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Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Czarism in Merrie ? England “Violent, Lawless Police Terrorism” Doors Battered In; Sleeping Families Bashed

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 5

The National Government, compelled to maintain this inevitable policy of capitalism in crisis, compelled in the face of plenty to drive down the…

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Judge Scholes, Eminent Jurist, Passes Senior Judge of District Court for Years

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 7

JUDGE SCHOLES died yesterday afternoon in a private hospital, in his 75th year, leaving a widow…

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Outlaws' Names Are Carved in Cells Historic Court House Is 100 Years Old

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 8

LITHGOW, Tuesday.--The historic courthouse at Hartley, which was built in 1833, is to have its centenary celebration staged by Blaxland Shire…

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Asleep in Court. Man Provided with Bed. Strange Scene at Singleton. Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 9

An unusual sight was presented at the trial of ten men iIn the Tlghe's Hill eviction case this morning, when Clarke, one of the accused, was provided with a bed and speedily fell…

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Manchu Murder Mystery Sequel Sensational Turn in Kathleen Rouse Case Bequest To Notorious Russian Communist To Be Contested Further Important Facts in the Sungari River Tragedy

Arrow · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 23

IN November last "The Arrow" published a story of the mystery death of Miss Kathleen Rouse, of Rouse Hill, near Windsor, in the Sungari River, at Harbin, in Russian Manchuria. One of the most sensational dramas of the year was unfolded to our reading public and the Sydney daily and Sunday press…

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Had Intended to Form Happy Island Family Romantic Expedition to Barrier Reef Planned an Anti-climax Has Prosaic Sequel in the Industrial Court

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 6

PACIFIC Paradise! A happy community on an island in the Barrier Reef--this was a woman's bright idea that had an unhappy…

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Police Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 2

The following cases were dealt with by Mr Atkinson, M.P., at Penrith Police Court on Monday in addition to others reported elsewhere in this issue:…

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Fatal Stabbing. Man Charged with Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 14

The City Coroner (Mr. Farrington) held an inquest yesterday on William Alexander McIlveen, aged 51, of 25 Ferndale-street, Newtown who died early on January 4 from a wound…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Award Holidays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 10

Reserved decision was given in the case of Fred Long, a spinner, who claimed £1/13/2 from Bonds Industries. Ltd., being two days' wages for holidays, namely, Eight-hour Day…

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Attempted Burglary at Waterloo

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 3

Plainclothesmen from Redfern will to-day investigate a report tendered to the police by James Mooney, nightwatchman of an altempted…

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Park Murder Clues Police Hope to Make Early Arrest Have Interviewed Hundreds

The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 3

IF the C.I.B. murder squad succeeds with certain new lines of investigations sensational developments are…

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Cowardly Assault Three Men Attacked Publican

The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 3

John Alfred Cleary (26), clerk, was fined £20 at North Sydney Court yesterday for assaulting Percy Joseph Skehan, proprietor of the Artarmon…

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Police Promotion

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 5

The Executive Council yesterday approved of the promotion of Police Sergeant Thomas Pearce Saunders to the rank of Acting Inspector, as from…

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Gaol Warder to Be Suspended Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 5

FOLLOWING the escape of two prisoners from Sale Gaol last week-end. an officer of the prison will be…

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Poultry Thefts Gaol for Offenders Receiver Fined

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 1

"If you didn't make it easy for them to steal they wouldn't do it," said Mr Atkinson, P.M., to Henry Anelock at Penrith Police Court on…

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Six Months for Theft of Tarpaulin Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 5

At the Wohongong Police Court yesterday, Edward McDermott was convicted on a charge of stealing a tarpaulin, the property of the…

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Explosion Leads to Arrest Married Man Charged at Lismore

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 6

LISMORE, Friday.--There was a sequel to a mysterious explosion in the home of a Lismore engineer, named Mobbs, when Detective…

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Impostor Unmasked Posed As War Hero Gaol Now London

The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 1

POSING as a hero and a victim of the war, getting his name erased from a village war-memorial's list of the…

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Police Courts. "A Poisonous Thing."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 10

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. MacDougal, S.M., Leo Forrey. 37. salesman, was charged with having stolen on December 22 three shirts, valued at £2/15/…

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Police Raid Alleged "Mosh" School

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 5

When police raided a house in Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, at 11 o'clock last night, 23 men were taken into custody and charged at…

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