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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Young Woman Mutilated by Mosman Tram Passengers Assist to Remove the Body Several Faint First Struck by Car; Man Charged with Manslaughter

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 5

CROSSING the street at Cremorne Junction at 11 o'clock last night, Phyllis Shaffron, 28, of The Avenue, Mosman, was…

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Mosquito Net Was No Blind and So Wife Appeared in the Divorce Court. Decree Nisi

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 5

ALTHOUGH a length of mosquiot netting had been drawn across a window to keep out mosquitoes, when Eugene…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Philip Street, Mr. Justice James, and Mr. Justice Davidson.) Question of Partnership. J. Wiener and Co., Ltd. (in liquidation) v Conway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 7

On November 29 and 30, 1932, Mr. Justice Halse Rogers and a jury tried an action in which J. Wiener and Co., Ltd. (in liquidation) were the plaintiffs, and Leslie Michael…

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Four Charged Police Story Of Street Affray

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 19

A STORY of having been kicked and battered by a number of men on the evening of January 14 was told by…

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Jockey Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 9

Bernard Hayes (30), jockey, was charged yesterday at Central Court with having feloniously wounded his wife, Inez Hayes, with intent to…

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Southern District News Theft From Taxi-man Guildford Men Charged Smithfield Incident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 7

A charge of assault and robbery against Albert Edward Cox and Stewart Lyndhurst Tyson was altered by Magistrate Atkinson to one of stealing when…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before the Acting Chief Industrial Magistrate, Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.m.) Claim Against "The World."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 6

Reserved judgment was given in the case in which A. G. Greenlees, of Birriga-road, Bellevue Hill, proceeded against Labour Papers, Limited, claiming £42/8/3 alleged to be due as…

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Charge of Assault. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 10

An unusual case was heard at Coramba Police Court before Mr. Harris, P.M., in which Leo Claud Wilson ond William Wells, both of Lowanna, were charged with…

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Petrol Stealing. Brothers Convicted. Kyogle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 13

When Christopher and Alan Morrow, brothers, were being tried before Mr. Mahoney, P.M., on a charge of having a quantity of petrol and oil in their possession reasonably…

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Police Courts. Valueless Cheque

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 6

Reginald Arthur Fowler, 28, pleaded guilty at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday to a charge of having, in May last year, obtained from Henry William Shayler, of Parramatta,…

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Woman Injured. Police Investigations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 10

Louisa Wise, 40, was found lying unconscious in the gutter outside her home in Langley-lane, Darlinghurst, yesterday evening. There was a gash in her head and a large pool…

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Parramatta Court House

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 6

Those people who imagine that all a public official has to do is to yarn and watch the clock will be surprised to learn the great amount of business done at…

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Razor Attack Is Alleged Jockey Charged with Wounding Wife

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 10

Following the razor attack on a woman at Kensington on Tuesday. night, Bernard Hayes, 30, a jockey, appeared before Mr. Shepherd, S.M,…

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Land and Valuation Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 6

At Chancery-square.—Before his Honor Mr. Justice Pike.—At 10 a.m.: For hearing: Marks v Metropolitan Water, Sewerage, and Drainage Board…

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Police Patrol Waggon Came Off Best

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 32

A police patrol waggon and a P.M.G.'S Department van contested the right of way In Pitt-street early this morning…

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Comic Opera Court, Says Solicitor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 8

DARWIN, Wednesday. -- "A comic opera court and the most scandalous place I have ever been in," was the…

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Death Sentence for Murder Killed His Former Mistress Launceston

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 5

Found guilty, with a recommendation to mercy, of the murder of Mrs. Rosie Jones, 26, of Holbrook Street, Inveresk, on December 26, Reginald…

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Wanted to Go to Gaol the Broken Hill Workless Action Delayed Broken Hill. Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 6

To-day has been a day of quickly-moving events here. Following the decision of the Citizens' Committee meeting last…

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The Schools. Police Carnival. 10,000 Children Invited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 5

Ten thousand children from public and private schools have been invited by the Police Carnival Committee to their display at the Agricultural Ground on March 4, when…

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"Bloss" Blomfield Wins Court Case Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 6

The International motor cyclist, Kenneth ("Bloss") Bloomfield, won a verdict for £10 in the Bathurst Small Debts Court yesterday. He had…

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