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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 250

Echo of Amazing Blackmail Case Man Deported After Term in Gaol

Truth · Sunday 7 February 1932 · page 12

WHEN the Niagara sailed for Vancouver during the week she carried on board as a deportee Frank Arnold,…

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Gaol for Big Bill's Men £1,000,000 Graft Sensation Chicago

The Sun · Sunday 7 February 1932 · page 3

THREE former officials of "Big Bill" Thompson's Cabinet have been sentenced to terms of up to five years…

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Stars Tell Tales Moon Counts in Court

The Sun · Sunday 7 February 1932 · page 6

The sun, the moon and the stars frequently bear witness in court cases, according to the Government Astronomer, Mr. James Nangle…

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World Police Force Thumbs Down In America WASHINGTON

The Sun · Sunday 7 February 1932 · page 2

The French proposal at the Geneva Disarmament Conference for an international police force under the auspices of the League…

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Wife Lying in Roadway; Police Visit House Man Alleged Constables' Assaulted Him But S.M. Disbelieved His Story and Fined Him For Assaulting Cop! Master-butcher Matzen Misses

Truth · Sunday 7 February 1932 · page 10

ALLEGATIONS that two police constables had forced their way into his parents' home and assaulted him and his aged father, were made by a defendant at the Central Summons Court during the week…

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"Exceptional" Police on Assault Charge Youth Remanded

The Sun · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 7

Harold Clift Hillier, a youth, was remanded for a week at the North Sydney Court to-day on a charge of assaulting a female at Mosman on…

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Country News. Gunnedah Police Court Gunnedah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 10

Harold Gordon Smith, on a charge of assaulting Constable Miller, of Curlewis was sentenced to six months imprisonment. His brother was fined £10 for assaulting the…

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Malayan Charged. Alleged Fight Aboard Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 10

At the Central Police Court on Saturday morning Hajie Bin Taber. 45, a Malayan, appeared on a charge of acting in a disorderly manner aboard the vessel City of Oran, in…

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£300 Theft From Shop Window. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 10

Three thieves used a brick wrapped in newspaper to break a window in teh shop of the A.C.A. Co., furriers, of Elizabeth-street, at 10.30 this morning, and stole furs valued…

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Twelve Months! Plausible Dentist Sentenced Pleads for a Chance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 1

A well-dressed man of forty walked into Murray Bros. at Parramatta last week and intimated that he wished to open an account…

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Justice of Peace Fined by Magistrate. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 10

At the East Maitland Court Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M., urged that persons who were made justices of the peace should possess qualifications for the work. Mr…

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"Army" Court Work

The Sun · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 10

Commissioner and Mrs. Maxwell, of the Salvation Army, visited the Central Police Court to-day, under the guidance of Ensign Milne, seeking…

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Lubeck Tragedy. Two Doctors Sent to Gaol. LONDON, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 10

Judgment has been given at Lubeck (Germany) in the case in which three doctors and a laboratory assistant were charged with criminal negligence in administering…

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Force to Police World French Proposal Not Popular London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 5

The proposal made by the French to the Geneva Disarmament Conference that an international police force should be established under the…

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Shoplifting As Fine Art ORGANISED! "Intelligent People" Who Need No Chief Gang in Court

The Sun · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 11

"LENIENCY may be shown in cases of petty pilfering, but where it appears to be an organised system of stealing articles of considerable value, the offenders do nt deserve any consideration."…

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Story Of Yagoona Crime Told At Inquest Police Produce Statement Describes Plan for Hold-up "Boys Were Chasing Us, I Heard a Shot" Alleged Associate

The Sun · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 1

Details of the Yagoona shooting were contained in a statement produced by the police at the inquest at Campsie to-day on Cecil Budsworth Baker, 19, who was shot while chasing a suspect after the…

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Modern Convicts Need New Gaol System Official Report on Dartmoor Rising Fresh Outbreak of Violence at Dartmoor Prison K.C's. Report on Riots Shows Failure of Old System "Gangsters" of 1932 Prison-made Articles for Men's Escape London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 1

Coincident with the publication of the report by Mr. Hubert Duparcq, K.C., on the Dartmoor Prison riots, another ugly incident occurred in the prison to-day, one of the convicts breaking the…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 6

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Bates v Mrackey, Trickey v Kemp, Woods v Callaby Nightingale v Stewart, Needham v Rosman, Jenkins v Grimpel,…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate, Mr. E. A. Prior. Hotel Cook's Wages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 6

Mrs. Ethel Skene, of Broughton-street, North Sydney, proceeded against Charles Waterhouse, licensee of the Imperial Hotel, Alfred-street, Milson's Point, claiming £20/10/…

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Theft and Perjury

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 7

"It is a most regrettable thing that you, a married woman, should be brought before me for shoplifting; a still more regrettable thing that…

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