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Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Our Racing Police Imperative That A.J.C. Exercise Absolute Dominance On All Courses "Post-mortems" Impossible

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1933 · page 5

RIGHT now "Truth" is banging the big drum in real Salvation Army fashion…

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Scandalous Delay in Milk Industry Probe Royal Commissioner Should Consider Startling Police Report Greedy Racketeering Must Be Made Impossible

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1933 · page 10

ALTHOUGH detectives have provided the Government with a startling report on the milk industry, the Milk Board last week hastily extended its operations to Newcastle. WHILE the city is ringing with allegations of corruption within the milk industry, it…

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Said Constable Grabbed Him By Throat "I Will Bash Your Face In!" Ex-Pug Mancer Charges Policeman With Violent Assault 'I'm Not a Cur! I'll Fight Him!" Manly Corso Rumpus

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1933 · page 14

"IF it could be arranged at the proper place and the proper time without any trouble being caused, I will prove to the constable that I am not a cur. I will fight him or box him to show that I am a man!"…

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Mother, Daughter Testify Against One Man Amazing Allegations As Three Face Conspiracy Charge Widow Tells Court of Her Past in Strange Drama of Tangled Love

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1933 · page 20

IN the thrilling atmosphere of a Sydney sumer day with nothing to interrupt the tilt and riposte of counsel and witness but the slow, grinding hum of a climbing from outside, there was gradually unfolded at the Water…

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Stolen Plough Young Man Sentenced

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 1

Who sold Frank Herbert Wells a plough at Blacktown last May? Was it Albert William Nellis? or was it a man known as "Snowy?"…

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Holmes Says He Is Guilty! Development in Explosion Case Police Complimented by Magistrate

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 1

The splendid work achieved by the police in their investigation of the explosion that seriously damaged an air compressor at Northmead was commended by the magistrate (Mr. Sutherland) at the Parramatta Police Court last. Friday, when the man they had arrested, William Anthony Holmes (46), was committed for trial…

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Attempted Theft In Church Grounds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 10

A thief attempted to rob a motor car in the grounds of the Bankstown Congregational Church last night, while the owner was attending the evening service…

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Woman Fined Theft From Woolworths

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 2

Iris Gwendoline Aiken (22), at the Parramatta Police Court last Friday, was charged with having stolen four boxers of chocolates and two pairs of garters at…

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National Park Murder

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 5

Detectives are still pursuing a relentless investigation into the murder of Bessie O'Connor at National Park, and there is every likelihood of some…

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Cooks Injured. Assault at the Quay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 10

Two cooks, Nicholas Phillips, 24, of Rileystreet, Surry Hills, and Michael Peters, 22, of Enmore-road, Newtown, were admitted to Sydney Hospital, cuffering from cuts,…

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Lost Revolver and Baton Second Arrest Follows Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 7

A second man was arrested last night in connection with the assault on Saturday night on Constable Hermes…

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Drill for Police Force

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 5

PHYSICAL drill has been ordered for all police officers under 40 years of ago not taking part in organised…

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One-legged Man Over Bridge Sequel to Alleged Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 7

Three weeks ago Horace Royal Lock (33),. of Hermitage Road, Ryde, told police he had been assaulted and robbed In his back yard, and on…

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In Court Again

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 11

"Tilly" Devine, 33, made another appearance at Central Police Court to-day. On charges of assaulting Constable Hoye and resisting arrest…

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Towing Disabled Vehicles Police Warning

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 6

"It is important that drivers of motor vehicles should carefully observe the provisions of the regulations dealing with the towing of…

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Lash? Police "Bashers" Chiefs Confer. Those Penalties

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 9

SO numerous have been assaults on police in city and suburbs lately, that police chiefs held an…

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Many Interviews Police Expect to Make Arrests Soon

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 11

The C.I.B. homicide squad continued to-day its investigations on the new lines of inquiry which, as stated in "The Sun" on Saturday, are likely to…

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New Portable Receiver Wireless Set for Police Use

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 6

A new kind of portable wireless received set for police work has been invented by Constable Frank Thistiethwaite, a young member of the Bradford…

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Assaults on Police. Penalties May be More Drastic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 9

State Ministers are much concerned at the number of recent serious assaults on members of the police force while endeavouring to effect arrests…

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Miner's Protest Court's Verdict Attacked Abermain

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 6

Following an adverse verdict in the case of a member who claimed compensation for the loss of his lingers through the explosion of a detonator in the mine,…

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