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Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 250

Divorce Court. Manning v MANNING

The Propeller · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 4

Alfred William Manning v Annie Christina Manning (formerly McPartland). Marriage April, 1927, at Rockdale, Church of England rites. Issue,…

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Brother's Action Alleged Evidence to Police Fraud Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 8

During the hearing of fraud charges against an insurance company director and secretary yesterday, at…

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Announcer in Court Sequel to a Motor Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 10

HARCOURT GARDEN, of Cooper Street, Maroubra, son of Ald. J. Garden, and radio announcer for 2KY, was the…

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Sent His Washing to Mother Husband's Court Story

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 10

Allegations that after he came home from work he found dirty dishes which he had to wash and that he had to take his washing home…

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Police Olympiad Arresting Entries Pour In From Every State Force

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 3

Champion athletes of N.S.W. and title-holders from other States have nominated for events to be decided at the big Police Olympiad at the…

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Parramatta Appeals Court. (Before Acting Judge Barton.) Conviction Varied

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 6

Francis James Clarke appealed against a conviction at the Katoomba Police Court, when he was fined £25 and his licence suspended for 12 months for driving a motor…

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Bank Tellers Robbed by Hypnotism Queer Evidence in N.z. Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 8

AUCKLAND, Thursday.--Astonishing evidence, suggesting that four experienced bank tellers were robbed of…

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Insurance Men Are Charged with Fraud Counsel Makes Serious Allegations Against Men Balance Sheet One Defendant Alleges Spite on Brother's Part

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 8

"EVIDENCE in this case will disclose a state of affairs which might very well call for a revision of the company laws."…

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Supreme Court. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Phillp Street; Mr. Justice Davidson, and Mr. Justice Halse Rogers.) Action From Leeton. Clekls v Conson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 6

Judgment was reserved on this appeal…

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District Court. (Before Judge Edwards and a Jury of four.) Motor Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 6

James Ernest Mondy, of Clyde-street, Guildford, sought to recover from Walter H. Brett, of Tranmere-street, Drummoyne, £100 damages for injuries received and damage to…

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Bank Tellers Put in Trance in N. Zealand Strange Gift of Gipsy Sends Him to Gaol Six Months Offender to Be Deported When Sentence Ends Auckland

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 8

WITH his head bowed and crying throughout the case, Stephen Sterio, a gipsy showman, who put two New Zealand bank…

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Murderer's Wife Freed at Last Ghastly Crime Revived by Divorce Court Wife Poisoner Who Remarried Within Eight Days Pretty Bryda Clark No Longer Fettered to Lifer Husband

Arrow · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 5

NIMBLE FINGERS of a Sydney telegraph operator the other day flushed a message to a woman in another State, who for almost four years, has home a heavy hurden of sorrow. The moment she opened the flimsy little red envelope, however, and digested the contents of the…

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Boy Charged With Stealing Golf Balls

The Sun · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 3

For weeks golfers at the Dundas links have been losing golf balls-- one man lost more than a dozen in a week…

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Police Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 6

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

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Police Courts. Assault on Policeman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 8

Before Mr. Farringdon, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday. Edward O'Brien, [?] mechanic, was sentenced to six months [?] prisonment, with hard labour, and ordered [?]…

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Five Years' Gaol for Man Criminal Assault Cases in Tasmania Hobart

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 5

Reginald Knight, 17. who was found guilty in the Criminal Court to-day on a charge of housebreaking and stealing, was ordered to be…

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Convicted of Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 8

Charged with having assaulted Constable Bright whilst he was executing his duty, Edward O'Brien, 40, was sentenced to six months' gaol and…

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Charged with Dogslaughter

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 1

MOTORISTS who whizz through the town of Penrith stand indicted with having slain four Penrith dogs within the last month. The inspector…

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Newspaper Editor Charged at Bow-street Court. Barter of Honours. London, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 14

Maundy Gregory, editor of the "Whitehall Gazette," was charged at Bow-street Police Court with an offence against the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act…

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Police Athletic Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 8

The first Police Olympaid will be held at the Royal Agricultural Ground on March 4, when teams from all States of the Commonwealth and New Zealand will compete…

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