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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

Police Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 5

The organisers of the Police Carnival to he held at the Showground on Saturday, Febrary 23, have sent 8000 invitations to children attending public and Roman Catholic…

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Matron Tells of Night in Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 9

TO be whisked away from a luxury liner on which you were a passenger, and forced to spend the night in a debtors'…

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Remand on Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 11

ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday.--John McQuade, 38, prison warder, on remand on a charge of having wllfully murdered Phyliss Reiger, whose body…

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Man Bound Over for Assault Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 12

Robert Frederick Kirk, of [?]gow, was [?]ound over for two years by Judge Barton, at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions, when convicted for having assaulted Thomas Dower, at…

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Forty-one Charges. Daring Thief Sentenced. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 15

In the Police Court yesterday, Harry Halford, alias Walker, 27, carpenter, appeared on 40 charges of stealing and one charge of having suspected goods in his possession…

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Police Carnival Rehearsal

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 8

In rehearsal for the forthcoming carnival, police horses were put through their paces and police cadets danced the Sailors' Hornpipe at the Bourke Street Depot yesterday…

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Murder Charge Remand Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 10

CHARGED with the murder of Phyi[?]is Reiger, whose body was found in the back of a car at the rear of a Rockhampton boarding house…

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Queensland Police Force

The Land · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 19

"Young Man": The following are the qualifications for the Queensland Police Force: (1) Twenty-one (21) years of age, and under the age of twenty-seven (27) years. (2)…

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"Shooting-up" Goldfields Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 7

ALICE SPRINGS, Thursday.--Since the Supreme Court sitting opened five Crown witnesses have been missing when called upon, and…

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Worker Arrested on Fake Murder Charge

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 4

LEIPSIG.—Following the sentencing to death and execution of the workers Fredrick Broede and Max Matern by the Supreme Court for…

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W.A. Murder Search Perth

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 10

POLICE inquiring into the murder of Edgar Whitfield and the theft of diamonds valued at 14600 are searching for a man who telephoned…

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Hospital Barber. Theft of Money from Patient. LITHGOW

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 12

In the Lithgow Court, Edwin Webster was convicted of stealing money from a patient at the Lithgow Hospital, whom he had shaved. The secretary of the hospital, William…

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Police Courts. Betting Fines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 6

Daniel Hickson, 35, labourar, was fined £10, at the Balmain Police Court, for betting. He said he was betting to get the money to pay a previous fine. William Ewart Hunkin, 42,…

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Miners' Council. Protest Against Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 15

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey), in reply to a question yesterday, said that he had received a telegram from the central council of the Miners' Federation alleging serious…

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Heavy Pulling Police Stalwarts in Training

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 8

From the vicinity of Burwood Police Station every evening come the groans and moans, the puffs and pants, of strong men in agony…

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Police Chief Has Nothing to Say

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 8

INTERVIEWED yesterday, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Childs, declined to make any statement relative to his…

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Meat Dispute Goes Into Court

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 10

The secretary of the Meat Industry Employees' Union, Mr. F. Pollard, said last night that he had been advised that the dispute at James Barnes and Co., Ltd.,…

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Asturian Workers Face Court-martial

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 4

MADRID.—An official notice from Gijon states that 7,347 persons are to be tried by court-martial. The “Humanite” points out in this…

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Slaying Was Not Murder But Young Man On Manslaughter Charge

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 12

DESCRIBING a man's death in Surry Hills on January 30 as being the outcome of a drunken brawl, the City Coroner, Mr. Oram…

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Murder Charge. Exhibit Mishandled. Tennant's Creek Shooting. Alice Springs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 12

The Supreme Court this morning contined the case in which Clifford William Antinos Renfrey is charged with the wilful murder of Mick O'Brien on September 30, 1934, at…

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