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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

Shot Man, Say Police Laborer Remanded

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 7

Charged at Central Court yesterday with having maliciously wounded William Smillie on January 3, Harry Barker, or…

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"The Love Child" Elocutionist Charged a Talkie Studio's Denial £80,000 MENTIONED

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 19

ALLEGED FAKE EVIDENCE of an alleged agreement to provide £80,000 to finance the filming of "The Love Child," was given…

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Police Courts. Doctor Fined for Motoring Offence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 6

Dr. David Lewis, 30, was fined £10 at the Central Police Court yesterday for driving a car in Springfield-avenue, Darlinghurst, while he was under the influence of intoxicating…

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Popular Girl Death of Police Sergeant's Daughter

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 6

The death ocurred at Parramatta District Hospital on Tuesday of Miss Dulcie Enid Dawes, aged 16 years, the daughter of Sergeant and Mrs. Dawes, of…

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Alice Springs. First Supreme Court. Court Officials to Fly From Darwin. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 12

An important event in the history of Central Australia is the forthcoming session of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory to be held for the first time at Alice Springs…

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Stabbed in Ribs Story In Court

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 30

John Tomvald (53), engineer, was remanded at the Central Court today, by Mr. Shepherd, S.M., until January 31, on £150 bail, on charges…

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Law Notices. Thursday, January 24. Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 6

Before his Honor Mr. Justice Lukin, at commonwealth Bank Building, Pitt-street.—At 10.30 a.m. —Hearing of creditor's petition: Re F. E. Hamilton, ex parte John Bede McCormick…

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At Golf Judge Found Held Court in Clubhouse

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 19

A SITUATION without precedent in New South Wales occurred to-day, when Mr. Justice Maxwell…

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Armed Men. Police Account of Arrests. Heavy Fines and Imprisonment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 12

At Parramatta Police Court yesterday, James Lucas, 46, relief worker, was fined £100, in default 200 days' imprisonment, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment…

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Stars In Annual Battle Of Hard & Turf Court Sections

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 3

NEXT big fixture on the Sydney tennis calendar is the annual hard v turf court series on February 9. While Crawford. McGrath and Bromwich,…

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Trial of Hauptmann. Ladder Produced in Court. FLEMINGTON (New Jersey), Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 11

The trial of Bernard Richard Hauptmann on a charge of the murder of Colonel Lindbergh's baby was continued to-day, when the prosecution produced the ladder alleged to…

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Six Months' Gaol German Sailors Sentenced

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 9

Having failed to pass a dictation test in English, Kurt Ernest Richlewski (19) and Heinz Hildebrandt (27), two seamen from the German steamer…

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Police Courts. Charge of Stealing Pearls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 7

Cecil Walter Lawrence Norman, 28, was committed for trial from the Central Police Court yesterday, on a charge of breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Florence Mary…

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Holiday Beer. Seized by Police. Magistrate Orders Return. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 11

A large quantity of beer, which had been brought to refresh a party of men "over the holidays," but which had been seized by the police, is to be returned to its owners by…

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Cottman is Sentenced for Contempt of Court More Domain Prosecutions Sydney

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 6

Over twenty more convictions were recorded against workers during the week for selling their literature in the Sydney Domain. This…

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"Outrageous Perjury." Magistrate's Comment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 12

"Anyone in court who has heard this case must be scandalised by the outrageous and villainous perjury that has been perpetrated," said Mr. Flynn, S.M., at the conclusion of…

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Theft Charge; £100 Bail

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 9

The police prosecutor (Constable Ford) at Kogarah Court to-day opposed the reduction of the bail for John Harold Thurling (23) and John…

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Kirov's Assassins Are Sentenced Moscow

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

THE former chief of the Leningrad branch of the O.G.P.U. (Secret Police), and 11 others connected with the assassination of M. Kirov, [?]…

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Two Germans Charged As Prohibited Immigrants

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 6

Suspicious of two men standing outside a house in Strathfield yesterday, Det.-Sergt. Carroll and Dets. Watkins, Pacey and Woodcock, of…

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"Villainous" Magistrate on Betting Case "Per Jury"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 11

Conflicting evidence in a betting case at Balmain Court yesterday led Mr. Flynn, S.M., to say:--"I feel sure that everybody in this court…

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