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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Police Courts. Husband and Wife in Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 6

Husband and wife appeared at the Central Court yesterday in connection with the accidental firing of a revolver in a backyard at Surry Hills on Sunday…

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Gaol for Paper-seller

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 8

When James Samuel Levett. 18, paper seller, was convicted at Newtown Court yesterday on two charges of bag-snatching, 'and a third of…

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Labourer Sentenced. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 10

John Norman Medcalf, 24, labourer, on remand from East Maitland, was sentenced at West Maitland Court to-day to six months' imprisonment on two charges of stealing…

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Theft of Car. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 10

Arthur Ellard, 34, was sentenced to [?] months' imprisonment with hard labour at the Bathurst police court on a charge of stealing a motor car from Oxford-street,…

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Woman Is Charged Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 7

Lily Edwards, 35, shop assistant, was fined £5 at the Newcastle Police Court to-day on a charge of having attempted to obtain goods…

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Bargo Shooting. Two Men Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 6

Following upon the arrest of two men near Warwick Farm racecourse, early yesterday morning, on charges of complicity with the shooting of Constable Arthurcon at Bargo on…

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Stole Car: Year's Gaol Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 6

At Bathurst Police Court to-day, Arthur Ellard, of Sydney, was sentenced to 12 months' gaol for having stolen a car the property of E. Nash,…

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Inverloch Murder. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 9

Detectives who are investigating the murder of Ethel Belshaw, aged 12 years, at Inverloch on New Year's Day, are expecting any motorist who gave a lift to a man on that day…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 5

Before the Registrar.—At 10.15 a.m.: Greer v Camin[?]. At 11 a.m.: Milson v Feneck, At 11.30 a.m.: Hatch v Jones Bros. Coal, Ltd…

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Stole Racquets Young Men Are Sent to Gaol

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 5

"You are only 20 and have an exceedingly bad record for a young man," said Mr. Flynn, S.M., to Leslie William Murphy, 20, laborer, who,…

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No Progress in Inverloch Murder Investigation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Detectives at Wonthaggi and Inverloch spent another full day inquiring into the death of Ethel Belshaw on New…

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Raids on Houses in Suburbs Detectives Seize Valuables. Men Charged

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 5

FOLLOWING a series of raids on houses at Undercliffe and Earlwood yesterday, Detectives Sharp, Humphries and Tyler…

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Wife Sent Husband to Steal Asked Magistrate To Extend Him Leniency

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 5

"MAY I speak, please?" Between sobs, a young woman rose from the crowded body of the court room at Central Court…

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Sequel to Incident in Backyard Stories Conflict About Gun Two Charged

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 7

FOLLOWING the incident in a Surry Hills backyard last Sunday, when a woman accidentally fired a gun she had found there,…

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Police, St. George and the Drag-off

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 7

AN accordeon may, or may not, be an instrument on which a great artist can charm a crowded audience with all…

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Man-hunt. Police Organisation. 300 Men in Cordon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 9

The search made by the police throughout Sunday for men suspected of complicity in the shooting of Constable Arthurson, at Bargo, was one of the most remarkable man-hunts…

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Law Notices. Tuesday, January 8. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 5

In Chambers.—Before Mr. Justice Long Innes.—In No. I Equity Court.—At 10.30 a.m.: A. G. Spaiding and Bros. (N.S.W.) Pty., Ltd., v Keane. Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, Ltd.,…

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Intent to Murder Charge Two Men Appear; Shooting Of Constable Bail Refused

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 5

BROUGHT from the police station to the court house under strong police guard, James Lucas, 46, described as a dole worker…

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Police 'Plane in Victoria Inverloch Case Delays Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

With no further news to assist them, detectives are practically at a dead-end in their investigations into the death of…

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Gun in Backyard Husband and Wife in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 9

The incident at Surry Hills at the week-end, when a woman accidentally discharged a revolver found in a backyard, had a sequel at Central…

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