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Courts & crime, 1934

8,976 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Gaol for Author Leipzig

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 18

Ludwig Renn, the famous author, whose book "War," was publicly burned last year, and who the Nazis charged with high treason, was…

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Joke Stealing. Latest Worry of Hollywood

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 7

With fraudulent promotion of film producing companies harassing the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce; with the screen test, dramatic school, scenario…

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Police Seek Owner

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 14

Constable Ramsay, of Darlinghurst, is seeking the owner of a pair of wooden crutches believed to have been stolen from a seat in Hyde…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 11

Before the Deputy Registrar in Bankrupte.—At Commonwealth Bank Buildings. Pitt-street and Martin-place.—Settlement of minutes: Re H. W. Klowss, 10.30 a.m. Taxation of costs: Re [?]…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 11

Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 10.15 a.m.: Commissioner of Road Transport and Tramways ats Smith…

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Aged Farmer Charged Sequel to Shooting on Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 4

ROCKHAMPTON, Tuesday.--While stacking wood on a motor truck at Alton Downs to-day, Ernest Victor Clanfield, 24, was shot through the…

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Papuan Policeman Sentenced to Death. Offence Against Young Girl. Port Moresby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 13

A native policeman named Stephen or Mamadameni was before the lower court on Saturday charged under the White Women's Protection Ordinance, before Mr. Justice Gore,…

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Fresh Remand On Wagga Murder Charge WAGGA

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 20

The public gallery at Wagga Police Court was crowded to-day, when Edward Henry Morey appeared on a charge of having murdered Percy…

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Was Attacked Woman's Complaint To Police

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 18

A young woman has reported to the police that when she was approaching a vacant allotment near Ascot racecourse last night, she…

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AFTER 14 YEARS. Alleged Confession of Murder. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 14

The police have received a telegram from Carnarvon stating that a half-bred Indian entered the police station and admitted having murdered Abdullah, at Lawlers, on April…

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1919 Murder Alleged Confession in W. Aust. Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 5

At Carnarvon to-day, Ma[?] Bux allegedly, confessed to the murder of an Indian storekeeper named Abdullah at Lawlers on April 29,…

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Escaped From Police. Man Arrested After Six Months

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 8

A police search for an escapee, lasting more than six months, was described by witnesses at the Central Police Court yesterday, when Leslie Bolton, 30, was charged with having…

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Law Notices. Wednesday, January 17. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 11

In Chambers.—Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers.— In the Banco Court.—At 10.15 a.m.: [?] Licenses, Ltd., v Celebrity Pictures Pty., Ltd., Mcratorium Act; Wragge v Sims and [?]…

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Murder Case Scramble Women Are Knocked Down in Rush Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 1

FOLLOWING intensive investigations by the police over a period of three months William Alfred…

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Industrial Court. (Before the Conciliation Commissioner.) Insurance Officers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 11

Applications by the New South Wales Insurance Officers' Association for preference to members and right of entry at raisonable hours were referred to the Full Industrial…

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"Followed with Gun" Boy's Allegation In Court PERTH

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 14

AN allegation that after a quarrel two years ago, his mother, who, he said, was carrying a gun, had followed…

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Eight in Court Woman Under An Anaesthetic on Table Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 20

A WOMAN under the influence of an anaesthetic was found on a table in a house on The Esplanade, Elwood,…

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Police Stop Picketing In The Textile Strike Extension to More Mills Feared To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 9

BECAUSE employers feared intimidatory tactics, police yesterday patrolled the approaches to metropolitan mills…

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Sequel to Emden Bell Find Offer of Payment by "Herald" is Alleged Court Story

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 5

THAT the "Herald" had offered him a large sum of money if he would enable the paper to obtain the exclusive story of the…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before the Industrial Magistrate.) Commercial Travellers' Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 6

F. M. Street was plaintiff in a claim for wages against Charles David Harris, carrying on business with another as Harris, Davis, and Co., manufacturers, at 78 Mitchell-road,…

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