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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

8,976 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Police Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 6

The following matters were dealt with by Mr A. G. Hardwick, P.M., at Penrith Police Court last week:- Wrong Number Plate…

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Gow Stealing Charge Moree

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 5

At Moree Police Court, before Mr. H. L. Pelham, J.P., Ernest Alfred Grose was charged with stealing a baldy cow, valued at £4, the property…

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Robbed Working People Youth Returns to Gaol

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 6

Pleading guilty at the Quarter Sessions yesterday to a charge of having been found at night, at Marrickville, with house-breaking…

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Charge of Murder. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 14

At the inquest at Maryborough to-day into the death of Henry George Vincombe, 59, of Red Lion, near Talbot, the Coroner found that he had been feloniously murdered by his…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 8

Before his Honor Judge White, in No. 1 Court.—At 10 a.m.: Canvin v Miller; Canvin v Miller: Cafe v Chambers; Crawford v Howe; Maxworthy v Mayes; Oakley v Electrolux, Limited…

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"Worked Hard," Said Man "Thieved Hard," Replied Magistrate

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 1

"I am a men who has worked hard for his living," said James Darcy, 40, laborer, yesterday, when charged with shotlifting from…

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Ten Years Gaol for Bengali Youth Calcutta

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 8

For possessing four revolvers, 200 cartridges, daggers, and poison a Bengali youth, aged eighteen, was to-day sentenced to ten years'…

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Boy Sent to Prison. Father Thanks Magistrate. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 17

A lad of 17. who led two boys, one aged 11, and the other 14, in a series of thefts, appeared in the police court to-day. "He was the leader and brains of the party," declared the…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 8

Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy.—At C[?] wealth Bank Building, Pitt-street and Martinplace.—At 10 a.m.—Application for certificate of discharge: Re Daniel Plottell, trading as…

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Car Thief Goes to Gaol Finger-prints Led to Arrest

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 1

At the conclusion of the trial of Joseph Bourke, 27, motor mechanic, at the Quarter Sessions yesterday, on a charge of breaking and entering a…

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Collapsed After Leaving Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 8

An elderly man was arrested at Kogarah on Thursday night and charged with drunkenness. On appealing at the Kogarah Police Court yesterday morning he was released…

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For Brother's Death Man to Stand Trial for Murder Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 1

At the inquiry to-day into the death of Councillor George Henry Vinecombe, former president of Talbot Shire Council,…

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Law Notices. Monday, February 5. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 8

In Chambers.—Before Mr. Justice Stephen.—In the Causes Court, Queen's-square.—At 11 a.m.: Shepherd v Phillips, Moratorium Act (part heard); Lucas v O'Sullivan and anor., Mcratorium Act;…

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Rioters Maintain Silence Identification Hard Refuse to "Split" Police Inquiries Hampered Cleaning Up Kalgoorlie

The Sun · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 5

DESPITE all efforts of the police to identify those responsible for the two deaths and the…

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Farm Inquiry. Wearne's "Court-martial." Officers' Evidence. (From Our Special Reporter.) Leeton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 14

The "court-martialling" of Wearne, an inmate of the Riverina Boys' Welfare Farm Home, in one of the dormitories on the night of September 18, 1933, was described to-day…

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Not Murder Watchman's Death From Poisoning Police Theory Broken Hilt

Truth · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 12

AFTER a searching inquiry by Detective-sergeant James into the problem of the death of George Datson, 51. a watchman at Junction North…

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Sold Opium Quan to Gaol Instead of to China

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 10

DARWIN, Saturday. -- Lee Chong Quan, a Chinese tailor, who was fined £50 on Thursday for having sold opium charcoal to an aborigine and…

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Life for Leader of Assassins Twenty Others Also Sentenced Kobe

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 15

Twenty-one civilians concerned In the murder of Premier Inukai were sentenced to-day. Their leader, Tachibana, promoter of the Farmers'…

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Out of Gaol to Marry Prisoner Who Got Day Off Toowoomba

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 13

Although he has about five months' sentence still to serve in Boggo Road gaol, Arthur Sawyer was allowed…

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Died, Trying to Murder Athlete's Last Desperate Act Philanderer Suicides

Truth · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 10

PHILANDERER, noted cyclist, would-be murderer . . . .! The colorful tragic life of James Thomas Honeyman. "TRUTH" RECENTLY TOLD THE STORY OF HOW HONEYMAN, A WELL-KNOWN BATHURST ATHLETE…

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