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Courts & crime, 1933

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

Assault in Park

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 7

Assaulted in Centennial rant on Saturday night by two men, Peter Gallagher (34), Brisbane Street, Waverley, was taken to St. Vincent's…

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Hollywood Murder

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 10

The action of the Haymarket feature, "Discarded Lovers." centres round Natalie Moorehead, who is seen as the temperamental star of a…

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Assault and Robbery Charge

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 5

Followed by a man at Darlington on Saturday, a visitor from the country was seized round the throat while his pockets worn rifled…

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Han Charged with Death of Women in Park Will Appear Before the Magistrate This Morning a Salesman Young Wife Is Pitiful Figure at Police Station

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

FOLLOWING investigations by police under the direction of the Chief of the C.I.B., Mr. Prior, Eric Roland Craig, 26, salesman,…

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Sent to Gaol Habitual Drunkard

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

Proceeded against as an habitual drunkard, Dennis Barrett, at the Liverpool Police Court last Thursday, was charged with having behaved riotously…

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Life Transportation. Indian Rioters Sentenced. Calcutta, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 10

After an eleven months' trial, 45 men were sentenced at Allahabad to life transportation for rioting, in which a village landowner and [?] of his men were killed. The disturbance…

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Both Claimed It Two Men and a Mare Stealing Charge

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 4

Whose brown mare? Claude Septimus Derriman Graham, of King-street, Auburn, said it was his. And Arthur William Emmett O'Regan,…

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Portland Shooting. Attempted Murder Charge. PORTLAND

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

William Green, for whom the police were searching in the bush, gave himself up about 5.30 p.m. yesterday. He walked in from the bush, and asked a local resident to drive him…

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Mystery Murder How Did Donald Ross Die ?

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 6

For once the famous "Cherchez la femme" method of crime detection, practised so successfully by the Surete Generale of Paris, has failed to solve…

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Boats Collide Marine Court Inquiry

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 8

The collision which occurred off Bradley's Head at 12.30 a.m. on December 2, 1932, between the steamships Mildura (3359 tons) and…

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Two Escapees From Gaol Dashed Off on Cycles Forced Doors Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

EARNEST DANNOCK, 24, and Charles Williams, 25, who were serving sentences of 12 and nine months respectively for larceny,…

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Heavy Penalty for "Gold-maker" 2 Years' Gaol; Damages to Defrauded Paris

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

The trial of the self-styled "gold- maker," Dunikowski, has ended with him receiving a sentence of two years' imprisonment…

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Police Win After Mile Motor Chase MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 6

JOHN CARLYLE WELLS and Arthur Harry Harris appeared at that City Court yesterday charged with allegally using a motor car, and…

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"We Won't Go" Resisted Police One Broke Away

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

Albert Ernest Hedges (60) and Reginald Albert Hedges (30) had a little affair with the police last Thursday night. They were in Cowper-street, Granville,…

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Early Start in Career of Many Poses N.s.w. Boy's Exploits Ends in Gaol Abroad

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 8

MITTAGONG, Sunday.--Reginald Channell, whom the cables report as being gaoled in England for fraud posing as a…

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No Judges of a Crayfish Radio for Police by Fishmonger

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Sunday.-- A wireless message, "Row in fish shop, Italian wants patrol," caused a police wireless patrol car, fully manned, to dash…

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Escapees' Daring Stole Two Bicycles And Clothing Police Hunt Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 7

THE daring of the two prisoners who escaped from Sale gaol on Saturday night, is emphasised by the fact that they stole two…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 9. Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 4

Examination Room, 2nd Floor. Customs House.— Before G. S. Shepherd, Esq., Stipendlary Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.: Inquiry into collision between S.S. Mildura and S.S. Bellambi…

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Misappropriation of Trust Funds Defaulting Lawyers Take Near £500,000 Huge Sums Involved in Thefts Over Last Five Years Grave Scandal Police Suggestion for Regular Annual Audit

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 6

DEFAULTING solicitors in New South Wales, over the last five years, have stolen approximately half a million sterling of…

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Secretary Arrested. Charged with Stealing £2044. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 12

Detectives to-day arrested John Alrey, 58, secretary, of Deane-street, Buckland Hill, on a charge of stealing, as a servant of W. F. Lean, Ltd., financiers, of Perth, between…

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