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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

Stole Police Kit "Prize for Effrontery" and 3 Weeks' Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 7

"He walked into Darlinghurst Police Station last night, went into a room, picked up Constable Smith's kit bag, with his police baton in it,…

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Back to Gaol Young Swindler

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 15

"This man is only young, yet apparently he has spent a very great part of his life in gaol," said the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant Stinson)…

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Fell in Faint Gaol for Friend

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 12

A YOUNG man swooned in the witness-box at the Central Police Court to-day when a friend for whom he…

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Assault Story Butcher on Charge Of Embezzlement

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 12

Detective-Sergeants Keogh and Nicholls and Detective Stinson and Schroeder to-day arrested Fredrick William Davey, 41, a butcher, of…

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Police Association Secretary

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 12

At a meeting of the executive committee of the Police Association, yesterday, about 200 applications for the secretaryship of the association were…

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Court Shorts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 8

Mr. Hayes (of Crown Law Office) at Central: Didn't you hear the constables talking to the woman who was lying on the footpath?…

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New Guard. Leader Fined £2. Insulting Words. Magistrate's Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 13

Eric Campbell, leader of the New Guard, was at the Central Summons Court yesterday fined £2, with 8/ costs, in default five days' hard labour, by the Chief Stipendiary…

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Broke Bail Arrested As He Left Gaol MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 15

Alfred Charles Mackay who, under the name of Ernest Mackay, was arrested a few days ago on release from Parramatta gaol absconded from bail…

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Alleged Murder. Accused Man's Evidence. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 17

Montefiore Snellgrove, 46, when charged in the Criminal Court to-day with the murder of Leslie Francis Harford said: "I did not intend to kill Harford, I intended to prevent him from…

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Assault Realised Life's Ambition Wounded Taximan to Buy 1000 Fowls

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 6

If George Newton had not been kicked on the ear in a cafe on the night of November 2, 1929, 1000 hens would not. lay eggs at Hurstville…

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Murder Charge. Sequel to Brisbane Robbery. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 17

In the police court to-day, Frederick Emanuel Lewis, 24, shop assistant, and John Wilson, 21, labourer, were charged with the murder of Lillian Maud Stephens, on January…

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Hampers Police Minister's Silence On Gun Menace

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 11

Gun assaults, actual shooting and intimidation, are occurring almost daily, and if the average so far this…

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Waterfront Labor. Disputes Referred to Court

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 8

A compulsory conference presided over by Judge Beeby was held at the Federal Arbitration Court at Melbourne last Thursday to consider the new logs of…

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Law Notices. Wednesday, Pebruary 3. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 10

Term List.—In the Banco Court.—At 10 a.m.— New trial motion: Watson v Levenson (part heard) Prohibition: Ex parte Brown, re Morris and another. Stated case (Arbitration Act):…

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District Court Appeal. Public Trustee v Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 10

In the District Court, the Public Trustee, as executor of the estate of Alfred Shackel, sued Isobel Dalrymple Hay, estate agent, for the return of £100 said to have been paid…

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City Building Mortgage Case Before Moratorium Court

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 12

One of the most important cases that has been dealt with by the Moratorium Court to date is that in which Beaumont Chambers in King Street was the subject of an application…

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Boy Lost In Scrub Near Bankstown. Police Organise Search

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 17

More than 30 residents of Picnic Point, on the George's River, near Bankstown, spent most of last night in a vain search for a lost child, George Ralph, aged 8 years…

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Tracked to His Lair Demented Trapper Shoots Police Vancouver

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 1

Aeroplanes and army bombers may have to be used to drive Johnson, a demented trapper, from his lair. He has barricaded himself on an…

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Driver's Escape Chased by Police Bullets Spray Car Night Thrill

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 11

DURING the chase and capture near Sutherland early this morning of thieves who were carrying off goods…

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724 BETS Police Tell of Large S.P. Business House Barricaded

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 16

"This man has been conducting a very large business for a considerable time," said Detective-Sergeant Jennings at North Sydney Court to-day,…

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