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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250

Must Give the Balls Back Tennis Neighbor Is Taken to Court Over the Fence

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

FOR many years a cause of trouble between suburban tennis players and next-door neighbors, the ball-over-the-fence…

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Cain Buys a Murder When Martie Obeyed a Rat In His Mind Lightning and a Gun It Happened at Night in a Storm "Would You Kill a Man For £1000?" Story of Hate and Passion

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 15

IN a section of the Nepean Valley, the river road runs straight and flat…

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Sorrowful Drama Is Enacted Before Coroner Pathos Tinges Court Hearing in Craig Case Wife and Mother of Accused Were Sad Figures Flashlights Coroner Allows Three Pictures to Be Taken

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

THE Coroner's Court, grim custodian of sorrows and tragedies, was the scene of another drams yesterday, when a man,…

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Murder Charge

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1933 · page 5

James (Curly) Guy, described us an Australian ship-broker, who has been charged with the mystery murder of Captain Walter Wanderwell,…

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Son of English Duke As Murder Suspect Arrested, Taken to Gaol and Freed to Lead Cruise Long Beach, (Calif.) Dec. 16

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1933 · page 7

Edward Eugene Fernando Montagu, second son of the Duke of Manchester, member of one of England's' best…

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Second Murder Charge Against Craig Against Craig Indicted As Slayer Of Bessie O'Connor Broken-hearted Mother Prayed in Court at Inquest

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1933 · page 1

ERIC ROLAND CRAIG, the 25-year-old former Artillery soldier, who, it was alleged, in the Coroner's Court on Friday, confessed to the murder of May Miller at Queen's Park, has now been formally charged with the murder of pretty young Bessie O'Connor at National Park…

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The Banker and the "Widow" Husband Claims £40,000 For "Love Theft" BOSTON

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1933 · page 5

Mrs. Rochefort, whose husband, a Montreal broker, is claiming £40,000 from James A. Stillman, a wealthy American banker, for alienating her…

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Second Charge of Murder Craig Held for O'connor Crime Surprise Move

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1933 · page 3

Charged already with the murder of Iris Marriott, known as May Miller, Eric Roland Craig, 25, a…

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Grave Assault Charge Laid Against Constable New Year's Eve Beer At Blacktown Ends In Sensational Case Officer Denies Using Undue Force

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1933 · page 20

A CHARGE of assault laid against Constable Lind, of Blacktown, arising out of the arrest by Lind of a man named Francis Charles Arentz, was part-heard in the Parramatta Police Court last week, and provided some…

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Big Assault On Exchange Rate Direct Kick at Britain by N.Z. Exchange Rate Increase Kills Attempt At Preference Committee Was Packed To Boost Interest Of Banks

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1933 · page 14

THE object of the Ottawa Agreements was to obtain reciprocal treatment between various parti of the Empire. New…

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Craig Charged With National Park Murder. Police Court Proceedings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 9

Eric Roland Craig, aged 25 years, a salesman, who has been charged with the murder of May Miller in Queen's Park, on December 9, was charged on Saturday morning at the…

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"Believe You Are Lying" Magistrate Tells Chief Witness Assault Charge Dismissed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 1

That he had thrown boiling water over Charles Wayland Money at Cabramatta on December 24, causing him grievous bodily harm, was the…

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Brawl in Hotel Two Men Charged by Police Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 6

Following a wild melce in a city hotel bar yesterday in which a man was alleged to have been hit on the bead with a bottle. two men. were and…

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Theft of Rowing Boat

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 10

On a charge of having stolen a rowing boat valued at £10 at Richmond, Charles Edward Wilson, 33, laborer, was fined £5 and ordered to…

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BULLET-WOUND Car Stealing Charge

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 13

"Lawrence is still in hospital, suffering from a bullet wound, and will not be able to appear before February 20," stated the police prosecutor,…

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Alleged Assault on Old Man

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 6

George Miller, 20, laborer, was charged at Redfern Court to-day with having, in company with Oswell Miller, assaulted John Wardell…

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Professor Storm Gaol Bucharest

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 1

HUNDREDS of angry professors stormed the local gaol and attempted to release Professor Fortu. who…

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Old Man's Plight. Alleged Assault by Youths

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 10

Sergeants McCormack and Baxter, of the Redfern police, found John Wardle, aged 73 years, of Albert-street, St. Peters, shivering on a box in the rain in an enclosure off…

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EXPLOSION. Gelignite Shatters Store. Man Charged. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 9

At Cullen Bullen at 2.50 o'clock this morning there was a terrifie explosion in the general store conducted by G. H. Gorrie. Considerable damage was done to the building…

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Widow's Death Investigated by Police

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 10

The police are investigating the circumstances of the death at Forest Lodge yesterday of a widow, aged 50. A post mortem was held by the…

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