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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

8,976 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

Future Leaders of the N.S.W. Police Force

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 47

MEN who scoffed at the cadet system when introduced by the police chiefs last…

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Mad Dog Policy Charged with Grim War Menace a Review by ADAM McCAY, M.A.

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 7

THE book has just been published at Carlsbad by the Graphia Publishing Co., and is…

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Insurance Men to Appeal Important Case for High Court

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 16

Mr. Sydney Smith, president of the N.S.W. Insurance Officers' Association, yesterday issued a writ out of the High Court of Australia challenging the validity of the recent award made by Chief Judge Dethridge in the Federal…

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Mystery Woman In Death Blast Murder Or Suicide at Fire Station? Man with £5000 Meets Shocking End

Truth · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 17

A MYSTERIOUS woman who haunted the precincts of Ryde Fire Station in the early hours of Monday, November 27, has received much attention in connection with the fire station tragedy…

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Surgeon Dies After Taking Poisoned Whisky Beautiful Lady Doctor Faces Murder Charge in Love Drama Greenwood, (Missouri), Saturday. IA

Truth · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 12

ONE of the most sensational murder trials in the history of the United States has started at Greenwood, where Doctor Sarah Ruth Dean, a 33-years-old beautiful brunette has been charged with poisoning Doctor J. Preston Kennedy, a resident of Greenwood…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 5

Queen's—square —Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.: For hearing: Herbert v Miller and Co., Ltd.; Sc[?]cca v Merlina; Lawrence v Waratah Shoe Co., Ltd.; Lumby v same; same v…

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Charged with Murder Man's Death in Hospital MELBOURNE,Sunday

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 1

A ROW over, money is believed by the police to have, preceded the death, from a fractured skull, of Lawrence Hurst, 40, shearer, of King…

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Three Months' Gaol

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 13

For having acted in an indecent manner in Albert-street, Erskineville, John Barker, 39, dealer, was sentenced to three months hard labor…

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Woman Alleges Assault Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 1

When police were called to a house in port Melbourne yesterday afternoon they found the interior of the…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 5

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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Federal Bankruptcx Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 5

Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy.—At Commonwealth Bank Building. Pitt-street and Martin place.—At 10 a.m.—Application for certificate of discharge: Re Daniel Plottell trading as…

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Let Out of Gaol for His Marrisge Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 6

A UNIQUE ceremony was performed yesterday at Toowpomba. Arthur Sawyer a prisoner in Boggo Road…

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Daring Leap. From Police Station Window

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 10

After leaping from a second story window in the Regent-street police station, last night, a man dashed down a lane and into George-street, with police in hot pursuit. He was…

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Daring Leap for Liberty Amid Glass Shower Sequel to Hotel Theft and Chase

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 7

A DARING daylight robbery at a city hotel yesterday had a sensational sequel last night…

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Natives Attack Police Posse With Poisoned Arrows

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 1

NAIROBI (East Africa), Sunday, POLICE surrounded the lair of a gang of native criminals who have been terrorising the district'20 miles,from…

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Charge of Murder. Man's Death from Fractured Skull. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 10

Laurence Hurst, 40, a shearer who was taken to the Melbourne Hospital on Saturday morning, suffering from a fractured skull, died early this morning. He was assaulted on…

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Robber's Den Police Find On Mountain INVERELL

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 7

Mystified by a flickering light each night on the wild, rocky summit of "Sugar Loaf" Mountain, a farmer in the vicinity communicated with the…

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Basic Wage Fight Employers, Unions, and Court

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 8

When the Full Bench of the Federal Arbitration Court sits in Melbourne on February 19 to consider the fixing of a new basic wage,…

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Law Notices. Monday, February 5. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 5

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., Moratorium Act;…

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Ex-police Chief As Dictator? May Upset French Government Paris

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 8

Jean Chiappe, the Prefect of Police who was deposed over the Stavisky scandal, and described as the "most feared man in France," may be…

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