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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 83 of 250

Police Union Demands Inquiry Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 4

An urgent demand for a searching inquiry into the police organisation of Queensland is contained in the latest issue of the Police Union…

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Craig in Court To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 7

ALTHOUGH the trial of Eric Roland Craig for the murder of May Miller is the first on the list of capital charges to be…

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Car Wrecked Police Arrest Three Injured Men

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 7

Shortly after a car was wrecked in Victoria Street, Ryde, on Saturday night, three young men, bleeding from severely cut arms and faces…

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Police Phone Call Coincidence Gunpoint Arrest on Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 7

TWO phones rang simultaneously yesterday afternoon, and Detective Sergeant McCrae, Reception Officer at the C.I.B.,…

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Five Years For Manslaughter Of Youth Court Drama

The Sun · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 7

"T AM not a murderer, 1 gentlemen. I wish now I had allowed Kissick to batter me to death rather than have this result."…

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Storm Troops. Enrolment in Police Force. "Breach of Versailles Treaty" London, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 9

A Paris message says that British and French official circles regard the enrolment of Stahlhelms and Storm Troops in the German police force as a breach of the…

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Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Following the death of Dennis Bernard Hicks, 33, mechanic, of Clifton Hill, in Melbourne Hospital on Saturday…

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Murder Trial Is Adjourned

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 1

THE trial of Eric Roland Craig on a charge of murder, listed to commence at Darlinghurst yesterday…

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Associate of Criminals Three Months' Gaol for Consorting

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 6

THAT his associates were among the worst criminals in the State, was alleged fey the police against Thomas Lalor, 32, agent,…

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Police Courts. Street Disturbance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 5

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. R. Williams, S.M., Stanley Moran (30), a clerk, appeared on a charge of wilfully obstructing Constable Inskip in the execution…

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Youth in Dock Trial On Charge Of Murder

The Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 12

"Reading between the lines it would seem that some of the witnesses could tell more than they have told," said the Crown…

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Wept in Dock As His Story Ended Five Years' Gaol for Manslaughter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 9

WEEPING as he resumed his seat in the dock, after making a statement to the jury, Victor Valentine, 30,…

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'Billy' Hughes in Court Action

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 6

The name of William Morris Hughes, former Prime Minister of Australia, was mentioned in the Moratorium Court yesterday. when…

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Street Arrest Police Detain Man in Mosman

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 7

The arrest of a smartly-dressed young man at Mosman yesterday is expected by detectives to throw light on a long series of cleverly executed…

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Murder Charge Story of Wife and Other Man Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 12

Alfred George Brown. 42, insurance agent, of Darvall-street, Rosanna, was remanded at the City Court to-day until March 22, on a…

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District Court. (Before Judge Edwards.) Moratorium Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 5

Application was made under section 28 of the Moratorium Act, 1932, for lelief of a judgment debtor. The respondent, james A. Chuey, had obtained a judgment in the…

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Craig in Court Secures Adjournment Until

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 1

When Eric Roland Craig, 26, salesman, stepped into the dock at Central Criminal Court yesterday with a police officer behind him, his…

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Insurance Case Question of Girl In Court

The Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 13

Further evidence was given before Mr Shepherd, S.M., at the Central Court to-day, in the case of Oswald Eife Corkhill (secretary), William…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before Mr. Justice James.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 5

Senior Crown Prosecutor, Mr. McKcan, K.C., instructed by Mr G. C. B. Champion, Deputy Clerk of the Peace. PARK TRAGEDY…

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No Poison Cheltenham Girl Police Theory Lost in Scrub

The Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 6

DETECTIVE INSPECTOR LYNCH and Detective- Sergeant McRae, of the C.I.B., have been informed by…

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