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Courts & crime, 1934

8,976 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Thrown Idle Textile Mills. Orange and Goulburn. Girl Strikers Warned by Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 13

The Orange woollen mill of Amalgamated Textiles (Australia), Ltd., was closed down for an indefinite period yesterday as a result of a strike among the employees, and 283…

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Irish Free State. High Court Proceedings. General O'duffy and Mr. De Valera. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 14

Increasing interest is being taken in the Dublin High Court proceedings next Monday, which, though concerned directly with the question of the Military Tribunal's power to…

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Assault with Knife

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 33

Perth, Thursday.--Robert James Sharpen, war pensioner, who, counsel stated, had undergone 15 operations since his return from active service,…

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New Gaol Governor Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 6

It is understood that Mr. George O'Connor, governor of Bathurst Gaol is to be transferred to Parramatta Gaol as governor. His successor at…

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Two for Trial Alleged Assault At Darlinghurst

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 24

Henry Tomlinson, 24 (miner), and Walter Judd, 45 (caretaker), charged before Mr. McMahon, S.M., at the Central Court this afternoon with…

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Traffic Police Praised

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 15

Though the majority of motorists now regard the policeman on traffic duty as a friend there are still a few how imagine that he is placed on an…

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Three Months Three Harness Stealers Sent To Gaol

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 1

Henry James Smith, Edward Richard Skewes, and Walter John Nash, each pleaded guilty at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday to stealing a set of…

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Stavisky Scandal Causes Riots Paris Mob Charged by Police Outburst Against Government Arrest of 200 ("The Labor Daily" Special.)

The Labor Daily · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 1

PARIS, Wednesday. DISPLAYING intense hostility to the Chautenps Government mobs rioted outside…

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Hut Fire Man for Trial Charged with Incendiarism

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 5

George David Sydney Sharp (41) was committed for trial by the Parramatta Coroner (Mr. Richardson Clark) yesterday on a charge of…

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Police Census. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 10

The police census in the municipality and that portion of Blaxland Shire within the district patrol shows there is not one aboriginal in the whole of the two areas. The…

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O'duffy and Police

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 21

Dublin. Wednesday. -- The police have denied liability for the arrest and detention of General O'Duffy. the Blue shirt leader. General…

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Discipline Keeps Gaol Order Governor Tells Good Food, Work

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 16

ALTHOUGH he has spent a lifetime in prison, or, rather, in prisons, Mr. John McGoldrick, who will shortly retire from the…

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Murder Charge. Brothers Granted Bail. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 10

Bail of £500 was granted by the Chief Justice, Sir James Blair, yesterday to Stephen Patrick Mitchell and Sidney Frederick Mitchell, who have been committed for trial on…

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Roy Governor Release From Gaol on Jan. 27 MUDGEE

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 17

Roy Governor, brother of the bushrangers. Jimmy and Joe Governor, will be released from Bathurst gaol on January 27. He will be…

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Police Courts. Six Months' Imprisonment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 6

At the North Sydney Court, John Caldwell Irwin, 23, salesman, was sentenced to six months' Imprisonment for stealing an oil drum, 12 gallons of motor oil, and an oil…

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"SHADOWED" Detective Tells Court

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 27

THE shadowing of a Sydney detective by private detectives was alleged before the Registrar in Divorce (Mr…

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Bail for Brother on Murder Charge Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 6

Ball of £500 each was to-day granted ;Stephen Patrick Mitchell, and Sydney Frederick Mitchell, who were committed for trail last week…

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Court Swayed By Distressed Mother

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 8

LITHGOW, Wednesday.--Even a court of law must put aside its business when a mother's responsibilities demand attention…

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Police Chief Queensland Taxation Inspector BRISBANE

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 25

The chief inspector of the Taxation Department, Mr. C. J. Carroll, was today appointed Commissioner of Police in succession to Mr. Ryan, who…

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Their Work Coroner Praises Police NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 18

A high tribute to the police for their work in clearing up the mystery surrounding the discovery of the body of Grace Weatherstone, aged…

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