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Courts & crime, 1935

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Man Shot Dead Police Inquiring BRISBANE

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 7

The police here were advised today that a man named Banfield was shot dead at Malpass's holding, 150 miles from Richmond. North…

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Escapee in Car Police Watch Throughout State

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

Police in all parts of the State are on the look-out for a car in which it' is believed John Kingsley Clarkson, 24, raced away after making a…

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Revolutionary Workers Before the Special Court

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

ROME, Nov. 20.—The trial has been held before the Special Court of 12 anti-Fascists, charged with having built up revolutionary…

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Highway Robbery Road Hold-up Reported to Police

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

A STORY of modern highway-men was told to detectives yesterday afternoon by Thomas Irwin (78), of Cornelia Road,…

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Communist Newspaper. Police Raid Darwin Offices. DARWIN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 8

A shed in Darwin where the "Proletarian," the local organ of the Communist party, was printed was raided by Constable Koop and other Darwin police. The police took…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 1[?]. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

In Chambers.—Before the Prothonotarr, in the Ptothonotary's Public Chambers.—3.15 p.m.: Vacuum Oil Company Pty., Ltd., v Manslow, examination of judgment debtor…

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Bound And Gagged Court Story of Tobacco Robbery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

BOUND and gagged, with a cloth over his head, Donald James Roe was left helpless on the floor of a shop, while his…

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U.S.A. May Join World Court Washington

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

IN a brief message to the Senate, President Roosevelt urged American adherence to the Permanent Court of…

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Sales Tax Second-hand Goods Free High Court Ruling

The Land · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 14

A JUDGMENT of the High Court, of importance to producers was given recently when it was decided that…

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Retreat Street Retreat 16 Chinese Cornered By Police in City Also

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 7

RETREAT STREET, Alexandria, lived up to its name yesterday afternoon, when 16 Chinese were cornered in a house by police…

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Police Chase. After Suspected "Cat" Burglar. Recognised by Sydney Detectives. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 12

An exciting chase over fences, under houses, and through laneways in the Valley this afternoon culminated in the arrest by three detectives of a man, who later was…

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Mother of Dead Girl Collapses Body Driven In Car, Police Think BRISBANE

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 8

PHYLLIS REIGER, 23, barmaid, whose strangled body was found in a car in a garage at the rear of a boarding-house in…

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World Court. Plea for Adherence. President Roosevelt's Message. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 12

President Roosevelt sent a message to the Senate to-day urging American adherence to the World Court. This movement to make international…

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Contempt of Court. Man Sent to Prison. Sale of Leaflets in Domain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 12

William Cottman, who was proceeded against by Inspector Williamson on an information alleging that he had distributed leaflets in the Domain on June 17, contrary to the…

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Crime in U.S.A. Police and Bandits Fight. Five Men Killed. New York, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 11

Three men were killed and three wounded in a town in Illinois when bank bandits and vigilantes fought a gun battle during an attempted bank hold-up. The bank had been…

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Police Courts. Gaol for Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 12

A sentence of three months, with hard labour, was imposed on Frederick Hilton Roy Ruttley, 36, at the Paddington Police Court. He pleaded guilty to stealing a kltbag and…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 12

Queen's-square —Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Insp. Dunleavy v La Cava (4 cases); Bradshaw v Belmont Coal Co.,Limited; Velo v Bulbrook; Insp. Ogilvie v…

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Charged With Her Husband's Murder BRISBANE

The Labor Daily · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 6

A SHOOTING tragedy is reported at Malplass, in the Richmond district. In the north-west of Queensland. The victim was Henry…

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Shot in Head Wife Charged with Murder of Husband

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 1

TOWNSVILLE, Friday.--Louisa Matilda Banfield, 42, was charged to-day with the murder of her husband, Henry Dun Banfield, 62…

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Cat Burglar, Said Police Three Months' Gaol Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 5

ROBERT BONNER, 25, laborer. who was described by the police as a stranger to the town, appeared before the H[?]on Police Court…

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