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Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Second Charge of Murder Craig in Line-up Again

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 1

The Coroner's inquiry into the murder of May Miller at Centennial Park will be resumed to-morrow. Eric Roland Craig, who was…

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Police Courts. Frank Green to Leave State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 5

At the Central Police Court on Saturday. Frank Green, 30, labourer, was charged with having, between January 3 and 21, habitually consorted with reputed criminals. Green…

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False Story. Girl Wastes Time of Police

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

Sergeant Dein and Constable Green, of the Ryde police, listened to a remarkable story last week of how a 14-year-old girl had been assaulted by a man, who had tied her hands…

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MURDER ? Old Man's Body Found Trail of Blood Newcastle

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 9

A N all-night search for Thomas Taylor, 65, who disappeared from his home at Lake View, near Wangi,…

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Gang on the Run Police and a Drug Ring

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 9

Circumstantial evidence would have hanged Rick Leroy for murder, although really he was quite innocent. But Chief Inspector Hansard, of…

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Armed Searchers Alarmed Fire-bug Has Left Condobolin, Say Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 1

Police believe that the fire-bug, who caused havoc on the Condobolin wheatfields for a long period until a week ago, has left the district…

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Second Murder Charge Faces Roland Craig Sensational Move Is Made by the C.i.b. O'connor Case Remand Granted Until Inquiry Into Girl's Death

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 5

THERE was a sensation at Central Police Court on Saturday morning when Eric Roland Craig, 25, salesman, who has been Charged…

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No Reduction Bail in Police Assault Case

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 6

Constable Joseph Bright, was still attending Sydney Hospital and it would be some time before he could resume duty, stated the Police…

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Hard Labor Three Months For Police Assault

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 15

On a charge of having assaulted Constable King, at Blakehurst, last month, Vincent Anthony Stevens was sentenced at Kogarah Court, to-day…

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Law Report. Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Distribution of Bread

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 6

On the complaint of the secretary of the Breadcarters' Union, a charge of breach of the breadcarters' award was heard against J. McCarthy and T. Walsh, trading as McCarthy…

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Assault Case

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 11

Cecil Ernest Flanagan, 26, motor driver, Henry Bernard Stanton, 22, laborer, and Frederick Smith, 20, mechanic, were remanded at Glebe…

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Eight Months' Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 9

For unlawfully using a motor-car, the property of Rev, Father Williams, at Newtown, on December 30, Frederick George Harden (21). laborer,…

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Arrest in Shooting of Young Man Woman Is Charged with Intent to Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 9

After inquiring yesterday Into the shooting of John Snow, 24, at the entrance to Fairmount Mansions, Royston Street, Darlinghurst, the…

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Settled Now Assault Case Sequel MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 11

A settlement was announced in the Bankruptcy Court to-day of the case in which Murray Edward Garth, of Hamilton, N.S.W., manufacturer,…

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Police Seek Motorist

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 13

The police have so far failed to trace a motorist, who, it is alleged, knocked down George West (28), of Berry-street, North Sydney, on…

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Woollahra Police Box

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 12

Several letters were read at last night's meeting of the Woollahra Municipal Council protesting against the proposed lease of The Lodge, at the corner of Wunulia-road and…

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Delicate Wife No Excuse Debtor Reproved by Magistrate

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 6

"PERSONS cannot parade a delicate wife before this Court every time they get into difficulty. She is one…

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Struck Wife on Head Man Convicted Op Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 6

"I AWOKE to see my daughter standing, screaming, at the foot of my bed. In the doorway was the defendant, his arm…

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"Claimed to Be Policeman" Man Charged with Impersonation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 9

Securing a loan of 4 from a stranger six months ago by representing himself as a sergeant of police, a man is alleged to have tried…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 6

Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy.—At the Bankruptcy Court Supreme Court Buildings Elizabethstreet.—At 10 a.m.—Motion for an order extending the time for filing affidavit in compliance…

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