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Courts & crime, 1934

8,976 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 250

Kidnapping Story Criminal Assault Alleged

The Sun · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 5

NEWTOWN and Redfern detectives are investigating an amazing story of kidnapping and outrage told by a young married…

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Double Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

AUCKLAND, N.Z., Thursday.--During the hearing of the case in which William Bayly is charged with the murder of Samuel and…

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Man Chargedwith Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 14

Charles Lawrence, who was injured in a quarrel between three men at Caringbah on January l8, died in St. George District Hospital yesterday morning…

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Stock Notes. Stock Stealing Charge Dismissed

The Land · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 11

At last week's Albion Park Show.—Top: Champion Ayrshire bull, "Scottish Plaid of Grafton," exhibited by P. Barrett, of Mount Kembla. ~ Bottom: Champion Ayrshire cow, "Fortune of Berkeley," exhibited by G. Barrett, of Unanderra…

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Women Suspects Charged with Housebreaking

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 10

Two well-dressed young women were arrested by Detectives Shields. Hughes, and Donoghue yesterday, and later six charges of housebreaking were preferred against them at…

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Police Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 15

Members of the Amateur Athletic Association will compete in 100 yards, 880 yards, one mile walk, pole vault, and running high jump bandicaps at the Police Carnival on February 17…

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Sheep Stealing Charge Boxton Park Grazier Robbed

The Biz · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

John Edwin Fitzgerald Burns was charged at Liverpool Police Court last Friday with stealing 80 sheep from Mr. Harold Bell's property, Hoxton Park, on…

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Readers Say-- "Murder Bridge"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 6

The Harbor Bridge suicides do not all go there minded to jump over. I know a happy girl of 21 who, on crossing it for the first time and…

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Charged with Attacking Family Adelaide, Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

AFTER searching the rugged hill country around Adelaide for four days, a constable to-day arrested…

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Charged with Jewel Robbery Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

William Patrick Spencer, 48, laborer, was arrested early to-day in a city street and charged in connection with the jewellery robbery at…

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Alleged Car Theft Heavy Bail Is Granted

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 10

ON three charges one of having possessed a sedan car, valued at £120, the property of A. Parrham, which he knew to be stolen,…

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Damaged Policeman’s Uniform Assault in Station

The St George Call · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

At Kogarah Court on Tuesday, Leslie Dibley was charged with assaulting Constable Muir in the execution of his duty, and with damaging the uniform…

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Hit in Stomach with Cudgel Assault Charge

The Biz · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

That he unlawfully assaulted Leslie Flowers, on the bank of the Georges River on December 18, was the charge preferred against Frederick Allison at…

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Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 6

In Chambers.—Before Mr. Justice Stephen, In the Causes Court, Queen's-square.—At 10 a.m.— Leopold v Cowan and others reterence under Moratorium Act; Local Government…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 6

Before the Deputy Registrar, at 10.15 a.m., Lauber and another v Bullock…

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More Lynching Mob Snatches Victim From Gaol LOUISVILLE

The Sun · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

The 1934 lynching record threatens to be a big one. Already several lynchings have taken place, and Hazard was the scene of another…

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Jumped From Bridge Man Lived: Is Charged and Bound Over

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 7

Because he had jumped from the Harbor Bridge, naked, Charles Gala-gher (40) laborer, was bound over at Central Police Court yesterday, to be…

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For Trial on Charge of Murder Rockhampton

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

Charles Leet, a farmer, charged with the murder of Ernest Clanfield, another farmer, was to-day committed for trial…

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Alleged Murder. Samoans Fight with Knives. APIA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 7

Latu, a Samoan, 16, was charged in the High Court with the murder, at Satapuala, of Vasa, a Samoan. He was remanded to January 31…

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Priests Sent to Gaol Spread "Atrocity" Stories, Is Charge Munich

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 8

Crowds prayed outside the court to-day while Fathers Emil Muhler, Oskar Thaler, and Georg Sollacher, Catholic priests, were sentenced to…

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