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Courts & crime, 1934

8,976 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Eric Craig Taken to Bathurst Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 16

Eric Roland Craig who was convicted or the manslaughter of May Miller and the murder of Bessie O'Connor was taken from Long Bay Gaol to Darlinghurst Police…

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"The Hennel Murder Case"

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 8

This exciting mystery drama, which will have its first State screening at the Regent Theatre, Sydney, this Saturday, is to be screened at the…

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Police Sergeant's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 16

Sergeant Daniel Markham, 48, of Cary-street, Marrickville, was found fatally wounded in a telephene-box in the Erskine-street Police Station yesterday afternoon. A…

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Police Efficiency praiapd

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 1

VISITORS to the Blacktown Shire Council meeting on Thursday evening, were Inspectors Roberts and Thompson, who came, in response to…

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Supreme Court

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

Prothonotary's Office.—Before the Deputy Prot[?] notary.—At 11 a.m.: Donnelly v Durham same v Foley same v Siviour 2.30 p.m. Tanner v Tanner; 3 p.m., Macfarlane v Macfarlane…

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Police Courts. Conversion of Skins

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

Ficderlck Schmelz, 49, appeared before Mr. Stevenson S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of beinp the bailee of a kangaroo skin rug six kangaroo skins and 90…

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Mystery Death Police Are Still Inquiring

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 7

Sergeant Jaggers, of Eden, is still investigating the death of Charles Kempster, 33, a sleeper-cutter, at Narrabaraba, near Eden Kempster,…

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Murder Charge Man Aged 77 Dies In Hospital MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 3

John Thomas Garrigan, 33, blacksmith, was remanded at Prahran Court to-day until January 26 on a charge of having murdered George…

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Costs of 1920 Suit in Divorce Aged Co[?]re Sent To Gaol Hospital Judge Lenient

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 7

A DIVORCE case in 1920 was recalled before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers yesterday, when John Lauder, an…

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Wages Claim of Pastrycook Court Awards £78

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 6

Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate, Mr. Prior yesterday, William Martin Fitzgerald, of Bankstown, was awarded £7877 in a claim for…

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Dry Night So Stole Some Beer Sight Of The Bottles Was Too Much Sent to Gaol

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 6

IT was a dry night, and the sight of bottles reposing cosily in their owner's car was too much for James Flanagan,…

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Murder Mystery. Solved After Ten Years. Story of Polish Intrigue. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 16

Arter to years the Paris police claim that they have solved one of the most baffling murder mysteries in French crime. The victim, Helene Krupa, who was at one time a…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 22. Federal Bankruptcy Court

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

Before His Honor Mr. Justice Lukin, at the Federal Bankruptcy Court 7th Floor, Commonwealtn Bank BuildinK Martin-placo and Pitt-street.—At 2.30 p.m. Hearing of creditors' petitions: Re…

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Strike Plans in Lisbon Broken Up by Police Lisbon

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 1

A GENERAL strike was attempted here to-day, but was suppressed by Republican Guards and the police. Several were arrested. The…

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Police Raid on Coiners Men with Moulds for Making Florins

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Friday.--As a sequel to a police raid on a house in Lower North Adelaide last week. Eric Bartlett Shard and Sydney Buckley,…

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Burned Bones Alleged Find by Police Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 1

The evidence of Detective A[?]sopp in the case against William Bayly, who is charged with the murder of Samuel Lakey and his…

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Printer on Charge of Arson Fire Menaced Two Lives, Declare Police at Cremorne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 6

AS the sequel to a fire at the Southern Cross Press, Military Road, Cremorne, on Thursday night, when, the police allege,…

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At The Shrine of King The Harbor, Beach, Court and Oval

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 8

A NICE combination.--The riding breeches, of whipcord, the jersey polo shirt, and the girl.-- Una Merkel, M.G.M. player…

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On Trail of Romeo Lover Who 'Phoned at 2.30 A.M. Police Shock Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 7

PECULIAR behavior by a man outside a metropolitan hospital led last night to police patrol investigation and a…

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Nazis and Police in Big Clash Violent Rioting In Vienna Against Italy 800 Arrested Vienna

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 1

THE arrival to-day of the Italian Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Signor Suvich, who is believed to be conveying…

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