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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250

Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate. Mr. E. A. Prior.) Dressmakers' Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 12

Peter Fallon, secretary of the Amalgamated Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia, proceeded against Harold Lillenthal and Ruben Lllienthal, trading as H. and R…

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POULTRY Alleged Stealing Many Charges

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 1

A case stated to be related to a happening at Woronora recently when a man attempting to escape was shot by the police came…

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Men Charged with Uttering

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 12

At Central Police Court yesterday, Alan Thomas Chase, 20, and Stanley John Stanshall, 18, appeared before Mr. Maedougal, S.M., on a charge of…

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Perth Murder. Report to Police. Man Seen Taking Jewels. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 15

An important development has occurred in the investigation of the murder of Edgar Arthur Whitfield, 60, watchman, at the jewellery shop of Caris Bros., Ltd., and the…

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Thieves Escape With Haul Of Rings Jewel Grab Daring Burglary Police Were Dining Melbourne Home Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 3

SMASH and grab thieves who got away with £250 worth of diamond rings from the window of Sewell and McDonald,…

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Young Woman's Frauds Three Months' Gaol

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 9

"IF it wasn't for the case with which she got possession of these goods from these large city stores she would have been stopped in the early…

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Pensioner's Slip Admitted Theft of Funeral Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- William Cooke (72), old-age pensioner, who pleaded guilty to a stealing charge at Newcastle Police Court to-day, and…

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Theft of Liquor From Hotel. Men Remanded for Receiving

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions yesterday Leslie Dunn, 29, mechanic, was found guilty of receiving and was remand by Judge Thomson till Monday…

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Police Courts. Alleged Razor-slashing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 12

Thomas Collins, 43, labourer, was committed for trial from the Central Police Court yesterday, on a charge of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on Walter Elliott…

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Barristers and Bushrangers. The Murder of Dr. Wardell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 16

Almost exactly one hundred years ago the deliberate murder of Dr. Wardell, one of the foremost members of the Australian Bar, emphasised the menace to life and property…

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"Perjury'' Says Counsel Murder Trial Firearm Talk Alice Springs

The Sun · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 5

CHARGES of perjury against witnesses for the prosecution were made by Mr. Beecher Webb,…

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Escapee and Mate Captured Faced Guns In Blind Country Gorge Broke Gaol Boorowa

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 7

A DRAMATIC sequel to the arrest of two youths and the escape of a third on the river bank four miles from Boorowa yesterday…

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"Drugged," He Told Police to Account for Wife's £4

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 7

DISPLAYING a wound on his arm, a middle-aged man told police a dramatic story late last night of how he had been…

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Painted Black by the Police Man Appealed And Had Sentence Increased CONSORTING

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 8

"IT seems to me that Finnie is a bad lot," remarked Judge Edwards, in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court yesterday, following…

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Left Note Warning on Door Police Found Man In Gas-Filled Room MANUFACTURER

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 7

CALLED to an office on the sixth floor of a building at Little Regent Street, Redfern, about 8 a.m. yesterday, Constable J…

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"Die Happy If I Could Only Get Him" Dramatic Deathbed Outburst "You Missed, But I Got You," Was Reply Murder Trial Alice Springs (Central Australia)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 5

HOW Mick O'Brien, in his last hours after he had been shot at Tennant's Creek, harbored a desire to shoot Clifford Renfrey, who…

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Law Report. Supreme Court. No. I Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Davidson and jury.) Claim for Repossession. Colyer v Parker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 12

The hearing was concluded, on the fifth day, of the action instituted by Aimee Helen Colyer, who claimed repossession of certain farm properties containing 679 acres and 407…

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Gaol Attack Prisoner Seizes a Girl Visitor

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 1

AN attempt by a young prisoner to seize a fashionably dressed young woman visiting Long Bay gaol a week ago caused a…

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Sent to Gaol Ex-constable in Trouble

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 12

PLEADING guilty to two charges before Judge Thomson at the Sydney Quarter Sessions last week, an ex-police constable was…

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Stole for Love Cat Burglar's Haul Earns Gaol

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 11

A SYDNEY cat burglar ransacking Brisbane homes in the dead of night to get money to buy presents for his…

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