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Courts & crime, 1934

8,976 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Two Youths Charged

The Biz · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 7

The police have arrested two youths at Ryde, who have been charged with breaking and entering the home of Mr. Jefferson, Holdsworth-street, Merrylands, and…

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Charge of Stealing House

The Biz · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 5

George Margieson, at Penrith Court on Tuesday, was discharged on a charge of stealing a two-roomed house valued at £40, the property of John and James…

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Incitement to Murder

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 6

The Social Democratic central organ, “The Vorwarts,” after the crashing of the Spartacus revolt, published a poem by A. Zickler, a verse of…

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Police Play

The St George Call · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 3

In a challenge match, Kogarah v. the Best of 12 Division, Kogarah police won by 43 runs. Kogarah led by Gee, won the toss and elected to bat. Hopes…

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London Gang Captured. Sentences for Burglary. LONDON, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 10

Thanks to the initiative of a young constable, a gang of men were captured at their headquarters in North London, where they had a regular armoury of housebreaking…

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Charges of Murder. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 6

William Alfred Bayly, who had been charged with the murder of Mrs. Christobel Lakey at Ruawaro on October 10, was further charged with having murdered Samuel Pender Lakey,…

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Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 6

In Chambers.—Before the Prothonotary.—In the Prothonotary's Public Chambers.—At 10 a.m.: Beale and Co., Ltd.,v Crowley and anor, Broken Hill Pty., Ltd., garnishee; Frank G. O'Brien,…

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Meant to Shoot Himself Charge of Stealing a Revolver

The Biz · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 6

That he [?] a revolver with which to shoot himself was admitted by William Ernest Morris, in a statement at Liverpool Police Court last Friday, when he…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, January 9. Before Mr. Atkinson, S.M. Motor Driver's Offence

The Propeller · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

Norman Poole, 27, clerk, was charged with driving a motor car along Kingsway, Cronulla, while under the influence of liquor on December 29. He…

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Carlton's Police Pill Box

The Propeller · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

Carlton has the "honour" of having the first police "pill-box" erected in this division. It has boon built on Railway property at the foot of the railway…

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Police Search Mother, Daughter Missing

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 9

Fears are entertained for the safety of Mrs. Dorothy May Eastman, aged 25, and her daughter. Doreen Margaret Eastman, aged three, who…

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Police Courts. Food Relief Frauds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 6

Bernard De Groot, 30, seaman, was charged, at the Central police court yesterday, with obtaining a food relief coupon valued at 11/ by false pretences. Sergeant Toole (police…

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Iron Bar Used on Head Men for Trial on Assault Charge

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 13

AN inch-long depressed fracture of the skull was the injury suffered by Myles Colemam 52, storeman, according to a doctor's evidence at the…

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Police Search For a Hidden Hoard

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 8

WHEN Joseph Woodford died at Granville on New Year's Eve he, left [?]18 in the bank, and since his, death so persistent have…

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Sequel to Police Raid Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 8

Following a police raid on a local hotel last Saturday, Walter Osborne appeared at the Bathurst Police Court on a charge of using a room…

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Punched on Jaw He Said Dante, the Magician, in Assault Action Perth

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 11

Harry August Jansen, professionally known as "Dante, the Magainin," appeared in the Police Court to-day charging Geoffrey Alan Everett,…

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Stop Jay Walking 100 Police For City

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 9

SO serious has the pedestrian problem become in Sydney that on February I about 100 policemen will…

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Tax Inspector As Police Chief Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 8

IT was announced to-day that Mr. C. J. Carroll, chief inspector of the State Taxation Department, had…

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Bert Heavener in Court Application Refused

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 11

Bertram Theodore Heavener, ex-solicitor, applied at the Central Pilice Court yesterday for the postponement of an ejectment order made against…

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New Judge a District Court Appointment

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 9

The Attorney-General (Mr. Manning) stated to-day that owing to a considerable increase in the work of the Metropolitan and Parramatta…

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