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Courts & crime, 1932

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

Shots Fired. Police Chase at Campsie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 10

Constables Wakeham and Clarke commenced investigations last night when they found that the front door of a cash-and-carry store in Beamish-street, Campsie, was open. A few…

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Motor Collision Sequel in Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 1

A collision between two cars in Western-road, Wentworthville, on the night of January 9 resulted in the appearance of Frank Gray at the Parramatta Police…

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Shots Fired in Chase Police Arrest Man

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 6

Three shots ware tired at two men, who ware chased by Constables Wakeham and Clark in Beamish Street, Campsie, last…

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Scullin Howled Down in East Sydney Woman Is Removed by the Police General Exodus From Hall Police Escort

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 5

The ex-Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin. was hooted and howled down by the electors of Bast Sydney at Paddington Town…

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Jewels Hidden in a Stew Queer Discoveries By Police

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 8

BURIED in a sandy paddock at Brighton-le-Sands yesterday, a stolen bicycle was found by Constable Cranston…

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Two for Trial House Broken Into What Police Found

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 1

When Constable Filtness saw him in Wigram-street, Harris Park, on January 20, Alfred Leonard Tipping (20) had a paper parcel under his arm. Questioned,…

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An Expert Forger Police Suspicions After Arrest Bad Cheques

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 1

Police are convinced as the result of an arrest made yesterday that a cunning forger is operating in Sydney. He keeps in the…

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By Prints' Could Index All Guns Way for Police

The Sun · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 17

Expert gunsmiths, men versed in ballistics could be well employed by the police department taking "finger…

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Thrills, And Then Some! "Murder by the Clock" at The Regent Paramount Bill

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 8

REGENT "Murder by the Clock," with Lilyan Tashman, Irring Pichel, William Boyd, Sally O'Nell, Regia Toomey: "The Beloved Bachelor."…

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Law Notices. Thursday, January 28. Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 7

Before his Honor Mr. Justice Lukin, in No. 2 High Court, Darlinghurst.—At 10.30 a.m.: For Judgment: Re Fran[?] Arthur Gifiney, ex parte John Duers Saul (creditor's petition); re Michael…

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P. C. Bird Patrol on a Police Bicycle It Slept

The Sun · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 17

Alighting on the handle-bars of a constable's bicycle while he was patrolling the streets of Redfern early this morning, a…

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Into Court Waterside Conference Can't Agree MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 17

The compulsory conference called by Judge Beeby to discuss the logs served by the Waterside Workers' Federation and the employers, this…

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Law Report. Banco Court—causes. (Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers.) Action for Ejectment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 7

Charles Bell Slocum was plaintiff in an action for ejectment, the defendant, Joseph Lowe, being called upon to defend posression of 3015 acres C.P., parish of Emu Plains,…

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Boy Faints, in Tears, in the Box Sensations in Court Shooting Case Melbourne, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 6

Further sensational evidence was given by eye-witnesses of the shooting of Constable Derham in the Flinders Lane…

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"In Coward's Castle" Counsel's Scathing Reference to New Guard Leader, in Vagrancy Case Campbell Stays Out of Witness Box "May Have Been Proved Defaulter" Anonymous Letters From Cranks Magistrate Reserves Decision

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 1

IN a dramatic address to the bench, Mr. Shea hen, prosecutor for the Crown, said at Central Summons Court yesterday that the reason why Eric Campbell, leader of the New Guard, failed to answer the insulting words charge from the witness box was because he might have been revealed under cross-examination as a "defaulter, a liar, a tyrant and a hypocrite."…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 8

Queen s-squaie.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrage.—At 10 a.m.—for hearinig: Gallagher v Drew, McInnes v Iffland. Vedernikoff v Conroy. Tinning v Moses…

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In Car Girl's Story Alleges Assault Man Is Charged

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 7

A STARTLING story was told the Regent-street police late last night by a young woman, who stated…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Apprenticing Without Consent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 8

O'Donnell, Griffin, and Co. were proceeded against for breach of the electricians' award…

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Young Italian Charged with Father's Murder. GRIFFITH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 15

Samuel Trimachi, 25, the eldest son of Rocco Trimachi, who was shot while on the verandah of a farmhouse on Tuesday evening, was charged at the Griffith Police Court this…

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Theft of Stone

The St George Call · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 1

At the Kogarah Court last week, Detective-Sergeant — Langworthy told how he had interviewed a defendant, Reginald Jacobs, in reference to an…

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