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Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Piddington to Present Case for Workers Retention of 44 Hours Week Before the Court Funds Needed Donations Should Be Sent to Union Secs. Assn

The Labor Daily · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 4

A UNITED front is being displayed by the unions of New South Wales in the forthcoming fight for the retention of the 44,…

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Vicious Attack On Old Man By Police Is Alleged At Trial Lying in Help of Battered Bleeding Men Evidence for Defence in Tighe's Hill Cases "Duck and Run" Neighbor Gives Judge Graphic Story of Disturbance Singleton, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 4

GIVING evidence for the defence in the Tighe's Hill eviction cases to-day, Googe (one of the accused) said after…

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Jewel Theft Man Charged Does Not Seek Bail

The Sun · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 9

With his wrist and thumb heavily bandaged as a result of having been cut by jagged glass. Herbert Jenner (19), laborer, who was alleged to have…

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Police Courts. Theft of Money Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 5

Leslie Edward Jordan was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having stolen £30 from George Michael Rochford at Maroubra on December 22…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Boot Repairers' Wages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 5

Kenneth Alfred Richardson, trading with another as the S.O.S. Kraphidp Rubber Co. of St. John's-road Forest Lodge, was defendant to claims made for arrears of wages…

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Charge of Theft

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 4

William Atkinson and John Edward Dewick were each proceeded against for stealing a railway sleeper, valued at 1-, the property of the Water and…

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Park Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 1

Eighteen witnesses are expected to give evidence at the Inquest to be held at the Coroner's Court to-day into the death of May Miller. Eric Roland…

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Alleged Theft of Pony

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 4

George Horace Jones, 19, dealer, and Clarence Norman Adams, 19, dealer, were each charged with stealing a pony, valued at £25, the property of Garnet…

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Stealing Horses. Twenty Charges Pending

The St George Call · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 1

At Kogarah Court on Tuesday, the Police Prosecutor, Constable Kennedy, asked for a remand in the case of two nineteen-year-old lads who were…

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Alleged Attempted Murder

The St George Call · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 2

Allegations of attempted murder were mado by Police at Kogarah Court this morning. A young man was before the Court on the charge. It is alleged that…

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Police Protection

The Biz · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 5

Mr. G. C. Gollan, M.L.A., has advised Holroyd Council that additional police protection has been granted for Wentworthville district…

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Robbing a Blind Man. Two Men Sentenced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 5

"If you are police arrest these men, they are trying to rob me," called Colin Andrew Robertson, a blind man. as a police car containing Detectives Walker Baker and Shields…

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Constable and a Baton. Comments by Magistrate

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 2

Mr. Flynn, S.M., at the Kogarah Police Court on Tuesday expressed the opinion that a police constable had unnecessarily used his baton in effecting…

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Assault on Constable. Man Punches and Struggles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 6

Augustus O'Halloran, 20[?] labourer, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having unlawfully assaulted Constable Haig whilst the co[?]stable was…

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Unemployed and Police

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 4

Four unemployed travellers were resting opposite the railway at Helidon when a young 14 stone policeman approached and requested them to…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, January 17. Before Mr. Flynn, S.M. Illegal Betting

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 4

Sam Foster, 44, labourer, was charged with being found betting in Prince's Highway, Arncliffe. Sergeant Wright gave evidence that…

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Burglar Dies in W. Aust. Gaol Perth

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 8

THE depth occurred in Fremantle Gaol to-day of Thomas Dunn, 52, who was sentenced in September last to imprisonment on a charge of…

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Kit Kat Club Melee Sequel to Assault On Constable

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 7

Charged with having assaulted Constable Haig in the Kit Kat Cafe, King Street, on Wednesday night, Augustus O'Halloran, 20…

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Holiday, But Not Under the Act Magistrate Dismisses Baking Charges

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 6

The distinction between a gazetted public holiday and a bank holiday enabled Ave master bakers to win their cases at Kogarah Court…

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Stole Donations to Destitute Man Gaoled for a Mean Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 10

For stealing clothing Intended for the destitute, Edward Higgins (40) was sentenced to three months' hard labor at the Manly Court…

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