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Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 250

COMMUNISTS Street Disturbances. Scuffles with Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 9

Several hundred unemployed men, among whom well-known Communists were prominent, gathered in the streets of the city yesterday. They refused to move on when…

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Commissioner of Police at Maitland Maitland

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 1

The Police Commissioner. Mr. Childs, accompanied by Supt. Pattinson of…

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Police Boxes Woollahra Council Has No Objection

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 7

Woollahra Council last night decided to offer no objection to the proposed erection of police boxes at the corner of Newcastle Street and…

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Queensland Police Committee to Prepare Grievances Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 4

The Brisbane brunch of the Queensland Police Union has decided to appoint a committee of ten to prepare a case for presentation to the Government dealing with police…

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Do Not Want a "Brass Hat" Police Chief

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 5

"SUGGESTIONS that the police be removed from political control are supported whole-heartedly by members of…

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Demonstration Not Held Melb. Police Deter Communists Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 4

A strong Communist demonstration, which was expected in the city this afternoon, failed to eventuate, the careful police preparations and…

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Tug Tricks Water Police Team to Use at Sports

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 8

Should you see a team of hefty men struggling in Government House grounds these mornings don't ring the police or the ambulance; don't…

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Radio Station for Police Six Tenders Will Be Reported on

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 5

The Police Department recently called for fresh tenders for the installation of a radio transmission station at the Bourke Street Depot,…

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Man of 80 in Court on a Grave Charge

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 7

His age given at 80, Terence Lynch, a miner, was charged at the Central Police Court today with having indecently assaulted a girl, aged nine…

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Apprenticeship. Change in System. Suggestion in Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 9

Judge Beeby stated in the Arbitration Courtto-day that the Full Court intended to invite all employers of apprentices to discuss whether apprenticeship in industry should be eliminated…

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Child's Illness Arouses Police Suspicions. Two Bodies Exhumed. Poisoning Charge Against Woman. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 9

The trial of Elspeth Kerr, 45, widow, proprietress of a nursing home, on three charges of administering poison in April last lo her eight-year-old foster-daughter, Dorothy Betty…

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Union Rule Is Disallowed Court's Decision in A.M.I.E.U. Case Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 4

Judge Drake-Brockman in the Arbitration Court to-day disallowed a rule of the Australian Meat Industry Employees' Union. He declined…

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Escapees Are Arrested in House on Isle Foodstuffs, Arms and Other Goods Are Found Girl Friends Several Charges Are Laid by the Police Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 5

SINCE they made their dramatic escape from a prison-van win, while being [?]ed to Coburg Gaol, nearly a month…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 6

This was an appeal from a decision of the Judge in Divorce, Mr. Justice Boyce, dismissing a petition by the appellant, William James Denner, for the dissolution of his marriage…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 10

Before the Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For Hearing: Clarke v A. R. Perkins, Aitken v same, Pass v same, Drayton v same, Lewis v same, Jones v same, Aitken v M. A. Perkins, Pass v…

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Excusable Fight Magistrate's Comment in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 10

"I suppose human nature is the same as when I went in for fisticuffs -- any man will fight another who takes his personal property," said…

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Riot Sequel Four Men Gaoled For Assault Guard at Court

The Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 13

POLICE again guarded every entrance to the court and patrolled the streets when the hearing of…

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Assault Charge Fails Glebe Meeting Sequel

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 5

Daniel Kelly of 18 Francis Street, Glebe, door-keeper, appeared at Glebe Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Gibson, S.M., to answer a…

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Police Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 18

For the events open to members of the N.S.W. Amateur Athletic Association, at the police carnival on Saturday at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show Ground, the following time-table has been…

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Elderly Man Charged with Grave Offence

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 5

Charged with having Indecently assaulted' a nine-years-old girl on Monday night, Terence Lynch, whose age was given as 80, was remanded…

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