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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 250

Police P[?]secute Opposition Leader MELBURNE

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 1

DESPITE intervention by the Ch[?]Secretary,the commission of police has decided to go ahead with the…

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Water Board Election May End in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 8

THE re-election of the sitting member, Aid. James (Hornsby), as the representative of the seventh constituency on…

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300 POLICE No Communist March In Melbourne MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 5

Over 300 police will be on duty in Melbourne on Monday to prevent any Communist demonstration. The Chief Commissioner of Police…

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City Club Not House of Gaming Fruit Machine Charge Police Fail

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 5

A successful defence in connection with the alleged use of a fruit machine at premises known as the Hunter Recreation Club,…

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Terror Reigns Many Protests at Misuse of German Police London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 8

The Berlin correspondent of "The Times" says that since the beginning of the year there have been 84 political murders in Germany, 11 of…

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Judge on Police Action Refused Food After 40-Mile Wal Bega

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 5

Strong comment was made by Judge Sheridan on the action of the police in refusing food assistance to Charles Stewart, after he had walked…

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To Search for Man Who Is Missing Police Appeal to Public From Mosman

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 1

Mosman police last night appealed for search parties to scour surrounding districts in an endeavor to find James Balfour, who…

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Appeal in William St. P.O. Case Grierson Applies for Leave to Full Court Is Adjourned

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 5

UNREPRESENTED by counsel, Paul Grierson appeared in person before the Full Court of Criminal Appeals yesterday, and…

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Court of Criminal Appeal. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Phillp Street, Mr. Justice James, and Mr. Justice Davidson.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 10

The Solicitor General (Mr Weigall K.C.), instructed by the Deputy Clerk of the Peace (Mr. Champlon) for the Crown. WILLIAM-STREET ROBBERY…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Philip Street, Mr. Justice James, and Mr. Justice Davidson.) Divorce Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 10

Donner v Denner; Neil, co-respondent. Argument was concluded and judgment was reserved…

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Love and Death--And a Gun That Had No Bullets "SHE was the perfect sinner. She suffered exquisitely. She thought that her love was a dreadful tremendous thing. She wrapped it round will words... Terrific words to use for something so shoddy and furtive..." "DONALD, would you have done it? Did you really mean to kill us?" "Yes," lied Donald, who understood his wife...They looked at each other with great respect. Death and love and murder swept about the room

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 18

DURING the day, the day's multiple little noises shut away the sound of the sea, out now, when all the…

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Where There's a Gaol There's a Way

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1933 · page 2

PERTH, Saturday.--Mr. A. T. Badger, retiring superintendent of the Fremantle Gaol, tells the story of a Chinaman who, having served…

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Waiting Trial for Wife Murder, Man Reads Incessantly

Truth · Sunday 26 February 1933 · page 14

WHILE he awaits his trial on a charge of having murdered his wife at Loxton, Frederick John Weber reads incessantly. HIS demeanor in his cell al the Adelaide Gaol is quiet, and he appears to have settled down patiently till the time comes for him to face a fudge and jury and answer the question,…

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Wife Leave Gaol to Fight Divorce Petition Shoe-maker Mulholland Seeks to End Marriage Bond Tells How Police Arrested Wife Her Counter Charges of His Infidelity

Truth · Sunday 26 February 1933 · page 13

DAUGHTER of a clergyman, convicted shop-lifter, house-breaker, and declared habitual criminal, now undergoing a sentence at Long Bay Penitentiary, Mrs. May Eileen Mulholland appeared in the custody of a wardress before Mr. Justice Boyce's Divorce Court last week as the respondent in her husband's suit for matrimonial freedom on the ground of her alleged desertion…

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Judge's Maid Testifies in Divorce Court

Truth · Sunday 26 February 1933 · page 20

IN one court Mr. Justice Boyce, the Judge in Divorce, listening to stories in divorce—in another his maid giving evidence for a…

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Police Free of Politics Government Plan For Separate Cotrol

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1933 · page 3

It is virtually certain that in the next session of Parliament a Bill will be brought down to free the police department of…

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Kate Leigh in "Full Sail" Agonised Hauteur in Court

Truth · Sunday 26 February 1933 · page 24

KATHLEEN BARRY, familiarly known at Kate Leigh, provided dawdlers around the Newtown Police Court with another display…

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"If Yon Do Not Love Me, I Will Shoot Myself" Pushed Me Aside and Laughed, Said Husband Poignant Story of Lost Affection Told in Wife Murder Charge

Truth · Sunday 26 February 1933 · page 21

REVOLVER shots screaming in quick succession shattered the peace and quiet of Toowong, a Brisbane suburb, a few weeks ago and turned a little cottage into a place of terrible tragedy. AN hour later, in the presence of police witnesses, within the walls of that home, there was enacted…

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Wool Stealing Charge. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 10

"Wool stealing is one of the most difficult of crimes to detect," said Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M., when, at the Narrobri Police Court, he convicted Richard Harley Thornton on a…

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Murder in Power

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 4

MURDER is enthroned in Germany. With blood-dripping dagger, and flesh-tearing explosives, he is attacking all who are at his mercy. It is slated, by cable, that the world-known trade union leader,…

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