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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Wall Collapsed Suspect's Desperate Fight with Police

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 7

Leaping out of his bed when police walked into a room of a house in McEvoy St., Waterloo, early this morning, a suspect fought desperately…

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Swore Her Way Into Gaol Cell Woman Causes Stir At Station Round Oaths

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 6

HELL hath no fury like a woman who knows how to swear and docs it properly when she goes, out on a bender…

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The Murder of Corporal Doag a Tale of The Mounties

The World's News · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 20

FAR off, 'midst the frozen wastes of North-west Canada, dwells a little-known tribe of Indians—renegade…

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Law Notices. Wednesday, January 9. Supreme Court

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

In Chambers.—Before the Deputy Prothonotary.— 12 noon: Wright v Wright, bill of costs. 12.30: Abel v Abel, bill of costs. 2.30 p.m.: Quinlan v Quinlan, bill of costs…

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In Circulation. Cancelled N.Z. Banknotes. Police Issue Warning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 11

The police issued a warning yesterday to the public to watch for cancelled Bank of New Zealand banknotes, which escaped destruction in an incinerator in Sydney recently…

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High Court Appeal on Road Revenue Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 6

Kilkivan Shire Council is appealing to the High Court against a decision of the Queensland Full Court which held that the council's…

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Vehicle Taxation. Council's Appeal to High Court. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 12

A contention that the main roads regulations relating to registration of all motor vehicles are ultra vires and invalid is one of the grounds of an appeal lodged before the…

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A £30,000 Issue Shire Councils and High Court Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A question which concerns almost every shire council in the State will be decided by the High Court, which is to be…

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Will Assignment Cancelled by Equity Court. Moneylender's Dealings. Heir's Claim Partly Succeeds

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

Sir John Harvey, in the Equity Court yesterday, held that an assignment in September, 1928, by Francis Henry Bridgewater, of interests in the estates of his grandfather…

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Police Hoaxed. Alleged Arncliffe Burglary

The Propeller · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 4

During the present housebreaking epidemic in the St. George District a special squad of plain clothes police have been detailed to catch the…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 7

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Mannino v Russo…

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Clean Cut Burglary Implement

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 17

A housebreaking implement unique in Sydney -- a noiseless wood cutter which in a few moments can cut a hole in a door -- has been found by…

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Fined for Stealing

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

For having stolen articles valued at £7 from the Cronulla Hotel on December 22, Mamie Watson, 25, domestic, was fined £5 at Kogarah…

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Her Record Woman Sentenced

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 7

Ethel Violet May Benn, 38, domestic, pleaded guilty at Manly Court to-day to having stolen a shopping bag and contents, valued at £25, from…

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Man Fined for Theft

The Propeller · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 8

At Kogarah Police Court last Thursday, a camper at Brighton-le-Sands, Oliver Walter Palmer, was fined £4, in default eight days'…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before Mr. E. A. Prior.) Claims for Wages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 7

Lorna Sutton Murray, theatrical employee, and Elsie Gammell, cashier, proceeded against Publicity, Ltd., of the South-eastern Pylon, Harbour Bridge, to recover £55/4/5 each. It…

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Came in Shirt-Sleeves Magistrate's Reprimand

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 1

Magistrate Atkinson may sympathise with dress reform for non—but he doesn't believe in it in court…

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Interview of 10,000 PERSONS Police Drag-Net In Vic. Murder MELBOURNE, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 7

A DRAG-NET is to be spread by detectives inquiring into the Inverloch tragedy, and it is hoped within the next week or two to…

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Traffic Cases. 21,760 During the Year. Water Police Court Activities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 10

During last year, 21,760 cases in which breaches of the Motor Traffic Act were alleged were dealt with at the Water Police Court, which is the main traffic court in the…

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Ignored Warning Magistrate's Fine As a Warning

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 15

For having, at Willoughby, driven past a "school patrol" leader who was holding up his flag as a warning to motorists that children from…

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