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Courts & crime, 1932

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

Gaol Escapee. Prison Clothes Found. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 9

A definite line of investigation into the movements of Ernest Albert Richards (28), who escaped from Yatala labour prison early on Friday morning, has heen provided by the…

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£20,000 THEFT West End Sensation LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 1

One of the most daring highway robberies in years was carried out this morning in the heart of the West End, and in the presence of crowds…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 5

Before the Chief Clerk in Bankruptcy.—At 10.30 a.m., re Sotiros, settlement of minutes: 11.30 a.m., re W J. Bentley, taxation of costs; 12 noon, re Nassoor, deceased, taxation of costs; 12.30…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 5

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday, before the Chairman (Mr. W. Le Brun Brown), Theodore Montague Pyke, 46, carrier, pleaded guilty to having sold liquor without a licence on January…

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Magistrate Determined Heavy Penalty For Unlicensed Gun Bond of £50

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 10

MAGISTRATES appear to be taking a more serious view of charges made against people who carry unlicenced revolvers…

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Police Courts. Sly Grog Supply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 5

Bartholomew Joseph Callose, 27, salesman, pleaded guilty before Mr. Laidlaw, C.S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday to a charge of carrying liquor, reasonably…

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Bare Legs on Court

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 8

Bare legs once more flashed nimbly over White City Courts to-day during the Country Tennis Carnival. Members of the Newcastle IV…

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Red Murder Women Dance Round Corpses London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 5

After four men had been brutally murdered by Red rioters in Spain, a number of women joined in a dance of death around the bodies, which…

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India. Gandhi Arrested. Taken to Gaol with Congress President. Calcutta, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 9

Gandhi and the president of the Congress (Vallabhai Patel) were arrested at Gandhi's residence at Bombay at 3 o'clock this morning and taken by…

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In Court at Windsor Constable

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 9

INTENSE interest was shown in Windsor to-day in the case in which Walter Stanley Hitchcock (31), a police constable, is charged…

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Dole Hunters Army Crossing Borders Police Outwitted

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 14

VICTORIANS are attempitng to exploit the New South Wales food relief system, and border police, despite watchfulness, are finding it extremely difficult to prevent non-residents of the State getting rations…

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Gaol Won't Hold Them Criminals Who Are in Certain Unions Caustic Cleric

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 10

BATHURST, Monday,--Referring to lawlessness throughout the Commonwealth, and especially in New South Wales, Rev. J. Hunter,…

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Poured Down the Sink Twenty Gallons of Moonshine Two Men Charged Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 6

Charged at the police court to-day with having five gallons of Illicit spirits in their possession at Muswellbrook on December 31…

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Diamond Rings Ex-sweethearts in Court

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 7

A broken romance, three diamond rings, and a basin of soap and water, were the ingredients of a strange story, told at Central Police Court…

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Law Notices. Tuesday, January 5. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 5

In Chambers.—Before Mr. Justice Halse Rorers.— In Banco Court.—At 10 a.m.: Commissioner of Taxation v Armstrong, Council of the Shire of Eurobodalla carnishce: Texas Co. (A/asia.), Ltd.,…

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Boy of 13 with a Revolver Shock for Police

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 1

A BOY arrested for the alleged theft of 25s from a shop till, at Randwick, had a fully loaded seven-chamber…

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"Can Get Out of Yatala with Tin-opener" History of Escapes From Gaol Richards Still at Large Desperate Men

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 6

Ernest Albert Richards, the latest Yatala escapes, has not yet been captured, although there is an army of police and…

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New Hit At Indian Revolt 2 Rebels Seized at Dawn Gandhi Is Rushed To Gaol "To Strike Hard" Calcutta

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 1

Gandhi and Vallabhai Patel were arrested at Bombay at 3 o'clock this morning, being taken from their beds by the…

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Constable Has Field-day New Year Rioters in Court Maitland

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 8

At Maitland Court to-day, Constable Hogan denied that as a police officer he was over zealous, and went out of his way to administer the…

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Knew Wife of the Other Man Shooting Story in Court Heavy Bail

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 5

Sequel to an altercation in which four shots were fired at a man in Erskineviile Road, Erskineville, on Sunday, was…

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