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Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 250

Woman Wounded. Husband Sent to Gaol. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 14

"I can see no redeeming feature in this case at all; you have committed a dreadful offence," said the Chief Justice (Sir James Blair), in the Criminal Court to-day, when…

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Chef Is Sent to Gaol Stole From Employers

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 9

Stated to have stolen a quantity of silver and tableware from 52 Macleay Street, and from St. Andrew's College, where he had been…

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Police Courts. Defendant Discharged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 10

At the Redfern Police Court yesterday, Cecil Augustus Randall, 21, joiner, on remand, was charged with having shot at Frederick Williams (or Phillipson) with intent to…

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Police Olympiad Should Be a Big Success

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 2

The Police Olympiad at the Show Ground to-day, judged on the number and variety of events, and the calibre of the entrants, promises to be the outstanding success of the athletic calendar. And competition will not be…

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Coroner Not Satisfied Punchbowl Fire Inquiry Police to Act

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 5

An Inquiry into a fire in a house at Beauchamp Street, Punchbowl, which was begun yesterday by the Parramatta Coroner, Mr. Richardson…

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10 Per Cent. Cut. Court Decision Disappoints Unions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 14

Mr. A. S. Drakeford, Federal president of the Locomotive Enginemen's Union, expressed disappointment yesterday that the hearing of the claims of the various unions for a…

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Lyons Before Court on Two Charges Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 5

Noel Lyons, 33, seaman, who was arrested in Brisbane last week, appeared at the police, court to-day in connection with the-disturbance…

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Brutality Is Alleged Punched, Kicked by Police But He Is Fined

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 9

An aftermath of the unemployed demonstration in various parts of the city on Tuesday was the appearance of Frederick Page Wills,…

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Supreme Court. Full Court[?] (Before Mr. Justice Harvey, Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, and Mr. Justice Stephen.) Payment of Alimony. Gardiner v Gardiner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 10

This was an appeal from a decision by Mr. Justice Owen, a former Judge in Divorce, refusing to reduce alimony of £2000 a year ordered to be paid by the Full Court by…

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Law Report. Commonwealth Arbitration Court. (Before the Full Bench.) Meat Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 10

The Court yesterday continued the hearing of a leference from the Conciliation Commistioner on the question of standard hours in the retail meat industry in New South Wales…

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Police Have Many Fine Athletes Champions to Run at Show Ground To-day's Sports

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 7

Victorian and Newcastle police will be represented in the athletic carnival at the Showground this afternoon. Champion…

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Jay Walk Reminder by Police Commissioner Warns Public of Risk of Fines Co-operation

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 9

THE Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. Wh. Childs drawn the attention of the public to the regulations relating to pedestrians brought…

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The Meat Award Appeals Fed. Court Reserves Judgment on Some Points Hours Inquiry

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 6

THE Full Bench of the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday reserved judgment in the cross appeals of the Master Butchers'…

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Was Shop a Grocer's Is Point Girl Sold Cakes and Biscuits; Court to Decide Wages Claim

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 6

"WHAT is a grocer's shop? Most persons would reply that it is a shop kept by a grocer where c[?]oceries are exposed for sale, but…

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Court of Criminal Appeal. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Philip Street, Mr. Justice James, and Mr. Justice Davidson.) William-street Robbery. Rex v Grierson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 10

The appeal of Paul Grierson was again before the Court. Grierson was convicted at the Sydney Quarter Sessions in December of assault and robbery and having caused…

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Unarmed Men Were Batoned Said Witness More Evidence in the Tighe's Hill Case No Resistance Union Leaders Tell Court What They Saw Singleton

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 5

EVIDENCE that the ten men charged in connection with the eviction disturbance at Tighe's Hill, on June 14 last, were not…

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Gives the Lie to Boastings of Prosperity Arbitration Court's Attitude to Ten Per Cent. Cut Firm Protest Presid't of Locomotive Enginemen States the Case

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 7

A STRONG protest against the decision of the Federal Arbitration Court in refusing to hear the applications of the unions for…

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Police In Competition

The Sun · Sunday 5 March 1933 · page 42

Left: Stern tussle for the lead in the chariot race at the Police Carnival on the Showground yesterday. (Right): L. Graham making his winning effort in the Hammer-Throw Handicap…

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Brutal Condon Murder of 1927 Believed To Be Solved Ex-convict's Story of Deathbed Confession Bathurst Gaol Evidence Violent Criminal

The Sun · Sunday 5 March 1933 · page 1

POLICE BELIEVE THAT THE CONDON MURDER, A MYSTERY SINCE 1927, HAS BEEN SOLVED…

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Murder Goes by Method Dinehart Thrills

The Sun · Sunday 5 March 1933 · page 22

WITHOUT leer or mutter, Allan Dinehart makes the role of a villainous lawyer in "As the Devil Commands" finely convincing. Under…

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