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Courts & crime, 1932

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250

COMMUNISTS. Threats at Darwin. Bombing of Police Advocated. Darwin

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

The unemployed of Darwin are annoyed at the sentences passed on the men concerned in the Pine Creek riots, and talk of demanding the instant release of the prisoners…

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Drew Dole? Police Agent's Story Special Inquiry Viewpoint of Dept

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 5

THE statement by a former policea-gent, Hector C. McCullock, at Burwood Court on Monday, that while working…

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Reported Find of Jewels at Sandhills Near Daceyville Police Inquiring

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 5

A tin packed with valuable jewels was reported to have been found by workmen in the sandhills at Daceyville last night. Police were called,…

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Honolulu Lynching Youth Kidnapped from Court House and Shot

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 2

The first lynching Honolulu has known was committed on Saturday last, when a Hawailan youth, who was awaiting trail on a charge of having assaulted an…

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In Bankruptcy. (Before Mr. Justice Lukin.) Report to Court

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

Re Robert Edwin Whitfield. A report by the registrar regarding the continued illness of the registered trustee, Gordon Crawford Wilson. On the application of Mr. Ferranti…

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Remarkable Scene In Bankruptcy Court. Witness on Verge of Collapse

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

Some excitement was caused in the Federal Bankruptcy Court Darlinghurst, yesterday afternoon, when on Italian John Feneck, sat down in the witness-box on the verge of…

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Attack by Thugs on Chinese Badly Battered and Robbed Police Search Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 6

Three thugs brutally battered into insensibility an old Chinese gardener, Ah Gould, at the rear of his shack at Young…

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Dead Body Found at Glebe Hill Man Of Means, Is Police Opinion Not Identified Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 5

The dead body of a middle-aged man was discovered on Glebe Hill early this morning. A bottle labelled "cyanide" and…

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Communist Threat to Bomb Port Darwin Reds Talk Fight in Far North Demand Release of Pine Ck. Prisoners; Accuse Police of Unfair Tactics Mayor's Outburst Mahoney? Communist Leader, Discloses His Plan

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 1

DARWIN, Friday.--Sentences passed recently on unemployed who caused a bombing disturbance at Pine Creek, on the Emungalan railway, are followed by wild threats by Communists here…

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Tilly's Cray In Bad Odor At Police Court

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 11

WHEN fair-haired, rosy-cheeked Mrs. "Tilly" Devise graces with her presence the drab interior of the Central Police Court she generally brings…

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Arrest in Man-Hunt Man Charged Last Night with Murder Alleged Statement to Detectives Yagoona Case

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 12

A DRAMATIC climax to the patient and unremitting police Karen or the Yagoona killer came last night when a suspect was arrested and charged with…

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Charged Son Father Lost Tools, Found Ticket

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 11

IT is sot often that a father is seen in court giving evidence against his son on a criminal charge, but the unusual situation…

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Death Is Tenant Condon Murder Room

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 2

For over four years a top[?]room in a Pitt-st. building near the Quay has had only one tenant--Death!…

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Carried Gun C.S.M. Would Like To Gaol Man

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 11

"I REGRET I can't send hits to gaol without the option of a [?] remarked Mr. Laidlaw, C.S.M., at the Central Police Court last week when he…

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Won't Eat Food in Gaol Two Perth Men Hunger Strike

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 2

PERTH, Saturday.--Two men, each having been sentenced to a month's imprisonment to-day for smashing Parliament House windows…

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Arrest Follows Yagoona Shooting Dramatic Turn to Search Youthful Ice-carter Charged Alleged Statement

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 1

The five days and five nights' intensive search by the police, following the killing of 19-years-old Cecil Baker, at Yagoona railway station last Monday night, topic a dramatic turn yesterday afternoon…

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Police in Smash Seven Taken to Hospital Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 2

When within a few yards of a stolen car which they were pursuing at a high speed along Hoddle-street Glifton Hill,…

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The Girls of Cliffdale Quarrels on the Tennis Court

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 2

TO and fro dashed white sandshoes over the tennis courts of Cliffdale. Girls fluster ed out of the big shed in one corner with trays of cakes…

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Defiant Irish Women Rebels Court Was "Comedy" London

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 3

"THIS is not a court at all. You take yourselves too seriously," said Sheila Humphries, with a toss of her…

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Court of Domestic Relations to Stop Rot in English Home Life London

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 3

Over 2,000,000 married people are living apart in Great Britain. Separation orders amount to 20,000 yearly. Over 4000 men were imprisoned last…

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