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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

8,976 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Major Criminals of 1933 Face Life in Gaol

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 13

WHERE are the human jackals of yesteryear and what are they doing ? Eric Craig, the park killer; Eric Jones, the Cessnock wife shooter; Eric Newlyn and Claude Wallace, the Bondi gun bandits; Paul Grierson, the ammonia thrower—the year's principal enemies of society…

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River Murder Arrest Expected Soon Vital Clues Are Discovered

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 1

TO-DAY or to-morrow a charge of having murdered Percy Smith, whose battered body was found in the Murrumbidgee River, will be preferred against a man…

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Following Clues Of the Bloodstained Waggonette Hot on Murder Trail Police Reveal Sensational Facts In Wagga Chaff-Bag Crime Exclusive Story of Grim Quest Wagga

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 15

LIKE the finger of [Nemesis, the dead, shrunken hand of Percy Smith, Riverina vagabond and rolling stone, is pointing the way to the man who murdered him, thrust his cor pse into a chaff bag and consigned it to the swift-flowing Murrumbidgee,…

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Victim of Prowler? Missing Girl Mystery Police Baffled

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 12

MYSTERY surrounding the disappearance of Mollie Munt, the pretty 21-year-old school teacher, from her home at Vest Heidelberg is no nearer…

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Police Raid On Flat Find Wife of Man in Gigantic Swindle London

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 5

In a small furnished flat in Paris, the police located Madame Stavisky, wife of M. Stavisky, chairman of the…

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Many Loves in Athlete's Life Died As He Wielded Vicious Tomahawk On Sleeping Woman Swift-acting Poison Averts Murder

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 10

THE many loves of James Honeyman—Jimmy" to his host of friends—ended in ghastly tragedy. HE introduced the New Year by attempting to commit murder. And only his own sudden death prevented him from perpetrating a fearsome…

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'I'm a Big Shot in White Slave Traffic" Sensational Police Allegation Against Boxer Renault

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 9

ALTHOUGH his prowess as a boxer would never get him into the headlines these days, French-Canadian pugilist Jack Renault,…

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Scanty Shorts or Short Scanties ! Pantettes Shock a Policeman Miss 1934 Hauled to Court Mother Grundy's Rage Defied: Immodest, but Not Indecent In These Modern Times

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 13

SHOULD girls wear Shorts? The burning question of the moment, the question that for months past has been exercising the minds of men, maids and moralists; has been answered at last—answered by the City Court Bench, and…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 5

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.[?] Inspector Basclain v McNamara, Limited (10 cases)[?] Inspector Dunleavy v Richards (five cases)[?] Thompson v Walde;…

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Gaol for Critics Essen

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 1

Two professors controlling hospitals have been sentenced to three and four months' imprisonment, respectively, for disparaging Nazism…

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Stole Old Man's Watch Six Months Gaol

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 1

Cecil Roberts, of Parramatta, was on Friday last week to goal for six months for stealing a watch and chain belonging to George Woods…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 5

Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 10.15 a.m.: Moss v McK[?]nnon. At 10.30 a.m.: Amos v Allen. At 10.45 a.m.: Bradbury v Robberds…

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Two Car Loads Recovered Theft of Cigarette Papers

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 5

Two carloads of cigarette papers, valued at £1500, were confiscated by detectives who raided suburban and city premises over the week-end…

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Murrumbidgee Murder Early Developments Hinted at

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 7

WAGGA, Sunday.--The police investigating the Murrumbidgee River murder have been occupied in tracing the history of a wagonette said…

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Senseless on Floor Unlawful Assault Is Alleged Perth

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 5

WHILE investigating alleged sly-grog sales in the city last night, Constable Jones, a member of the sly-grog squad, entered a house in…

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Wagga Mystery. Eariy Solution Expected. Man Charged with Vagrancy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 9

Detectives investigating the death of Percy Smith, whose body was found in a sack in the Murrumbidgee River, expect to charge a man with muraer within the next 24 hours…

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Man Is Still Detained the Wagga Murder

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 1

Detectives investigating the Wagga murder mystery further questioned over the week-end a man who has been detained at the Wagga police…

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Peering Into Houses Gaol for Man at Casino Casino

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 8

DESCRIBED by Sergent Jones as a menace to the community, and as a man who visited places at night and assaulted people, Hector Mee,…

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Tuesday, January 9. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 5

In Divorce.—Before the Registrar in Divorce, in the Prothonotary's Court.—At 10.15 a.m.— Motions[?] Monteith v Monteith, for substituted service[?] Hay v Hay, for substituted service…

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ABSCONDED Police Allegation in Melbourne MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 9

Alleged to have absconded from ball in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, on charges of conspiracy and false pretences, Vincent Richardson,…

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