure" Sandhills Tale Police Search

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 3

Over the wires to Daceyville police station breathed a voice that told of a wondrous treasure found in the sandhills at…

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New Guard Leader at Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 14

Mr. Eric Campbell at Central Court yesterday. The hearing of the Government's charge against him was adjourned…

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Not Disorderly "Silent Knights" Assure the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.--In a letter to the Chief Commissioner of Police, General Blamey, the hon. secretary of the Order of the Silent…

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In Court Man & Wife Camp Row

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 7

A fight at the Lidcombe Unemployed camp, in which the so-called "Fighting Parson" figured, was ventilated…

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Still at Large Yagoona Killer Sought by Police

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 5

Police under Detective-Inspector J. J. Walsh were still searching early this morning for the bandit who shot Cecil, Baker, 19, dead outside the…

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No Aid Hostile 300 Police Attacked Man Gaoled

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 3

"I CANNOT understand the attitude of people who will urge a drunken and violent man to resist arrest,"…

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The Police Differ Fight Over New Secretary Many Nominate

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 5

A faction fight that has developed over the appointment of a secretary in place of the late Mr. Fortescue, may lead to…

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Suspect Wounded Ran When Called Upon By Police MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 6

A suspect who bolted along Therry-street, North Melbourne, at 5 a.m. to-day, after having been called upon to stop, was wounded by one of two…

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