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Courts & crime, 1935

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2280 Were Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 4

At North Sydney Court, during 1934, 2280 charge cases were heard, compared with 2225 in 1933. Betting and traffic charges…

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Alleged Assault. Man's Head Injuries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 8

A man, believed to be Thomas Casey, 42, or Glebe, was assaulted, it is alleged, in St. John's-road, Glebe, last night. He fell to the road, striking his head heavily. The Central…

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Murder of Russian; New Clue Police Desire To Interview Youth Mental Case

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

FOLLOWING information regarding the case of Paul Drasdoff, 45, a Russian, who was shot dead by youthful bandits in his shop in…

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Alleged Theft of Car. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 8

When a police officer on duty noticed a car which appeared to he similar to a vehicle belonging to a former resident of Bathurst, but now residing in Sydney, he questioned the…

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King's Police Medals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 6

The Stute Governor (Sir Phillp Game) has received advice from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs that the Kine had awarded the King's Police Medal for gallantry to…

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Aboriginal Attacked. Three Other Natives Charged. DARWIN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 2

Sergeant Woods, of Katherine, has reported to the Darwin police headquarters that he has brought in from the bush an aboriginal named Kalal, who had been battered on the head…

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Police Courts. Betting Fines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 2

At the North Sydney Police Court, before Mr. May, S.M., Arthur Herbert Harris, 36, was fined £7/10/. Stanley Hahon, 28, £7, Henry McFarlane, 25, £5, and Clarence…

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Marks of Blood on Wrench Alleged Assault In City Hotel

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 6

A BLOOD - MARKED screw wrench, on which was found a grey human hair, was an exhibit at Central Court yesterday when…

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Collection Box for Hospital Laborer Stole It: 9 Months' Gaol

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 6

PLEADING guilty to the theft of a children's hospital collection box. William Henry Barnett, 53, laborer explained to Mr. Shepherd,…

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Safebreakers in the Far North. Pine Creek Station Theft. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 7

The safe in the railway station at Pine Greek was broken open early on Sunday morning and about £44 was stolen. The lock of the safe as picked after the…

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The Turf. Supreme Court. Entry Rejected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 10

Although Supreme Court was an acceptor for the Ascot meeting to-morrow, he is unlikely to take his place in the field. The A.J.C. stipendiary stewards yesterday concluded the…

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Quarry Worker Dies in Police Cell. Lismore, Monday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 8

Alfred Alexander Hlnde, 40, who had been arrested on a charge of drunkenness, died in a Lismore police cell. Shortly after he had been exercised in the yard he collapsed, and…

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EXILED To Arctic Island. Soviet Leaders. Sequel to Kirov Murder. LONDON, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 7

The Warsaw correspondent of the "Dally Express" states that Zinovieft and Kameneff were secretly taken from prison in Moscow to the railway, where…

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M.l.c. Becomes New Supreme Court Judge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 7

THE Attorney-General, Mr. Manning, announced last night that the Executive Council had appointed Mr. H. S…

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Supreme Court's Entry Rejected by A.j.c. Stewards

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 2

Yesterday at the A.J.C. office the stipendiary stewards concluded their investigation in Supreme Court's case. At Randwick on Saturday the…

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Police Courts. Unprovoked Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

When Albert Wright, 45, labourer, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with riotous behaviour in Oxford-street on the previous day, the constable who arrested…

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Beggars Sentenced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 5

Leonard Plumb, 46, and Leslie Robert Duggan, 40, labourers, were each sentenced at the Central Police Court yesterday to 14 days' imprisonment with hard labour for…

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Woman Stabbed to Death in Back Found in Kitchen of Hotel Man Charged With Murder

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

STABBED in the back with a large carving knife, Mrs. Maude Joel, 38, wife of the licensee of the Darlington Hotel, corner of…

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Preferred Gaol Knife Threat Case

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 8

"He threatened to kill the whole family with a bread-knife. He ran up and down stairs, brandishing the knife, and said he would have us…

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Sheik Charged But Goes Free

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 8

Sydney's only Sheik--Noor Dean, an 87-year-old pensioner, of Redfern--was charged at Redfern Court to-day with vagrancy…

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