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Courts & crime, 1932

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250

Two Months' Gaol Cruelty to Horse Liverpool Case

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 9

Gross cruelty to a mare earned Samuel George Sampson (28) two months' gaol without the option at Liverpool Court on Thursday…

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Audacious Theft by Bogus Porter Took Strongbox With £273

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 13

BRISBANE, Thursday. THE theft of a strongbox, containing £273 from the South Brisbane railway…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 6

Before the Chief Clerk in Bankruptcy,—At Supreme Court Building, Elizabeth-street,—Taxation of costs. Re Martin Wingarton, 10.30 a.m. Settlement of minutes: Re J P. Smithenbeck[?]r, 11.30…

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Tracked for Miles. Camp Thief Caught and Sentenced. Goondiwindi (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 10

Between Saturday and Monday the camp of a ringbarker, named Christopher Wright, 16 miles from Goondiwindi, was robbed. Wright reported the matter to Sergeant Reynolds, who…

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Police Courts. Use of Insulting Words

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 6

William Shaw was fined 15/, with 18/ costs, at the Central Summons Court yesterday for having used insulting words to Charles Keen, an orderly at the Supreme Court. The…

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For Deserving People Moratorium Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 8

"NO departure from the practice governing these cases was meant by the remark that "This Moratorium Court is only for destitute people.'"…

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Lang May Not Attend Court

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 14

It was suggested this afternoon that the point might be taken that a subpoena could not be enforced unless the magistrate trying the case…

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Horse Dead Durham Court's Splints

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 25

Be Funny, an A.R.C. performer by Beon. was taken to Mr. Roy Stewart's veterinary hospital last night in a bad way. The complaint was…

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Alleged Insult Foreigners in Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 7

Angelo [?]grade, an Italian, and Ludovice Cattani, a Tyrolese live opposite each other at Chipping Norton. On December 21 they figured in an…

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Nollington Court to Load Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 13

The British steamer Nollington Court, which has been in [?]ort for some time, has been fixed to load a full cargo of wheat for Shanghai early next month…

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Ran Amok Chief Of Police VANCOUVER

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 17

Mr. David Murdock, chief of police at Kelowna (British Columbia), becoming insane over fancied grievances, started shooting his enemies…

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Coiners at Liverpool? Police Negative Shopkeepers Suffer

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 16

Suggestions that a coining plant is operating in the district are scouted by Liverpool police. Liverpool business men have suffered…

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Dancing in Street Sequel in Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 1

Two young men—James Walters and William Sheehy—went to a pyjama dance at Parramatta on January 14. The sequel was their appearance at the Parramatta…

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Five Days Gaol Fast Is Broken Jobless Families Fight to Get Back to England

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 1

FREMANTLE, Wednesday.--After five days of fast in Fremantle Gaol, the hunger-strikers, John Bunce and Alfred Patrick Francis Burt, late yesterday afternoon were persuaded by the prison doctor to take food…

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Infant's Skeleton Unearthed by Police in Hills at Nymagee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 9

In wild, almost inaccessible hill country near Nymagee a party of police discovered the skeleton of an infant, buried in a small plot of open ground. The bones appeared to be those of…

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Law Notices. Thursday. January 21. Commonwealth Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 6

Before his Honor Judge Beeby[?] at No. 1 High Court Darlinghurst, at 10.30 a.m.:—Metal Trades Award Application for an award re stovemakers…

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Court Stir Woman's Insult to Col. Campbell Arrested

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 14

AT the lunch-time adjournment of the New Guard case at the Central Court to-day. a middle-aged woman pushed her…

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"Full O' Fun" Until The Police Looked In WEEK-ENDER

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 14

"Full-o'-Fun" is the name of a weekend cottage at Harbord, and "Bosker View", another at Curl Curl. At the former, at…

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Launch in Danger. Adrift Near Bombora. Police Search After Rescue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 10

Two tramway employees, Leslie Oxley, of Crown-street, Queenscliff, and Harry Wright, of Wilson-street, Harbord, had an unenviable experience on Tuesday night, when the launch…

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Confidential Returns Seen by Union Official. Admission in Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 6

There was unusual excitement in the Federal Arbitration Court when a witness was charged by cross-examining counsel with having had access to documents of the…

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