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Courts & crime, 1934

8,976 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

Police Seek Boy Who Left Home Wish Him to Know His Mother Is Ill

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 7

Police throughout the state are looking for Ira Stanley Bassett, aged 14, not because he has committed a crime, but because, since he left his…

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Far North Land. Its Unsolved Mysteries. Natives Guilty of Murder and Plunder. Menace of the Caledon Bay Tribe. [By the Special Commissioner of the "Sydney Morning Herald" who has returned after an aerial visit to the Northern Territory.] No. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 10

North Australia, the great region extending from the Gulf to the Timor Sea, and including Arnhem Land, may one day be well-developed, closely settled, and rich in production. To-day it is for the most part in a primitive state, where a comparatively…

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Assault Victim Gashed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 9

ROCKHAMFTON, Tuesday.--Believed to have been the victim of an assault, John Flanagan, 42, was found bleeding from severe cuts on…

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Gaol for Old Offender

The Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 7

Described by the police as well known throughout the State and as having already served one Indeterminate sentence, George Chong, alias…

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Car Collision Drivers Charged

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 5

Following an collision between two cars in William Street last night when four persons were slightly injured, the drivers of the cars were…

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Alleged Conspiracy. Three Men Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 8

A woman who gave evidence in a case of alleged conspiracy before Mr. Williams, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, broke down and wept while being cross-examined…

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Collar Stud. Evidence in Police Court. Policeman's Ruse. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 11

A collar stud figured as evidence in a case in the police court yesterday, when Thomas Francis Carroll, 37, labourer, was committed for trial on a charge of unlawfully wounding…

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Graveyard Justice. Boys Sentenced to Vigil in Cemetery

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

Four boys who opened a grave in High Point (North Carolina) have been sentenced by a Judge there to spend five nights each alone in the cemetery…

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Police Outpost Needed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 12

Government officials and some missionaries in the Northern Territory are emphatically of opinion that the Caledon Bay aborigines who murdered Constable Mccoll, and before him…

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Dangerous Driving Two Men Charged After Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 7

Because two country tennis visitors accepted a lift in a casual acquaintance's car last night they may not be able to participate in further…

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Confidence Trick. Man Sent to Gaol. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 12

Norman McGrowder, 34, clerk, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment to-day on a charge of being in a public place with intent to commit a crime…

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SUICIDE—or MURDER? Crime Experts' Work

The World's News · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 5

THE father of a family went to his work at six o'clock in the morning. An hour later one of his children, a…

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Police Courts. Bigamy Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 8

At the Glebe Police Court yesterday, Horace Martin Waller, alias James Du Barry, alias Jamieson Du Barry, was committed for trial on a charge of bigamy. Detective-constable…

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High Court Sittings

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Provided there is substantial business to be transacted, the Full High Court will sit in all the capital cities this year…

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High Court Sittings. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 10

Since the Financial Emergency Act was passed, the sittings of the Full High Court of Australia have been confined to Sydney and Melbourne. This year, the Court will…

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Girls Missing Police Efforts to Trace Them

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 8

MELBOURNE. Tuesday.--Police efforts to trace Molly Munt (21), of Heidelberg, who has been missing since December 24, are still without…

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Pulled a Toy Gun on Police Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 5

ENTERING a fish shop at Hamilton in an intoxicated condition on Saturday night, Reginald O'Connor,…

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Is 'Outed' for Life at Wyong For Assault Made On Jockey After Encourage Doubtful Maid

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

THERE were only six runners in the Encourage Six at Wyong yesterday, but the disqualification of an owner-trainer for life and…

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Back on the Court Hardcourt Play Again

The Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 2

Now that the holidays are over tennis players are once more thinking of the popular game and next week-end the competitions…

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Law Notices. Wednesday January 3. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 8

In Chambers.—Before the Hon. Mr. Justice James, in the Banco Court.—At 10 a.m.: In Court: Texas Co. (A'sia), Ltd. v Newell Moratorium Act; E. S. and A. Bank Ltd. v Christian and anor., ditto;…

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