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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

Lunatic's Tale of Death-Bed Confession Rescued Stock Woman Charged Impounding Officer's Story

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

How the woman owner of a herd of cattle which he had impounded drove them away from him and abused him was told by Ernest Trevithlek. Holroyd…

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Car Tracks In Scrub Clues to Child Murder Disappeared From Shop

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Important clues have been found by the police, in motor car and other tracks, near the…

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Law Notices. Thursday, January 3. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

In Divorce.—Befara the Registrar.—In the Prothonotary's Court.—At 10.15 a.m.—Motions: Trye v Trye, to dispense with naming woman charged; O'Regnn v O'Regan, for costs; Stoyles v Stoyles,…

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He Took A Tie, Taken To Court

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 17

He felt his position acutely, for he was a salesman, and a salesman, be it known, should never wear dirty neckties. So, seeing a tie to his liking, he took the dirty one off and replaced it…

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For Trial on Charge of Murder Woman Alleged To Have Kicked Another

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 6

BEFORE she was committed for trial by the City Coroner, Mr. Farrington, yesterday, on a charge of having murdered Mrs. Mary…

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"Fell on Knife" Police Statement About Hotel-keeper's Wife

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 9

Wearing the black crepe arm-band of mourning, a husband yesterday answered a charge of murdering his wife…

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Had Sheet Lead in Possession "Roofs Stripped" Say Police

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 6

Henry Pippin, 31, laborer, was sentenced to two months' hard labor, and Ernest do la Garde, 24, laborer was fined £10 by Mr. McCulloch. S.M.,…

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Lindbergh Baby. German on Murder Charge. Allegations Outlined. Flemington (New Jersey), Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 9

Final preparations have been made for the opening to-morrow of the trial of Bernard Richard Hauptmann, charged with the murder of Colonel C. Lindbergh's baby. This…

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Fewer Cases But More Convictions Parramatta Court Figures

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

A starting increase in cases of breaking and entering by offenders under the age of 21 is a feature of the year's business…

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Tennis Stars Off The Court. Christmas in Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 13

If any of the visiting lawn tennis players felt homesick at the thought of being to far away from their various homes al Christmas, any gloominess must have been dispelled after they had spent a delightful day with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brookes at Frankston. The Brookes family it noted for its hospitality, and everything was done to try to make the guests happy…

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Young Girl Victim of Murder Body in Scrub. Screams Heard at Night. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 9

The victim of one of the most revolting murders in the history of Victoria, Ethel Belshaw, 12, of Lower Tarwin, was found dead in a lonely patch of scrub…

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"400" Club Raid Has Its Echo Switches Operated, Say Police. Two Are Fined

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 7

Fines of £30 were, imposed upon both the manager and a waiter of the "400" Club, Phillip Street, at the Licensing Court…

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Detectives On Clue In Scrub Murder Search For Girl's Killer Body Dragged? No Sign Of Straggle Blacktrackers Help Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 13

DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Ethel Belshaw, 13½, of Tarwin Meadows, whose body, with hands and legs tied, was found in the scrub at Inverloch yesterday, this afternoon gained renewed…

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Car Tracks Clue in Vic. Murder Girl Was Outraged and Slain Mutilated Body In Thick Scrub ONLY 12 Years Melbourne, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

CAR tracks found at the edge of the scrub near where the mutilated body of Ethel Belshaw, 12, of Tarwin, South Gippsland, was…

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"Greatest Trial Of Century" Opens In U.S.A. Lindbergh Baby Murder Sequel Jury Sworn in Defence Outlined "Merely a Receiver " FLEMINGTON (New Jersey)

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

WHAT United States newspapers describe as the greatest trial of the century" opened in this little town to-day with the empaneling of the jury in the case against Bruno Richard Hauptmann, 28,…

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Gaol for Stealing Rope

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 7

John Docherty, 50, laborer, was sentenced to a month's hard labor by Mr. Atkinson, S.M., at Campsie Court yesterday for having stolen…

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Two Charged with Assault

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

Raymond Sydney Burrows, 22, laborer, was remanded to January 10 when at Central Court yesterday he was charged with maliciously…

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Kogarah Police Court

The St George Call · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

“Well-known criminals are coming the suburbs and taking bets from strangers,” Police Prosecutor F. Harper told. Mr. Gibson, S. M., yesterday, at…

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Assault Charge Hammondville Incident

The Biz · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 6

The story of an assault on the manager of the Hammonville Settlement for unemployed was told at the Liverpool Police Court…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

Francis Harry Garvey, a bookkeeper, proceeded against Stephen Mitchell, L. Bizanncs, and Louis Katsaros, trading as the Boomerang Confectionery Co., Oxford-street,…

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