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Courts & crime, 1932

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Shares in Tickets. Four Men Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 7

John Ryan, Charles Marshall, Thomas Arthur Painter, and James Doyle appeared before Mr. Williams, S.M., in the Central Summons Court yesterday on charges of having…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 10.15 a.m.: Hing Chong v Farmer…

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False Bottom in Suit Case Theft Charge Fails

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 5

A suitcase which had been fitted with an opening trap so that stolen goods could be concealed, was produced as an exhibit in a shop-lifting…

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Parson Charged Girl's Story of Incident on Beach

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--That Rev. Keith Steward had driven her to a beach in a car and offered her £10 to pose nude for a photograph…

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Street Duel Murder Charge White Remanded

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 18

Charged at the Central Court today with having murdered Frederick Roberts, at Darlinghurst, on December 28, James White, 28, a…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

Before the Chief Clerk in Bankruptcy.—At 10.30 a.m.: Re Cameron taxation of costs. 11.30 a.m.: Re Niminski, settlement of minutes. 2.30 p.m.: Re Thomas Freeman, taxation of costs. 3 p.m.:…

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Constable Guilty of Thefts Gaol Sentence Suspended Windsor Case

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 5

At Windsor Courthouse at 9.30. last night, Walter Stanley Hitchcock, 31, police constable, was found guilty of stealing three…

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Police Fire On Youthful Cyclists

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 1

FOUR shots were fired by police in a chase after two youths on a stolen motor cycle yesterday. None took effect…

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Stolen Beer Police Were Waiting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 1

Casually employed at the Albion Hotel, Parramattal James Andrews (45) "planted" a case containing four dozen bottles of beer…

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Gaol Each Night How Strikers "Take It Out" Work All Day

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 5

PERTH, Wednesday. -- They elected to "take it' out" when fined 5 or 12 hours' gaol. THIS was the decision of 195…

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In Nude George's River Bathing Police Warning

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 1

No complaints have been mode either to the Lidcombe or the Bankstown police of moll and women bathing in the nude on the banks of the George's…

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Murder Is Charge Mystery of W.A. Bones Perth

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 13

A SENSATIONAL development in the mystery of the discovery of human bones on Murchison gold…

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Hotel Murder Woman and Man Die in Q'land Tragedy

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 5

TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.--Two are dead as the result of a tragedy at the Camp Hotel, near Maxwelton, today…

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AMBUSHED Argentine Police Cut Up Buenos Aires

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 6

Rebels headed by the notorious Kennedy brothers were defeated on Sunday, when they led a rising, but the leaders escaped into the…

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Dramatic Chase After Cycle Thieves. Police Fire Shots

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 7

All the incidents of an exciting motion picture were enacted yesterday afternoon before two motor cycle thieves, who were chased from Newtown by the police in a patrol car, made…

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Forged Tickets Police Action In Victoria MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 17

The head of the C.I.B. (Superintendent Walsh) said to-day that complaints had now been officially received that forged tickets for the…

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Prisoner's Escape. Equipment Found by Police. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 7

The keys alleged to have been used by Ernest Albert Richards in his escape from Yatala Labour Prison last Friday were produced at the official inquiry at the prison…

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Law Notices. Thursday, January 7. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

In Chambers.—Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers—In Banco Court—At 10 a.m.—For judgment: Ex parte Wylie, re the Metropolitan Milk Board, ex parte Mcpherson, re Brewer and others, ex parte…

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A Long Trek Carried Baby To Court

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 14

Carrying their nine months' old baby, Edward Eugene Cuffe and his wife walked all the way from Camperdown to Paddington Court' to-day…

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Fined Sixpence! New Guards in Court Some Discharged

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

When on the night of December 16 members of the New Guard sot out to decorate the city and suburbs with posters exhorting the people to "Smash the…

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