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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Story of Alleged Hold-Up Two Charged Old Man Robbed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 2

The story of an alleged hold-up at Toongabbie on January 17 was told at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, when Frederick Crossing (43) and…

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Flat Fire Save Police Find Empty Petrol Tin

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 7

A fire in a large block of flats in King's Cross Road, Darlinghurst, was discovered on Saturday night before it had time to spread…

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Pay Money Agreement in Court MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 8

At the request of all parties, Justice Sir Frederick Mann, in the Practice Court to-day, ordered that £265 be paid to Miss Gwendoline…

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Timid Bandit Asked Intended Victim for "Break with Police"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 1

Walking into the fish shop of Arthur McIntyre, in Station Street. Carlton, on Saturday night, a man demanded the contents of his till…

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Man with Revolver. Police Search in Bush. Struggle with Constable

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 9

Nearly 40 police, drawn from the northern suburbs, searched, dense bush near Seaforth for more than five hours last night for a man who was alleged to be armed with a…

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Alsatians Used Search for Man in Scrub Pistol Found By Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 1

POLICE and civilians with the police Alsatians hunted through gullies and thick scrub at Seaforth last night for a man…

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Child Lost In Bush Tracker with Police and Mounted Men Out

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 1

GRAFTON, Sunday.--Two hundred people, including 70 horsemen, are searching bush and mountainous country about…

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United States. Dollar Devaluation. Court Decision Postponed. Washington, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

After the markets had closed to-day, Chief Justice Hughes announced that the Supreme Court, would not give its decision regarding the legality of the devaluation of the…

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University Students Adopt Hunger Strike. Fired Upon by Police. Belgrade, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

Three hundred students barricaded themselves in the University buildings, and declared a hunger strike as a protest against the treatment of their fellow-students, who were…

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Police Use 'Plane. Northern Territory Arrest. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

An aeroplane was used by the Northern Territory police to artest a wanted man this morning. The 'plane, carrying a constable, flew from Darwin to Bathurst Island, about…

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'Plane Used to Arrest Man Police in N.T. Make History Darwin

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 5

Mounted police made use of an aeroplane for the first time in the history of the Northern Territory yesterday, when they…

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40 Police and Dog in Search Engaged For Four Hours At Manly Arrest Made

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 6

A SEARCH, in which over 40 police and the police dog Tess were engaged, took place in the dense scrub near Seaforth, Manly,…

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Police Rush Withstood Mosman's Victory in Eights Four Feet Margin After Fierce Finish Nepean Thrill

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 3

NEPEAN RIVER on Saturday was the setting for one of the most thrilling races in the history of the eight-oared championship of New…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 6

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At. 10 a.m—For hearing: Rochford v Hume Pipe Co. (Aust.). Ltd., Lampard v Moore. Littlejohn v Martin, Allan v Warwick,…

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Albury Murder Clue

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 5

The C.I.B. desires to get in touch with "Leila Gee," who wrote to Det.-Supt. Prior stating that the murdered Albury girl, whose body is still…

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Woman Charged: Razor Slashing Alleged

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 5

Charged with having maliciously wounded Valerio Long, a domestic, Joan Miller, 22, was remanded until February 8 on £80 ball. The Police…

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Two Months for Theft of Watch

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 6

For having stolen a wristlet watch, valued at £4, the property of Ann Graham, at Newtown, on January 31 Roy Herman Candy [?] ask [?]…

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Gaol Pose Feigned Paralysis GOULBURN

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 10

Describing accused as a "horrible menace to society," Judge Coyle, at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions today, sentenced John Kingsley…

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Praise for Police

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 5

At the conclusion of the general meeting of the Hornsby Hospital Board last night, directors gathered at a happy function with police…

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Bleeding From Heart Wound Seaforth Incident: Man Charged

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 6

When Pascal Maynard Lissen, 31, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having, at Seaforth, assaulted a constable, and…

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