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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

10,039 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 250

Gun Supply Got Firearms For Crooks Police Story

The Sun · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 7

THE police attach considerable importance to the arrest of a youth of 18, who is suspected of having…

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Law Notices. Monday, February [?] Federal Bankruptcy Court

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

Before his Honor Mr. Justice [?] in No. 2 High Court, Court Hours. [?].—At 10.30 a.m. —Hearing of creditors [?]: Re John Do[?] Anderson: James [?] and Francis George…

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Shot Fired at Eviction Police Struggle for Twenty Minutes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- When about 500 unemployed attacked eight policemen who were carrying out an ejectment order in Cuthbert Road,…

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Big Melee at Bankstown Boo Guard and Police Four Arrests

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 5

Police reinforcements were hurriedly sent for when 300 Boo Guardsmen broke up a meeting conducted by the United Front…

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Riot Caused By 'Outsiders'? Resentment Bankstown Is Bitter Police Praised

The Sun · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 3

The whole of Bankstown and district is embittered against both New Guardsmen and Communists as a result of the fiery pitched battle last night. Practically the whole of the fighting was between those…

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A Frankenstein Horror Let Loose in New South Wales Federal Act Is Reckless Threat of Gaol To Citizens

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 7

HEINRICH HEINE gave it as his opinion that Napoleon failed because of his poor knowledge of geography; nobody had told, him how severe were the winters in…

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Police Powerless in Wild Bankstown Riots New Guard Fights Communists: Fierce Melees Whole Street Becomes Battleground Terrace Battles Police Reserves Rush From Other Centres

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 1

Bankstown ran riot last night when, following the smashing of a Communist meeting by a New Guard contingent, hundreds of townspeople joined in wild melees, which soon became too…

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Strike Is Not a Police Weapon "Do Not Fear," Says the Secretary

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 7

The news that the police were included in the new Arbitration Bill was welcomed yesterday in police circles…

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Downtrodden Watchmen of N.S.W. RAILWAYS Police Duties and Pay of Cleaners

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 9

WATCHMEN employed by the N.S.W. Railway Service feel them selves ground between the upper and the nether millstone. With the authority of special police, they are issued with revolvers, some of which are out of order. But they are not instructed in the…

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Shearers' Wages Validity of Cuts Argued Before the Full High Court

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 8

The Full High Court in Melbourne during the week has listened to arguments as to whether the cuts made by the Commonwealth Arbitration Court in the wages…

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Prisoner Shot Dead at Pentridge Gaol Made Desperate Getaway Grabbed Rifle Shot One Warder and Bashed Another On Head Grave Wounds Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 1

IN a desperate attempt to escape from Pentridge to-day, Reginald James Barker, 18, who was awaiting sentence on several serious charges, was shot dead by a warder…

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Law Report. Court of Criminal Appeal. (Befpre Mr. Justice James, Mr. Justice Davidson, and Mr. Justice Halse Rogers.) (The So[?]-General, Mr. Weigall, K.C. for the Crown.) Conviction Quashed

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

The Court cushed the conviction of C[?] Asgust Turmins, 22, who was found guilty of receiving at the Sydney Quarter Se[?] on December 15 and sentenced by Judge…

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Sensational Mystery of a Locked Medicine Chest Parramatta Doctor's Wife Gets Access to Deadly Poison--but How? Luminal Tablets Were Kept Under Lock and Key, Still Seventy Disappeared Death That Was Not Reported to Police for Eight Days

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 3

THE Parramatta Coroner, Mr. H. Richardson Clark, in his finding on February 18, gave it as his unhesitating opinion that Mrs. May Blair Hall, wife of Dr. E C Hall, the district medial…

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Dark History of Gaol Many Try for Freedom

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1932 · page 2

Pentridge Gaol had its first big escape sensation in 1900. Sparks and O'Connor, two criminals serving ten-year terms, were missed…

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Murder Mystery Warner Oland's Chinese Ingenuity

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1932 · page 21

TO the rising generation, Warner Oland is probably a countryman of Anna May Wong. He has been narrowing his eyes…

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New Guard Mustn't Play Police

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1932 · page 12

THE Commissioner of Police, Mr. Childs, says that he is determined that members of the New Guard are not going to move with impunity…

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Police Inquiring Into Bondi Nude Cult Story

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1932 · page 12

As a result of a police raid on a nude bathing party at Bondi shortly after dawn one morning during the week, the Police Department has determined on a…

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Gun Hidden in Drawer Police Visit to House After Woman's Story

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1932 · page 9

While the consorting squad police car was in King-street, Newtown, last night, a hysterical woman ran over and told the detectives that she had…

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S.P. Raiders Bashed Mob of 200 Menaced Them, Say Police

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1932 · page 12

MEMBERS of the Special Police Squad presented a sorry spectacle last night with clothing torn to ribbons, severe abrasions,…

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Fiendish Torture In Nude, Then Murder Two Mystery Women Slashes and Acid New York

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1932 · page 3

Fiendish torture while nude preceded the murder of two women whose bodies have been found, but whoso identities are…

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