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Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

Remand in an Alleged Assault Case

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 7

William Joseph Patrick O'Neill 28, was charged at the Control [?] on Saturday with having assaulted Frank Macpherson and robbed…

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Man Unconscious. Signs of an Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 10

After receiving a call to a house at Waverley shortly alter midnight on Saturday, the Waverley police discovered William Fitzmaurice. of Millhill-street. Waverley,…

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Fatal Collision Clerk Charged With Manslaughter

The Sun · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 9

Following a collison between a motor-car and a motor-cycle at Manly last night, when Thomas Herbert Stanley Cooper was fatally injured…

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Murder Theory Is Disproved Police Say No Foul Plays in Man's Death a Money Clue Braidwood

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 5

FOLLOWING an investigation By Detective Sergeant Keogh, of Sydney, it is now definitely reported that no suspicious…

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Murder Echo Poisoner's Wife Gets Divorce

The Sun · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 11

A sensational murder case that shocked Sydney in 1928 was recalled in the Divorce Court to-day when Bryda Blanche Clark (formerly…

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Police Raids. Alleged Bettors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 6

At the Cumberland Argicultural and Horticultural Society's annual show at Castle Hill on Saturday, a squad of police under Sergeant Sweeting, of Parramatta, made a…

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Police Courts. Violent Shoplifter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 5

When Walter Southern, 25, labourer, was charged at the Central Police Court on Saturday with having stolen an 11/6 bottle of perfume from David Jones' on the previous…

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"Most Extraordinary" Assault on Married Woman Husband Was Nearby

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 2

"Your conduct is so extraordinary that one doubts your sanity," said Acting-Judge Barton to William Bandle, when he appeared for sentence at the…

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To Face Court-martial Amsterdam

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 1

CAPTAIN EIKENBOOM, of the battleship De Zeven Provincien, which surrendered on Friday after 18 of the mutineers had been killed…

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Elusive Outlaw Chase in Punjab Hills; Wanted for Murder Calcutta

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 1

After having stolen rifles, revolvers, and ammunition from a Government official, a notorious outlaw, one of a gang of three, gave the…

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"Lived with Wife's Sister" Police Allegations Against Dealer

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 8

On a charge of wife desertion and abduction John Allan Victor Castles, 29, dealer, appeared at Central Police court on Saturday, and was…

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Raid on Lido Cafe Police Take 30 Persons

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 5

As a result of a police raid on the Lido Cafe at North Bondi Beach early yesterday morning, 30 persons. including several women, were taken…

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Firebug on Farm Police Are Investigating Sorell Outbreak

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 7

HOBART, Sunday.--Police view with suspicion the outbreak of fire on Noble Farm, owned and occupied by R. B. Steele, at Sorell. The…

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No Foul Play Police Opinion of Hermit's Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 8

The discovery of coins amongst the ashes has, police claim, dispelled the theory that Ralph Shepherd (56), the hermit -pensioner who was…

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Was in Cells Police Search for Man Ended There

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 7

A man for whom police have been searching for several days was located yesterday in the cells at Central Police Station, where he had…

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Americans Gulled Give Dollars to Retrieve "Estates" Police Watch London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 7

British and American diplomats and police forces have declared war on the racketeers who are exploiting…

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Serious Allegations. In Court Case. Disposal of a Parcel. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 10

Grave allegations were made by a witness against the defendant and his solicitor in the Police Court yesterday regarding evidence of the disposal of a certain parcel to the…

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Police Courts. "Contemptible Theft."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 5

At the Paddington Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. Gibson, S.M., Howard Cain, alias Jim Cullen, 42, was charged with the theft of £53/10/ from Miss Fanny Johnson. Cain…

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Theft Verdict Court Surprise

The Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 11

Though a jury at the Quarter Sessions this afternoon was warned by judge and Crown Prosecutor that it should not concern itself with a…

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Theft of £11,431. Insurance Clerks Sentenced. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 6

For the theft of £11,431 from the Alliance Assurance Company. Christchurch, by whom they were employed, Clarence Alfred Palmer, 30, and Walter Vernon Wiseman, 33, were…

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