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Courts & crime, 1934

8,976 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Cattle-stealing Charge. Police Admit Loss of Exhibits. GRAFTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 16

When a case of alleged cattle stealing was called at the Lawrence Police Court, it was announced that the stock concerning which the charge had been laid were missing…

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Escapee Sentenced. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 12

Six months' imprisonment, cumulative upon a sentence of 12 months he is now serving, was imposed on William Dillon, 23, when he pleaded guilty to having escaped from custody…

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Farewell to Gaol Official

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 23

Mr. John McGoldrick, Governor of Parramatta Gaol, who is retiring after 35 years' service in the Prisons Department, will be the guest of the…

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Two Remanded On Bird Stealing Charge

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 21

Colin Walker, 41, painter, and Arthur Beard, 56, pensioner, were remanded until January 24 by Mr. Stevenson, S.M., at Central Police Court…

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Alleged Theft 41 Diamond Rings Recovered

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 4

Calmly walking into the garage of Warton and Ross at Clovelly last night a man went behind a counter and helped himself to £5--the…

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Author Sent to Gaol Leipzig

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 8

Ludwig Renn, the author, who was charged by Nazis with high treason, was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment for publishing…

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Till Theft May Clear Inter-State Robberies

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 7

WHILE investigating a paltry theft from a till last night, detectives chanced on goods which they suspect to be…

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Police to Lecture

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 15

The Department of Education has notified the N.R.M.A. that approval has been given for senior officers of the police force to lecture to children in the public…

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Diamond Stud Man Charged With Window Slashing

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 21

Using a diamond stud a man defaced two shop windows in John- street, Cabramatta, last night, scratching a large cross on one and…

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Food Relief Blacktown Resident Charged Houses Were Mortgaged

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 4

John Martin Brennan (26), a resident of Blacktown, was charged at Parramatta Police Court on Monday with having obtained dole coupons by means of a false…

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Police Courts. Library Books

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

Stephen Beckett, 24, draughtsman, appeared at the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of having maliciously damaged eight books at the Public Library of New South…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

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

Before the Deputy Registrar in Bankruptcy, at Commonwealth Bank Buildings, Pitt-street and Martin-place.—Taxation ot costs; Re W. H. Forsyth, 10.30 a.m.: re G. B. Venner, 11.30 a.m.;…

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Not Guilty, But Still Kept in Gaol London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 8

ALTHOUGH they were found not guilty 26 days ago, the three Bulgarians charged with conspiracy over the Reichstag…

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Police Boxes Granville Drops Protest

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 2

A strong protest against the proposal of the Police Commissioner to erect a police box at Guildford and to close the police station after the box has been in…

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Police Move To Centralise Dept

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 22

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Childs) said to- day that negotiations were proceeding for the Police Department to acquire a vacant block…

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POLICE-BOXES Six for Holroyd

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 7

Six police boxes are to be erected at Holroyd. The council on Tuesday granted an application from the Director of Public…

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New Police Building Ambitious Scheme

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 6

An ambitious scheme to acquire a vacant block of land in Liverpool Street next to the Central Police Courts for the…

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Chief Industrial Magistrste's Court

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

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Maloney v Matador (five cases), De Carle v Miller (two cases)…

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Forty Diamond Rings Recovered by Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 16

Forty diamond rings, valued at nearly £1000, were seized by detectives in residential premises in Pitt-street, city, last night. They are believed to be the proceeds of a recent…

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Early Bird Gave Hint to Police

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 7

TWO men arrested yesterday and charged with stealing several hundred cage birds, can blame a finch which awoke in…

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