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Courts & crime, 1934

8,976 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Smoke Screen for Gaol Escape Calcutta Plot Is Foiled Calcutta

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 10

A plot to use chemicals for the production of a smoke screen to cover the rescue of "terrorist" prisoners from the Presidency Gaol in…

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MOTHER & DAUGHTER 10 PRISON In A Quandary, Says Magistrate Had No Home

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 7

BEFORE Mr. May, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, a mother and her daughter, Emily Leigh, 55, tailoress,…

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Police Took 18 Prisoners for Ride

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 9

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--A problem in transport was set West Maitland police to-day, when…

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Police Shoot Strikers. Bombay, Jan. 9

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 5

The strikers at the Sassoon cotton mill were attacked by the police when picketing to-day. The police fired ten rounds, wounding nine of…

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Chicago Murder. Accused in Failing Health. Chicago, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 10

The trial of Dr. Alice Wynekoop, 62, who is charged with the murder of her daughterin law, Rheta Wynekoop, 23, took a dramatic turn to-day when an Episcopal pastor appeared…

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"Was Touched" Police Theory On Baths Death

The Sun · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 13

According to the police, somebody must have touched the foot of William Simpson (16), who died at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital…

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Killed Husband, Is Finding Wife for Trial on Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 9

PERTH, Thursday.--The Coroner in the Northam murder inquest to-day found that John Carroll died from a…

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Control of Pedestrians. Police Campaign in the City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 6

The decision of the police authorities to begin on February 1 a special campaign against city "jay-walkers" will be welcomed by most motorists who drive in the metropolitan area…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 19. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 6

In Chambers.—Before the Frothonotary, in the Prothonotary's Public Chambers.—At 10 a.m.—For decision: Inglis v J. A. Roberton and Co., William Inglis and Sons, Ltd., garnishee…

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Police on Case Mystery Of Man's Death At Eden

The Sun · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 9

POLICE are investigating the mysterious death of a man at Eden, and to-day the contents of the stomach…

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Cremorne Alarm Six Fires Police Say Arrest Follows Outbreak

The Sun · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 11

POLICE stated that packets of paper saturated with inflammable liquid, evidence that the liquid had been…

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Murder Trial in N. Zealand Detective's Story of Blood-stains Wellington (N.z.), Thursd

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 7

The discovery of what appeared to be bloodstains and clots of blood on the frame of a sulky, and of the marks which its wheels left…

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Clergymen Now Suspect In Germany Put Under Third Degree by Police Berlin

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 10

DISSENSION in the German Evangelical Church is becoming more bitter. Feeling has been heightened…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 10

Queen's-square—Before the [?] trate.—At 10 a.m.: For hearing: Jose v Simpson; Haliday v James; Darragh v F[?] Casson and Co., Ltd.: Bolot v Baffsky; Dean v…

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Lost Opals Dealer Charged With Theft LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 7

How 1665 opals, valued at £416, were found in some attache cases was related at Clerkenwell Police Court to-day, when Frank Charles…

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Police Court in Street. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 15

When the ends of Justice have to be served promptly, judicial bodies may sit in strange places. Police courts have met in hospitals school-rooms, and private houses and a case…

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An Assault on Police Man Fined and Sent to Prison

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 5

For having assaulted Constables Auld and Herrings in Palmer Street on January 12, Hugh Williams, 22, laborer, was…

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Alleged Assault on Constable

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 5

Peter Monahan, 38, a laborer, was charged at Central Police Court yesterday with having used indecent language in Crown Street on…

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Murder Charge. Burnt Bone Fragments Dug Up by Police. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 15

The magisterial hearing was conunuca to-day of the charge against William Alfred Bayly, of having murdered Samuel Pender Lakey and his wife, Christabel Lakey, at…

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Assault Story Depositions Taken In Hospital

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 7

It was reported to the police late this afternoon that during a quarrel at a house in Balmain last night George Frederick Markham, 42, was…

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