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Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

Five Children Are Poisoned by Meat Pies All Taken to Hospital, One in a Critical Condition Police Active Complained to Mother That They Felt Sick

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 5

AFTER eating meat pies near their home in Massey Street, Surry Hills a little while previously, five children were rushed…

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The LIBRARY Books Reviewed "Cattle Camp," by J. J. Hardie. "While Roads," by G. W. Ogden. "The Three-Cornered Wound," by Ceo. Dyer. "The Frightened Lady," by Edgar Wallace. "Vain Pantomime," by Diana Patrick. "Passion, Murder, and Mystery," by Brace Graeme. An Australian Story

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 18

A FEATURE of "Cattle Camp" (Frank C. Johnson). Mr. J. J. Hardie's fine prize novel, is its vivid description of the Australian bush and its people. Not only must the author have had a…

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To Gaol for Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 1

Olive Franston, aged 43, told Mr. Gibson, S.M., at Central Court yesterday, that he stole stockings from Buckingham's because be was drunk…

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Police Courts. Sentenced for Shoplifting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 4

Clive Franston, 43, labourer appeared before Mr. Gibbon, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of having on January 31 stolen six pairs of stockings valued at £1/5/…

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Husband Charged Wife Alleges Assault Broke the Back Door

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 6

That he had Jabbed his wife in the stomach with his elbow, causing a hemorrhage, was one of the allegations against Stewart Boese at the…

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New Magistrate

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 14

London, Wednesday.--Mr. William Everard Dickson, formerly of South Australia, has been appointed a metropolitan magistrate in succession…

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Escaped Gaol

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 23

Pleading guilty at the Central Police Court to-day, to a charge of consorting with reputed criminals, George Williams, 28, laborer, was…

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Theft From Flat

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 15

Breaking into Lorne Flats, Greenknowc-avenue, Potts Point, yesterday, a thief stole £50 worth of jewellery and clothing, the property…

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"Notorious Woman" Kate Leigh in Court Charged with Four Men

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 14

"The female defendant is a notorious woman with a well-defined record in the Courts of this State. Only recently she was cautioned by Superintendent…

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Court Duel Lawyer v. Police Prosecutor Apology Demanded

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 23

REQUESTS by Mr. R. M. Duncan, solicitor, for an apology by the Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Caban,…

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Girl Sent to Gaol

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 19

At the Quarter Sessions yesterday, Grace Horne, 18, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for having broken a good behavior bond. She…

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Second Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--On a charge of having attempted to murder Henry Lloyd at the North Grand Hotel on December 29, Patrick Sheedy…

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Two Charged Arrest on Racecourse

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 10

Proceeded against as suspected persons, Victor Gabriel (32) and Percy Lee (32), at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, were charged with having been…

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Man Killed Motor Cycle Driver Charged

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 30

Following the death of John Sbrocchi, 62, of Redfern-street, Red- fern, who was struck by a motorcycle in Central-square last night,…

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Coroner's Second Verdict Of Murder Against Craig "Nine Points of Similarity" What Police Told Suspect

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 15

THE Coroner to-day found that Elizabeth Isabel O'Connor was murdered by Eric Roland Craig, whom he committed for trial. AT the inquest to-day, Defective-Sergeant McRae said that he…

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Magistrate's Warning. Possession of Native Bear. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 10

At the City Court to-day, Donald Edward Bain, of Wilson-street, Newtown, Sydney, a racing motor cyclist, was proceeded against for having had in his possession on January…

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Committed for Trial on Charge of Theft Perth

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 6

Evidence was completed this afternoon in the charge against James A[?]rey of having stolen £24[?] while he was secretary of the finance firm…

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Ten Charges Alleged Theft of Bath Heaters and Stoves

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 23

Following the arrest by Detective Sergeant Power and Detectives McEntee, Stewart and Johnson of two young men yesterday, ten charges of…

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Police Spend Quiet Nights

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 17

The police have had a remarkably quiet time this week--even the wireless patrol has been devoting its time to tracing lost motor cycles…

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Took Days Off Seamen Go To Gaol And Lose Pay

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 23

David Byford, 43, Henry John Leaver, 52, and John Seanion, 54, seamen from the Orient liner Ormonde, pleaded guilty at the Central Police…

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