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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250

Took a Griller Just for Fun Magistrate Gave Him 14 Days

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

"It is like your impudence to put up a story like that. It argues that I am a fool--which I am not I" Mr. MacDougal, S.M., told Bruce Tudor…

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A New Clue Is Claimed National Park Murder

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 6

It was stated at the C.I.B. yesterday that a clue had been discovered by the investigators who are handling the National Park [?]urder, and…

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Surrendered to Police Sequel to Shooting at Portland

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

After 30 police had searched all day for a man who fired five shots and wounded Kenneth Wilson (44) at Portland yesterday, William Green…

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Three on 132 Counts of Theft Allegedly Stole Two Push Bicycles Each Day at Burwood

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

A TOTAL of 132 charges in connection with the theft of bicycles was preferred against three defendants at Burwood Court…

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Curtain Rung Down Field Divorce Case Empty Court

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

SIX persons in court and not a soul in the public gallery, where six short months before men and women had ostled and pushed each…

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Control of Food Relief Not to Be Given to Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 6

An official denial was given yesterday to a report that the Government intends to transfer to the police the supervision of food relief in the…

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Timber Had to Go Back Balmain Boys Chagrined Police Act

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 7

IN the experience of certain Balmain householders lies a warning to young lads who go hunting for firewood about demolished…

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Famous Australian Places We Have Never Visited -- No. 30 Great Gaol Gymkhana Pentridge Prisoners Have a Day Out

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 11

THE annual gymkhana for Pentridge prisoners this year teas surprisingly successful, both prisoners and warders entering into the spirit of the games…

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Country Firebug in Loincloth Police Squads Combing the Condobolin District Has Shot-gun

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 7

ALTHOUGH police know well the man for whom they are searching, and his description has been spread among…

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Gov.-gen. Frees Suffering Man From Gaol Gets Liberty After Serving Many Months Prisoner Was Prominent Professional in Melbourne Health Broken Sir Isaac Isaacs Acts on Petition of Friends Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 7

AN extraordinary process of appealing to the Governor-General to secure the release of a prisoner from gaol has been…

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Exposure of Dole Plan Scares Government May Drop Idea of Control by Police Force Dunningham Opposes Hare Brained Scheme "Sun's" Methods Paper Endeavors to Get Story to Suit Itself

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

REFERRING yesterday to the report in "The Labor Daily" that the Government had under consideration a proposal to…

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Second Murder Search

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1933 · page 1

Determined to discover the murderer of Bessie O'Connor, 16, battered to death and left naked in National Park, on December 14,…

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Silence Oyer Murder Foreigners Will Not Aid Police Unsolved Crime Innisfail

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1933 · page 3

The murder of Lindsay Adam David, 22, at a farm near Mourilyan on December 22, will probably be added to the list of…

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Married Man Stands Charged with "Park" Murder Alleged Statement of Movements "Central" Dock-- Dramatic Scene Suspect Taken to Where May Miller Was Killed Wife with Two Babies Is Tragic Red-eyed Figure

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1933 · page 1

LEANING quietly against the rail of the dock in the Central Police Station yesterday afternoon, his chin resting on his cupped hand, Eric Roland Craig, 26, a salesman, of neat appearance, was charged with the murder, on…

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Sensational Arrest in Park Horror Young Married Man Held on Murder Charge House Surrounded By Police: Amazing Alleged Statement a Spectacular Arrest, a Coup Which Brought Feverish Excitement to the C.I.B., Has Been Made in Connection with One of the Ghastly Park Murders

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1933 · page 1

ERIC ROLAND CRAIG, aged 26, formerly an artillery moldier and latterly employed behind the counter at Lowes, Ltd., has been formally charged with the murder of May Miller…

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Police Doubt Actress's Robbery Story Say She Had Been Drinking Hysterical After Jewel Loss Hollywood

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1933 · page 5

The police are sceptical about the robbery of £8000 worth of her jewels which the cinema actress, Betty Compson,…

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Park Murder. Young Man Charged. Unrelenting Police Hunt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 9

The police state that Eric Roland Craig, a shop assistant, aged 26, will appear at the Central Police Court this morning, charged with the murder of May Miller, whose dead…

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Hotel Burglary. Arrest by Newtown Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 9

A burglary took place at the Prince Alfred Hotel, Missenden-road, Camperdown, about 2 o'clock yesterday morning. Smashing in the glass in the front door of…

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Charged With Murder Intent LITHGOW

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 5

FOLLOWING the sensational shooting of Kenneth Wilson at Portland on Friday, William Green, an elderly man, of Limestone Creek, surrendered to the Portland police last nights. Later, Green, was Charged with wounding with intent to murder, and was remanded to…

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Charged With Park Murder Crowd in Court Watch Keenly Salesman Is Remanded Without Bail Women Interested

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 7

STRONGLY guarded by detectives, Eric Roland Craig, 25, salesman, was the cynosure of all eyes at the Central Police Court to-day, as he was led into the dock to face a charge of murder…

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