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Courts & crime, 1934

8,976 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Police Seek Woman

The Labor Daily · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 6

Parramatta police would welcome information as to the whereabouts of Mrs. Gertrude Regan, wife of James Regan, who died in…

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Murder Trial Death Of Melb. Pawnbroker MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 8

Charged with the murder of Maurice Langley, pawnbroker, who is alleged to have been shot in his shop in Elizabeth-street, city, on October…

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Police Force. Relations with the Public

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 8

Speakers at the official luncheon at the New South Wales police carnival at the Showground on Saturday emphasised that the police were essentially a peace force, whose aim was to…

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Court Preparations for Competition Matches

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 4

Speaking from years of competition tennis experience venture to say that nothing has greater appeal to visiting teams than to find that they have been…

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Ryde Court Many Small Cases

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 2

Mr. E. A. May, S.M. presided at the Ryde Court on Thursday, When there was a fair list, with mostly pleas of guilty…

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Police Carnival. Brilliant Spectacle. Sports at Showground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 15

Twenty-two years ago the first police and firemen's combined carnival was organised at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show Ground. Later the services separated, each branch promoting its…

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Tiny Notes Found By Police Works of Art

The Sun · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 7

FOLLOWING a discovery that spurious £5 notes were in circulation in Sydney, three miniature…

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Central Cumberland Hard Court Group Tennis Association

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 4

The annual meeting of the above association will be held on Tuesday evening the 27th February, at the…

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By His Fingers Dead Man Identified Coroner Commends Police

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 2

Though he had been dead for some weeks and his body was in an advanced stage of decompositon, the identity- of Patrick Clohsey was established by the…

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Law Notices. Monday, February 19. High Court of Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 5

Original Jurisdiction.—Before his Honor Mr. Justice Evatt, in No. 1 High Court.—At 10.30 a.m.: Application of Adhesives Pty., Ltd., re Aktieselskaher Dansk Gaerings Industri and another, part…

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Fine Displays at Police Carnival Indicated Intensive Training for Public Duty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 12

The motor cycle squads tended to attract most attention with their daring exploits, but the famous musical ride by mounted police was as popular as ever…

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Hospital Crash Is Mystery One Killed When Balcony Falls On Men Police Inquire

The Labor Daily · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 5

DESPITE intensive investigations, Inspector Robinson, has not yet been able to determine what caused a concrete…

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Three Men Assaulted in City Man Struck With Potato-Masher, Say Police Boxer Kicked

The Labor Daily · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 5

AS the result of alleged assaults in the metropolis on Saturday night, three men are so badly hurt that they had to…

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Restoration of 10 P.c. Cut Case Begins Before Court To-day

The Labor Daily · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 8

TO consider effective steps to be taken to assist in securing the restoration of the 10 per cent cut in wages, it combined meeting of…

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Golding As Sprinter Day Out at Olympiad Over 40,000 Attend Police Sports Gala Huge Profit

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 3

GEORGE GOLDING blossomed out as a sprinter at the Police Olympiad on Saturday…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 5

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Nelson v Gardiner. Wooding v Rose (not before 11 a.m.), Egan v Meckenzie, Woolgar v Newell: Inspector…

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Court Practice Disregarded, Says Magistrate

The Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 6

Sharp criticism of a public department was voiced to-day by the Chief Industrial Magistrate (Mr. Prior). Inspector Kenneth Armstrong, of…

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Pawnbroker's Death. Two Men Charged with Murder. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 10

In the Criminal Court to-day, Robert Ernest von Geyer 50, painter, of Carlton, and Albert Lewis, 45, labourer, of West Melbourne, were charged with having murdered Maurice…

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Escaped From Custody Man Sent to Gaol

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 7

Escaping from the custody of a constable in the vestibule of the Central Police Court on June 6, 1933, Leslie Boulton, 30, laborer, evaded…

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Attacked Police Athletes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 4

Two police athletes, Constables Jordan and Mackney, were set upon by a number of men early on Sunday morning, according to evidence at…

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