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Courts & crime, 1932

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Assault on Constable

The Biz · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 4

At the Parramatta Court on Tuesday James Higgins, 22, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for having assaulted Constable…

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"Charged—for Nothing"

The Biz · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 8

C. Sharland, in a letter to Cabra-Vale Council, pointed out that on a rate notice he was charged 14/6 for street lighting, whereas the only light…

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Motor Driver Charged

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 7

Ernest Smith (40), a motor driver, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with an offence alleged to have occurred last night at…

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Police Planted Marked Monet. Said It Was a Frame Up. Magistrate Speaks of Perjury

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

“I think you have made your case worse by committing perjury,” said Mr. Atkinson, S.M., at the Kogarah Court on Monday. A defendant in a…

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Police Courts. Woman Fined

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

Matilda Devine, 32, was fined £5 by Mr. MacDougall, S.M., at the Central Summons Court yesterday for having used indecent language in Oxford-street on January 15. She…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

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

Before the Chief in Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court Building. Elizabeth-street.—Taxation of costs: Re W. J. Bentley. 10.30 a.m.: re E. McMaugh, 11.30 a.m.: re E. M. Humphrey, 12…

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Garden Stake and Half a Sleeper Allegations in Assault Charge

The St George Call · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 6

At the Kogarah Court on Thursday, an assault case was concluded after the second day of hearing, before Mr. Gibson S. M. Wilhelm Christian…

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General Cable News. Murder of Typist. London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 12

Maurice Freedman, 35, has been charged with the murder of Annette Friedson, the pretty city typist, whose throat was slashed with a razor, at the entrance to her office…

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Revolver Battle Between Police and Communists. Vienna

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 4

The Zagreb police received information, according to which the wellknown Communist leader, Josip Debel yak, was meeting a number of other…

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Safe Breaking Gang Police To Watch Banks

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 11

The expert safeblowing gang at present operating in the city and suburbs has caused some concern in police circles…

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Hat Maker Charged with Arson Ex-Fire Chief's View of Lightning MELBOURNE, Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 9

At a coronial inquiry to-day into a fire which badly damaged the hat factory of Merchant and Co., at Clifton Hill on…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 29. Supreme Court

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

In Chambers.—Before Mr. Justice Street, in No. 1 Court.—At 10 a.m.—The Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., v The British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., for extension of time…

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Wharf Work. Disputes Referred to Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 12

A compulsory conference presided [?]ver by Judge Beeby was held at the Commonwealth Arbitration Court offices to-day to consider tae new logs of wages and conditions which…

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Life Was Bitter? Police Theory In Bones Case Tragedy of Youth

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 8

Evidence at the Coroner's inquiry yesterday on the charred remains found in the ashes of a log fire at…

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Riot Story Denied by the Police Dispute Among Women Yellow Press

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 5

"Highly exaggerated and misleading," was the comment of Misc Dawson, secretary to the Women's Land Settlement…

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Conference Fails Waterside Dispute to Go to Court Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 4

A compulsory conference, called by Judge Beeby, of the Arbitration Court, failed to bring about a settlement in the difference between the…

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Simba Hunt Still on Stolen N.z. Racer Police Inquire in Suburbs Strange Hints

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 9

THE racehorse Simba, which disappeared after arrival from N.Z., and reappeared, only to be…

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N.S.W. Nationalists Masquerade in Country As U.A.P. Brazen Piece of Trickery Cunning Assault on the United Country Party. Country People, Beware

The Land · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 1

REPORTS from various parts of the State in the past week indicate that the New South Wales United Australia Party, otherwise the New South Wales National…

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Happy Optimisi Behind Iron Bars She Sees the Funny Side of Gaol! a Week at Long Bay "What'll You Have—cornbeef or Cornbeef?" Asked the Warder

Arrow · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 3

SHE'S just 18, red-haired, petite, and a Communist, and she sees the funny side of gaol. After a week in Long Bay, for, among other things, assaulting a hefty policeman (she's 4ft nothing) she says gaol is the…

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Hooligans Treated As Little Brothers Their Offences Meet with Infants' Punishments Urgent Necessity for Change Age Limit Has Been Increased in Children's Court

Arrow · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 5

YOUTH has taken the present crime wave with the skill and readiness of the most adept surfer! Breaking on the shore with a foam and spatter of theft and evil-doing, the crime wave demands the alteration of the Children's Court age limit from 18…

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