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Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250

Fresh Clues to Murder

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 9

FRESH hope of a favorable development, which might solve the murder of Bessie O'Connor, and perhaps May Miller,' was expressed at the C.I.B. office to-day, following the discovery of certain clues, but detectives would…

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Against Police Terror

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

We the members and sympathisers of the Hawthorn branch of the F.O.S.U.. numbering 20v. assembled in the Melba Hall, do hereby…

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Licensing Court

The Biz · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

At the Licensing Court, at Liverpool, this Thursday, the licensing inspector reported that all hotels within the police district were…

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Assault on Old Man Two for Trial From Manly

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

Charged with having assaulted William Bannerman and occasioned him actual bodily harm at Balgowlah on December 22,Louis Sydney…

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Sovereigns in a Fireplace Found in Cleaning; Three Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Sovereigns found when a brick was dislodged in the cleaning out of a fireplace in a Wallsend house, formed…

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Police Courts. Drunken Man Robbed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 6

"He asked me to mind his money, and that is all I was doing." according to the police evidence, was the excuse made by John Barry, 39, labourer, who appeared before Mr…

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Park Murders. Police Search Narrowing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 10

After weeks of patient and unrelenting investigation the police have narrowed down the locality in which they believe that the murderers of May Miller and Bessie O'Connor…

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Driver Charged with Killing Sequel to Car Smash Orange

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

Following an accident when a taxi went over an embankment, and Frank Mannix, 36, was killed, the driver of the vehicle. Joseph…

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Hotel Licensee at Court

The Biz · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

Margaret[?]Flanagan, hotel licensee, of Liverpool, was before Liverpool Court this Thursday charged with being the licensee of premises on…

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Police Ask for Discharge. Man Acquitted

The St George Call · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

At Kogarah Court on Tuesday, a man was charged before Mr. Shepherd, S.M., with being a person found on enclosed premises being a suspected…

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Bridge Victim Body Recovered by Police

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 11

The body of the woman who leaped from the Harbor Bridge last night was recovered by Sergeant Harivel (Water police) early this morning in…

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Gen. Blarney and Vic. Police MELBOURNE

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

When the Hogan Labor Government re-appointed Brigadier-General Blarney to the Victorian Police Commissionership, it showed a practical…

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Police Intimidation L.A.I. Lecture SYDNEY

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

The owner of Cundy's Hall, St. John's Park, on Friday, December 16, was visited by the Liverpool police and told that "if he permitted a…

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Shot Twice Police Search Scrub For Portland Attacker

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 9

FIVE shots were fired from a pistol in a house at Portland to-day, Kenneth Wilson, 44, being wounded in the chest and arm, and police are searching scrub for an armed man. Wilson went to the home of his…

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Ambushed in Jungle. Police Party in New Britain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 9

District Officer E. C. McDonald, of Rabaul, had an exciting experience recently when, while searching for some murderers, he was ambushed by natives armed with spears. Mr…

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For the Tennis Court a Sleeveless Cardigan

The Land · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 12

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Support for the Police Patrol Plans for Ex-soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--To fill in gaps, and to find jobs for ex-service men, Newcastle Returned Soldiers' League is considering the…

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Stole Gas to Save Her Baby £3 Fine for Theft of Penny; Child Was Dying Dire Distress

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

AT Campsie Police Court yesterday a woman was fined £3 for having stolen gas valued at one penny…

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Murder Mystery. Dead Man Found in Fire. Bullets in Body. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 9

What at first appeared to be a simple case of a man overcome by smoke in a sudden fire in an office while typing at a desk has developed into an extraordinary murder…

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Firebug Is Armed Farmers Uneasy at Condobolin Police Hunt on

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

CONDOBOLIN, Thursday.--Twenty armed parties of police and farmers, under the direction of Sergeant…

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