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Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

"Can't Lose Her" Police on Woman Who Stole and Swore

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 8

"We Have known this woman for years, and can't lose her," said Sergt. Toole, police prosecutor, at Central Court yesterday, referring to Elsie…

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Red Talk, Then Nine Killed Communists and Police Clash German Affray. Berlin

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

IN a fierce clash between Communists and police at Dresden, nine people were killed and 11 seriously injured…

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Dramatic Incidents in May Miller Murder Employer Says: "Not As Bad As Painted" "See You Some More" Said Deceased In Last Letter

Arrow · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 5

HAD she so willed, Iris Marriott, better known as May Miller, whose frightfully battered nude body was discovered under some undergrowth in Queen's Park, Waverley (N.S.W.), by a schoolboy on the…

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Thriling Chase in Police Car Constable Used Gun While Driving at 60 M.P.H. Sudden Smash Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 10

TRAVELLING at a speed of 60 m.p.h., a wireless patrol was involved in a thrilling chase at Northcote early to-night after a…

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Old Mystery May Be Solved Body Is Found in Mine-well After 5 Years Strange Disappearance Followed Friend's Murder a Victorian Last Seen Riding a Horse in June of 1928 BRISBANE

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 12

FOLLOWING a report to the Mallanda police that the clothed body of a man had been found at the bottom of a 30ft. disused…

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Police Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 6

The following cases were dealt with by Mr Atkinson, P.M., at Penrith Police Court on Monday in addition to others reported elsewhere in this issue:…

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'Con Man.' Allege Police "Reputed Cheat' Gets Month;s Gaol

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 1

Described by Detective Jones as a reputed cheat and a confidence man" Horace Lees, 25, laborer, was sent to gaol for one months by Mr…

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Theft of £971. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 10

William George Norman Hutchison, aged 28, formerl;' a clerk in the employ of the Auckand Transport Board, pleaded guilty to the theft of £971 from the board. He was…

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About a Heifer Charge of Stealing Bad[?]ry's Creek Case

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 3

Mr Atkinson, P.M., was engaged at Penrith Police Court on Monday hearing evidence in a case in which Joseph Bradley is charged…

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Stolen Statue. Insurance Assessor Sent to Gaol. LONDON, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 13

John William Bell, insurance assessor, has been sentenced to imprisonment for a year, and ordered to pay £200 costs, for having received a statue of Aphrodite, which was…

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Boy Is Killed by Charged Tap Electric Current Made Tank Alive

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 1

BERRIMA, Friday. -- While getting water from a tank at the rear of the picture show to-day…

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Aped Police Youth Fined For Impersonation

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 2

Dressed in semi-military uniform Per[?] Clifford Fraser, aged 18, a machinist, was charged at the Central to-day with assuming the…

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Police Courts. Factory Work on

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 10

For having worked in a factory on Sunday H. Webber and Arthur Webber were each fined £1, with 13/ costs, at the Newtown Police Court yesterday. H. Webber was also fined…

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Made Getaway Startling Interlude with Police

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 7

Two men stood beside the car—one in uniform, the other in plainclothes. Hearing Rick, the two men swung…

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SINO - Japanese Dispute Shanghai Assault Anniversary Referendum Suggestion for League (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 4

Sir,--January 28 marks the anniversary of the Japanese assault on Shanghai. Since then Japanese big guns and bombs, machine-guns and…

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Public School Police Recent Development in England

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 7

"Hard times are causing people in England to ask questions, and some of them are about fees and the relative advantages of boarding and day…

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Three Men Arrested After Fight With Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 14

While driving along George-street West in a police patrol car late last night Sergeant Farrell and Constable Tomlin noticed three men acting suspiciously near a shop window,…

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A Shock in Court Auckland

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 3

George Vivian got a huge surprise when charged with disobeying a maintenance order on which he was over £500 in arrears…

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"The Three Card Trick," In Court

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 6

OPPOSING solicitors in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court threw several verbal brickbats at each other yesterday during the…

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Breaking Glass Gave Alarm Police Arrest Shop Window Raiders

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 7

After a desperate fight police arrested three men who were caught outside a broken shop window in George Street West, City, late last…

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