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Courts & crime, 1934

8,976 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Uproar in Paris Police Prefect's Removal Comes As Shock PARIS

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 1

THE removal of M. Chiappe, for many years Prefect of Police, from his post, and his appointment to a position in…

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Insurance Officers to Appeal Challenging Validity Of Award High Court

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 4

EMPLOYEES of Sydney insurance companies are keenly interested in a writ which will be issued out of the High…

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Unemployed March. London Police Arrangements (From Our Special Representative.) London, Feb. 4

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

In expectation of the arrival in London of thousands of unemployed marchers and a massed Labour demonstration in Hyde Park on February 25, Lord Trenchard,…

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Communists Shot. Fight with Berlin Police. Escape From Prison Van. London, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 9

Following their escape from a police van while proceeding to Potsdam from Berlin, four well-known Communists were shot dead. They included Johann Scheer, the successor of Dr…

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

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

Hector Melville, a senior officer at the Riverina Boys' Welfare Farm, gave further evidence to-day at the inquiry by Mr. Mcculloch, S.M., into charges upon which…

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Girl Charged with Murder

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Following the finding of the body of a newly[?]born female child under a house in Malvern on January 28, a 22-year-old…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 5

Quecn's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.: For hearing: Woolgar v Coastal Steamships, Limited Herbert v same, Lawrence v Waratah Shoe Co., Ltd. Lumby v same Lumby…

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Violent Man Sent To Gaol For Assault

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 15

Peter Monaghan, 35, was sentenced at the Central Police Court to-day to six months' hard labor on a charge of having assaulted Constable Bullen…

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Shearer's Death. Man Charged with Murder. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 10

William Flannery, 49, labourer, of Fitzroy, was charged at the City Court to-day with having murdered Lawrence Hurst, 40, shearer, of Fitzroy, on February 2…

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Theft From Pharmacy. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 10

Thieves broke into the Friendly Societies' pharmacy at Mudgee, gaining an entrance by breaking a small glass square in the front door and unfastening the lock. They took…

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Constable's Plea for Man Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- "I cannot understand how he came to do this. He was a school mate of mine, and drink must have been the cause…

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Police Carnival

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 5

Constable P. MacNamara, funner up in the Australian hammer throw championship, will represent Queensland at the Police…

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Racing Losses Employee Steals to Gaol Now

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 16

Said to have lost heavily at betting, Francis Michael Toohey, 39, was sentenced at the Quarter Sessions to-day to two years' imprisonment for…

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Charge of Murder. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 10

Edward Halcraft, 20, a native of Sydney appeared in the Charlesville police couit to-day charged with the murder of Joseph Reginald Gregory Croke, 35, overseer, of Gowrie…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 5

Before his Honor Judge White, in No. 1 Court.— At 10 a.m.: Canvin v Miller (to be mentioned), Wylie v Mackay, Guyder v the Commissioner for Railways Russell v Clancy, Bell v Parker the…

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Our Short Story Murder Most Confident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 10

THERE were two reasons why Reuben Slack should die. First, because he was the only person who…

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Police Stage a Debate

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 4

At the School of Arts, Pitt Street, a debate will take place to-night between the Clarence Street and Regent Street Police, the subject being,…

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BIGAMISTS. Four Sentenced at Quarter Sessions. Young Man's Three Wives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 9

Among four persons who came up for sentence at the Quarter Sessions yesterday for bigamy was a 22-years-old man who admitted that, while married, he had gone through…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 5

Before the Registror in Bankruptcy, at Commonwealth Bank Building, Pirt-street and Martinplace.—At 10 a.m.: Public examination Re Annie Wilson, re Christian Sande[?] re Renato Levl, re…

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Five Years Gaol for Melb. Hold Up Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 1

A sentence of five years imprisonment was imposed by Judge Winneke in the General Sessions to-day on Edward Allan May, 27, for…

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