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Courts & crime, 1934

8,976 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Girl Wounded. Shots Fired During Quarrel. Police Hunt in Bush

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 11

Margaret Emily May McNeill, 22, of Young-street, Redfern, was wounded twice with bullets from a small calibre rifle at the Woronora River, near Sutherland, early yesterday…

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Plot Against Allenby Hemmed In By Police Guards Secret Departure London

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 1

THE rumor current in Batavia that Field-Marshal Lord Allenby was in danger in the East Indies is confirmed at…

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New Guinea Police. Clashes with Tribes. Seven Persons Killed. Port Moresby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 11

A fight occurred between natives of the Kunlmaipa Valley and native police under Patrol Officer Cecil Cowley, who recently went through the valley to protect a mining party…

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GERMANY. Stormy Scenes in Court. Trial of Communists. London, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 11

Scenes unparalleled in the history of the German courts occurred yesterday, when 51 Communists, including two women, were sentenced to terms of imprisonment…

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Story of Dying Dog Criticism of R.S.P.C.A. Police Sent for

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 1

Criticism of the R.S.P.C.A. was made at Lidcombe Council last Wednesday. Alderman Sweeting said that he knew…

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London Topics. a Rival Aerodrome. the Police and Frederick. (From Our Special Correspondent.) London. Dec. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 10

London is already a great airport, but to give it a leading position it is proposed to extend and modernise the Gatwick aerodrome as a rival to the world-famous terminus at…

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Magsmanship Helped Perry To An Easy Win Crawford Upset by "Tactics" Something New In Deportment On Court Tennis Skill

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 3

WHILE holding only admiration for his tennis skill, his fleetness of foot and powers of endurance, one could not but wonder while…

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Murder Intent Alleged Man Before Special Court

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

BEFORE a special court at Kogarah yesterday, Henry Hartman, 24, laborer was remanded until to-day on a charge of shooting with…

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Car Stealing Charges

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 7

Victor Kieinig, 28, salesman, who was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having, on January 17, possessed a car, valued…

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Fined Fob Assault

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 7

Charged with having assaulted William Francis Whitton, at Tempe on January 13, John Bunch, of Newtown Court yesterday, was fined £ 1, with…

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Fined for Stealing Cwt of Coal

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 6

The theft of a cwt of coal, valued at 26 from the Sydenham station railway yard on January 28, cost Wallace Norman Banning, 29, laborer,…

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Police Traveller

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 9

First-Class Constable H. F. Whittington, of Manly, who returned by the Hobson's Bay to-day, after a visit to Great Britain and the…

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Barman Charged with Manslaughter Perth

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

Following the death to-day of George Edward Jordan, 29. at Kalgoorlie, Claudio Mattaboni, 34, a barman, has been charged with…

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Shooting with Intent to Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 7

Charged with having shot at Margaret Emily May McNeil with Intent to murder, at Sutherland on Sunday Newton Roy Harpman, 24, was…

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"No Motive" Murder Theory Is Discounted

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 9

Detective-Sergeant Tracey told the Parramatta Coroner (Mr. Richardson Clark) at Ryde Court to-day when the inquiry into the death of…

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Police to Aid Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 9

The Railways Department and the police will take concerted action this week to prevent further trouble among unemployed men on the…

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Police Courts. Liquor Sold Without Licence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 5

In the Metropolitan Licensing Court, before Mr. Arnott, S.M., James Ryan, 58, storekeeper, was fined £100 for selling liquor without a licence for the sale, at Collaroy, on December…

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Theft From Store. Window Smashed with Stone. Thieves Escape in Stolen Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 9

Three young men escaped in a stolen motor car after breaking a window and stealing clothing material from Winns, Ltd., Camperdown, last night…

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Motor Vehicles' Brakes. Warning by Police Commissioner

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 7

Motorists are reminded by the Police Commissioner of the necessity for the brakes on their motor vehicles to be kept in perfect order to ensure the…

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Law Notices. Tuesday, January 30. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 5

In Chambers.—Before Mr. Justice Stephen.—[?]n the Causes Court, Queen's-square.—At 10 a.m.: Bennett and Barkell, Ltd., v Marshall, for charging order…

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