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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 250

N.S. Wales Magsmen Are Sent to Gaol MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 6

AT the City Court to-day George Brown traveller and Frederick Joubert, salesman, who were described by the police as well-known…

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SACKED Police Assoc. To Appeal

The Sun · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 16

SO strongly do members of the police force feel over the dismissal last week of a city constable, under…

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"Life a Misery" Miner Attacks Police

The Sun · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 9

"Because I got two men the sack from the force for trying to rob me in Belmore Park, the police have never given me peace," was the…

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Crime in 1931. Police, Commissioner's Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 10

According to the anunal report of the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Childs), handed to the Chief Secretary (Mr. Gosling) yesterday, for the year ended December 31 last, there…

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Vic. Police Clash with Workless Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 10

FIERCE struggles took place to-day between police and unemployed, who held a procession as a…

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Not Strikers State's Police are Sane Men

The Sun · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 11

There is no fear-- as was suggested last night in the Upper House by the ex-Minister for Labor (Mr. Farrar)--that if the…

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Full Court Waited For Wrong Woman

The Sun · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 7

The Full Court today waited for a woman witness and found the results rather surprising for all the parties concerned…

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’Bus Passengers Squabble. Hot Words Leas to Court

The St George Call · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 2

At the Kogarah Court on Thursday, before Mr. MacDougal, S.M., Lilian Eve proceeded against Elizabeth Ward for the use of allegedly abusive words…

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Law Notices. Friday, February 26. Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 5

Before his Honor Mr. Justice Lukin, in No. 2 High Court, Courthouse, Darlinghurst.—At 10.30 a.m.— To be mentioned (as to service): Re James William Musgrave the younger, deceased, ex parte James…

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Fade Out Talkies Hit A Musician in Court

The Sun · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 9

The passing of the silent films dealt harshly with Robert Richard Worsley, according to his evidence before the Registrar in…

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Article Leads to Court Verdict for "Smith's" Two Sides

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 7

IS is defamatory to call a man a Communist leader and to include him in a Who's Who of Communism?…

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"I'll Pay" Dramatic Scene In Court MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 8

There was a dramatic conclusion in the City Court today to the case in which William McLaughlin, 22, a laborer, was fined £5 for having…

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Police Force. Subject to Arbitration. Amendment to Bill. Passed by Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 9

Members of the police force will be brought within the scope of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Bill as a result of an amendment moved late last night by Mr. Concannon,…

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More Crime Against Property But Less Violence, Says Official Report Police Tell

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 9

According to the annual report of the police for the year ended December 31, 1931, which has been made available…

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Employers Appel to High Court Preference to Females Cloth. Trades Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 6

The Full High Court to-day heard an appeal by the employers against an order of Judge Drake-Brockman in the…

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'Ne Temere' Say the Police King Eric And His Bodyguard Are Moved On No Revolution

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 5

The Fascist revolution was declared off yesterday when King Eric I. and a little stalwart bodyguard were moved…

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District Court. (Before Judge Curlewis and a jury of four.) Called a Communist. Baudistel v Smith's Newspapers, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 5

This matter is reported in another column. (Before Judge Edwards.) MR. W. M. HUGHES SUED. Gestetner Cyclostyle v Hughes and Macourt…

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"She Married a Man Not Fit to Marry Anyone" Romance Creeps Into the Divorce Court Frail Little Bundle of Humanity at Last Finds Love

Arrow · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 2

RARELY does Romance intrude in the sombre atmosphere of the Divorce Court, but last week Cupid fluttered around the rafters of the dim and dismal chamber and at last came to rest on the shoulders of a frail little woman with a wan face…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Philip Street, Mr. Justice Harvey, and Mr. Justice Davidson.) Interpretation Op Will. Estate of Mr. B. Saywell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 5

In December, Mr. Justice Long Innes had before him a suit arising from the will of Bruce Wilson Saywell, in which he gave judgment that the interests of the testator's…

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Chief Indistrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 10

Queen's-square.— Before the Chief Indistraial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Dunnett v Ralston (two cases[?] Tinning v Bragg: Tindail v Harris: Doherty v Co[?]: Smith v Scott:…

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