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Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

Surrendered to Police Redfern Shooting Case

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 5

At Redfern Police Court yesterday Cecil Augustus Randall, 21, joiner, was charged with having shot Frederick Williams (or Phillips) in a…

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Brakes on Motor Vehicles Police Warning

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 2

Motorists are reminded of the necessity for the brakes on their motor vehicles to be maintained in perfect order to ensure the safety of…

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Both Man and Girl Say They Did Shooting Charge of Attempted Murder -- S.m. Is Puzzled Death Pact? Shielding Her Married Lover, Is Police Allegation

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 7

CHARGED with attempted murder, William Massey Reed, 26, was, committed for trial at Kogarah Court yesterday. According to…

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Man Was Tempted and Fell Sentence for Railway Theft Suspended on Appeal Enfield Yard

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 5

THE story of the extensive depredations of thieves operating in the large Enfield railway yards and of a railway employee who…

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Police to Keep Crowd in Order Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 3

WHEN the South Africans a played Australia in the first Test in Brisbane, 14 months ago, there were wild scenes,…

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Law Report. Commonwealth Arbitration Court. (Before Judge Beeby.) Textile Workers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 10

Further evidence was heard on the application by the Australian Textile Workers' Union for an award. The inquiry will be resumed on Monday…

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Supreme Court. in Equity. (Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers.) Seamen's Union Dispute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 10

In the suit of Albert Charles Mearns, Alfred Worms, and Alfred George Worms v the Seamen's Union of Australasia, Robert Taylor, William Raeburn, and Christopher Herbert…

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Escapees Are Still at Large Police Headquarters of All States Are Notified Stolen Car Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 6

THE search for Hilton Barclay, 25, and William Howard, 24, who escaped from a prison van on Wednesday night, is still…

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Would Resort to Firearms Allege Police "Desperate Criminal" & Three Companions Found Guilty for Sentence Found at Strathfield with Intent to Steal

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 5

DESCRIBED by Detective Parker as a desperate and dangerous criminal and a safe-blower who would not hesitate to resort to the…

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Gaol for Police Basher Belated Lead by Magistrate Threw Tomahawk

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 17

THERE'S only one way to deal with the hoodlum who bashes a policeman—give him a taste of gaol…

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Shot in Stomach Young Man Charged

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 12

LATE on Thursday afternoon last Detective-sergeant Comans a member of the Homicidal Squad, commenced investigations…

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MURDER at the Joan Wo Cate

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 4

The palace drum split the silence as it boomed forth the hour of audience. Suddenly the darkness took shape. And furtive forms glided towards the Western Gale, Quickly the hand of death struck. Three princes lay drenched…

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Detectives Chase Two Suspects Alleged Theft of Suit Length

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 2

Three men who are alleged to have stolen a suit length from the shop of Charles Marshall, tailor, in Regent- street, Redfern, yesterday…

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Born in Shelled Area Pre-natal Influence Is Blamed for Theft

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 3

PERTH, Saturday.--"This boy was born in 1916. Before his birth his mother was continually exposed to shell fire, and, after It, both he and…

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Bridge Was Boon to Thieves But N. Sydney Police Captured the Lot

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 6

Although districts on the northern side of the Harbor have been systematically "worked" by thieves since the opening of the Bridge. North…

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Their Terrible Hours of Sorrow Two Mothers; A Girl-Wife Bound by Fetters of Fate Innocent Victims Stunned By Tragedy Of Grim Murder Charges Unknown Letter Writer Adds to Wife's Burden of Agony

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 1

THREE HEART-BROKEN WOMEN—TWO MOTHERS AND A GIRL WIFE—HAVE BECOME TERRIFIED MARIONETTES IN THE STORM OF TRAGEDY WHICH HAS BURST AROUND ERIC ROLAND…

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Craig Faced Three Days of Unnerving Recital Dramatic Evidence Of C.I.B. Officers Who Followed Trail Of Death Tense Quiet When Craig Was Sent for Trial on Second Murder Charge Eager Crowds Gram Tiny Building

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 15

HAVING a few days before been committed for trial on a charge of murdering May Miller, Eric Roland Craig, young salesman in a city store, with a slimly graceful wife and two little children, was sent for trial on Thursday by City Coroner Farrington on a second charge of murdering Bessie O'Connor in National Park on the night of December 14…

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Man Charged With Murder

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 6

JOHN Korkaldy, 42, coal lumper, was arrested yesterday by Detective-Sergeant Kennedy and other police and charged with the murder of Robert Widgery, 42, of Riley Street, who died in Sydney Hospital on Saturday night after he had been…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 5

Queen's square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—for hearing S[?]una v Toner and another. K[?]vramees v Lanccy. Inspector Young v Collins (two cases). Hughes v R. Crealy…

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Ran Off with £215 Gaol For Theft From Bookmaker

The Sun · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 9

James Munro (43), hairdresser, who said his correct name was Brown, was sentenced at the Quarter Sessions today to 18 months'…

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