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Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

Six Months' Gaol for Assault on Woman Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 7

At the Wollongong Police court to-day, Thomas Geddes and Dennis Kelly were convicted on a charge of assaulting Mrs. Margaret Booth,…

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Fortune Teller Robs Bank Officials. Sentenced to Gaol. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 10

Remarkable stories of fraud were told when Stephen Sterio, a Gipsy, appeared on remand on four charges of dup[?] bank tellers and stealing moneys totalling £67/7/6…

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Police Murder Striking Miners New York

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 3

Fierce collisions have taken place at Kincaid (Illinois) between striking miners and the police (probably the so-called deputy-sheriffs, who are…

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Jewellery Theft at Airman's Home Police Make an Arrest

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 8

AN arrest was made last night in connection with the robbery of £100 worth of jewellery at the home of Mr. C. T. P…

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Stealing Cases Dismissed

The Biz · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 1

The cases wherein William Farmer and Edgar Leonard Manns were charged, at Liverpool Court, on Thursday last, with having in custody…

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Jewel Theft Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 5

Since last October detectives have been searching for a thief suspected of breaking into the home of Mr. C. T. P. Ulm, Military Road, Rose Bay…

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Theft of Tomatoes

The Propeller · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 4

Henry Edwin Neville, 22, fruiterer, was charged with stealing two cases of tomatoes, valued at 6-, the property of Walter Climson, at, Cronulla; on…

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Charge of Theft

The Propeller · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 4

Frederick Hyland, 29, waiter, was charged with stealing glassware, etc., valued at £1, the property of Shilop Wrate Standing, at Cronulla, on…

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Communists Sentenced At Manila

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 1

The Supreme Court of the Phillipine Islands in Manila has sentenced 20 Communists—including the Communist leader, Chrysanto Evangellsta—to…

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Police Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 14

Nominations close at the Sports Club on Saturday for events open to members of the New South Wales Amateur Athletic Association to be decided at the police sports on March 4…

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Gaol Justice (International Labor Defence.) SYDNEY

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 3

Brutality: We charge the Governor of Parramatta Gaol with brutality. Black Cell, sneers, jeers, insults, circle treatment, are the stock…

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Charged for Decorating. Council to Investigate

The Biz · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 5

The Order of the Eastern Star Lodge, asked permission of Granville Council to decorate the hall on the occasion of forthcoming functions,…

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Sent to Gaol Man Who Struck Constable

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 10

"I propose to inflict an exemplary punishment in this case," said Mr. Farrington, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day, when Edward…

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Assault on Old Man Thigh Broken Suspect Arrested

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 7

Said to have been struck on the head with his own suitcase and knocked to the ground at Elizabeth and Bathurst Streets,…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, February 14. Before Mr. Fiynn, S.M. Dirty Milk Cart

The Propeller · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 4

Arthur Withington Donnelly, a Milk Board inspector, proceeded against a young milk-carter named Spooner for not keeping clean a cart used for the…

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Police Transfers Maitland

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 12

Following the transfer of Inspector W. Davis to Newcastle, three constables attached to West Maitland police station were also advised…

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Took the Blame But His Friend Was Fined for Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 7

The efforts of a young man to shoulder the blame for the theft of a bicycle, for which Donald Allen Owen (20), fitter, was charged at…

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"Not Assaulted." Police Report. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 13

Inspector Brydon, of Newcastle police headquarters, announced this afternoon that Allan John Daly, the youth who was found bound and gaeised on the verandah of Waratah…

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Police Warning Danger to Children Emphasised

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 9

The weekly traffic bulletin, issued by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Childs, repeats the warning, issued previously, against the dangerous…

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Savage Murder of Sailors Dutch Imperialism Fears Colonial Revolt

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 1

The brutal murder of 22 Dutch and Javanese sailors by Dutch imperialism is a typical example of the savagery of imperialist rule over its…

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