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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250

Missing Man Held Responsible for Murder. Death of Wife and Family. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 17

The Coroner (Mr. F. Chardon), after inquiring into the death at Stirling on December 8 of Dora Annie Figg, found that the woman was murdered by her husband. William…

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Kisch Case. Appeal Against Conviction. High Court Order

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 9

Mr. Justice Evatt, in original jurisdiction of the High Court yesterday, granted an application for an order nisi calling upon Richard William Wilson, the prosecutor, and…

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District Court. (Before Judge Sheridan.) Furniture Convrrsion Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 10

Edward Gabrial Glass and Samuel Bert Solomon, trading as the Fine Art Fuiniture Company, of George-street, Sydney, sued Sadie Hollander, trading and registered as…

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Police Chief. Choice Not Restricted to Service. Upper House Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 13

The Legislative Council yesterday reversed a decision it previously made that the appointment of a Commissioner of Police must be made from within the service…

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Central Australia. First Supreme Court. Alice Springs, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 12

Clifford William Antlnos Renfrey will be tiled in Criminal Sessions of the first Supreme Court of Central Austialla to-morrow, on a charge of having murdered "Mick" O'Brien at…

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Fired Nine Shots Police Chase After Men at Redfern; Three Arrests

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 7

Nine shots were fired by police early this morning during a chase after three suspects at Redfern. Det.-Sgt. Clifford and Dets. Gaul,…

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£5000 Diamond Murder Caretaker's Neck Broken Wrestling Hold Safe Rifled Awful Perth Crime Perth

The Sun · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 13

WITH the neck broken, the body of Edgar Arthur Whitfield, about 60, married, a night caretaker, employed by Caris Bros., jewellers, Hay-street, was found sprawled on the floor in a back room of…

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Commonwealth Arbitration Court. (Before Judge Drake-Brockman.) Standard Working Hours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 10

Mention was made of the application by the Australian Railways' Union to vary the award of 1930, made with the Commissioner for Railways in New South Wales, so that the standard…

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Poisoners Women Convicted Scenes in Court "Witch's" Crime Budapest

The Sun · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 1

SENSATIONAL scenes marked the close of the trial at Debreczen (Hungary) of seven women who had been charged…

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Rush For Seats for Big Police Concert Shopping Day For Beryl Morrin

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 7

TO-NIGHT, at the Town Hall, Sydney will see a concert unique in that the organisation was done wholly by members of…

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Free Labour. Employment at Colliery. Police Intercept Union Miners. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 13

Members of the Miners' Federation who visited the Ayrfleld No. 1 colliery at West Maitland to-day with the object, it is stated, of inducing the employees to cease work, were…

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Parking Rules Power of Police Resented M.L.A. Pleads For Alteration

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 7

TEXT of the day in Parliament: "The wicked shall be punished by many stripes" -- but…

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Law Report. High Court. in Original Jurisdiction. (Before Mr. Justice Evatt.) Immigration Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 10

Ex parte Kisch re Wilson and another. This mattet is reported in another column. Mr. Piddington, K.C., and Mr. Gordon Farrer (instructed by Miss C. Jollic Smith)…

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Govt. Makes Sinister Police Move Head From Outside Service Childs To Go On Mar. 23 Election Plans

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 1

IN the light of a report that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. H. Childs, is to retire on March 23, and that his successor will have to be appointed on that date, special significance was…

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Supreme Court. No. 1 Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Davidson and jury.) Claim for Repossession

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 10

The hearing was continued of the action for repossession of certain lands in the county of Wynyard, instituted by Aimee Helen Colyer against James Parker. The matter stands…

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Retrained From Proceeding In Kisch Conviction an Order Granted by Court Full Grounds Of Application 'Anxious to Go'

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 9

IN the High Court yesterday, Mr. Justice Evatt granted a rule nisi returnable before the Full Court on March 19, in respect to…

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Furious Scene in the Leg. Assembly 12 U.A.P. Men Cross Floor Business Done in the House Foster Whips The Govt. Benches To Revolt Police Blow

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 8

HIS face flashed with indignation, Mr. Foster (U.A.P., Vaucluse) whipped the Government benches into a state of violent disruption…

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A Great Irishman—And Some Readable Novels Being the Library Page for the Week. Books Reviewed The Life of Lord Carson—the Second Volume—by Ian Cohin. "Karangi," by F. S. Hibble. "The Casino Murder Case," by S. S. Van Dine. "Dew in April" by John Clayton. "The Fire-Raisers," by Harold Dearden

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 10

[?]HEN his tragic death so unfortunately overtook Mr. Edward Marjoribanks he was, it will be recalled, in the course of compiling the second volume of his "Life of Lord Carson." The first…

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Gaol for Stealing

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 7

For having had a Boyce motor in his possession, suspected of being stolen Arthur Wilson, 48, laborer. was sentenced to 14 days' hard…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 8

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Inspector Williams v Jeskie Fibrous Plaster Co., Ltd.; Little[?] John v Martin; Bundy v Ormsby; Rochr v Cahills…

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