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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Australian Sentenced. Stabbed Officer's Wife. LONDON, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 11

"A very sordid story," said the Recorder of Brighton (Mr. J. D. Cassels), sentencing william Edmund Moore, a young Australian. to 18 months' imprisonment for having stabbed…

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Murder Charge Newtown Stabbing Sequel

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 9

George Frederick Griffin (20). was charged at the Newtown Court today with having murdered William Alexander McIlveen at Enmore…

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Police Courts. Betting Fine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 7

Jack Saddler, 19, labourer, was fined £5 at the Campsie Police Court yesterday for having carried on shop betting at 177 Canterbury-road, Lakemba, on the previous day…

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Not Gaol Civil Debt Cases Modern Trend Views of Judge

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 10

"I BELIEVE that the trend of modern times is that imprisonment for civil debt should not be encouraged," said Mr…

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Police Chief Leads Chase After Suspect

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 5

THE Commissioner of Police, Mr. Childs, went in chase of a suspect yesterday afternoon. He used the latest model…

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Two Men Stabbed. One Dies Fom injuries Charge of Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 12

Two stabbing affrays were reported to the police in different suburbs last night in both cases the victims were admitted to hospital in a serious condition. and their dying…

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Abigail Will Appeal to High Court

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 15

Notice of appeal to the High Court has been lodged against a recent direction of Mr. Justice' Harvey concerning the Interpretation of the will…

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Tortured by Secret Police. Political Leader Now a Cripple

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 15

The medieval Turkish torture of the bastinado—beating the soles of the bare feet—has been revived by the Siguranza, the secret political police of Roumania…

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"Had Chopper" Police Story of Row In Sussex-St

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 15

Exhibiting a puffed and purple eye, Charlie Goon, 47, cook, was remanded at the Central Police Court to-day until January 25, on £40, ball, on a…

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Own Radio Police Move Science v Crime Speeding-up

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 9

THE Government is calling for tenders for the erection of a wireless broadcast[?] for the Police…

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Central Court's Big Day 115 Cases Set Down

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 5

The after-holiday rush set in at Central Police Court yesterday, the cases listed for hearing in the two charge courts being particularly…

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Arrest Follows Big House Robbery Police Get Haul and Prisoner

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 5

With few clues to work on Dets. Richards and McFarlane yesterday arrested a young man, and recovered nearly £100 worth of clothing and…

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Beauty Holds Up a City. Factories Closed: All Police Out

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 13

The whole of Istanbul (Turkey) stopped work recently to how before "Miss Universe"—Mlle. Kerriman, the first Turkish girl to become an international beauty…

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All Eager to Help Police Park Murders New Men on Job

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 9

A FEATURE of the police investigation of the park murders is the number of would-be helpers of the…

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Shots To Scare Prowlers AFTERMATH Thieves Daring At Alice Springs Police Warning

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 15

ALICE SPRINGS, Wednesday. IN the wake of the false hopes and illusions which brought so many prosperity hunters to…

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Great Career Crowned. Mr. W. J. Riordan's Appointment to Queensland Industrial Court

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 16

A GREAT career in the industrial and political Labor Movement will be crowned by the appointment of Mr. W. J. Riordan, Queensland Branch Secretary of…

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Shanhaikuan Now a Smoking Ruin Japan's Invasion Chinese Troops Decimated Bombardment by Air, Land, Sea Precedes Assault Warning That Worse May Follow Shanghai

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

DESPATCHES from Peking received here report that Shanhaikuan, the Chinese seaport on the Gulf of Chihli, at the beginning of the Great Wall, has become a heap of smoking ruins. It fell to the Japanese at sunset yesterday, after a bombardment from land,' sea…

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Police Courts. Murder Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 7

At the Newtown Police Court yesterday, George Frederick Griffin, 20, ice carter, was charged with having murdered William Alexander McIlveen, at Enmore…

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Alleged Theft

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 9

Charles Alfred Smith (22), at the Parramatta Police Court last Friday, was charged with having stolen a plough, a coulter, and depth wheel, the…

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Alleged Theft

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 6

John Whitford (45), at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, was charged with having stolen a fountain pen, the property of John Dunn Anderson, at…

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