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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 250

Police Concert Official Balance Sheet

The Sun · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 5

The official balance sheet issued by the police in connection with the police concert and "Bob-In" fund in aid of Beryl Morrin, showed the…

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Muscle Men Tugged at Nerves of Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 8

Witnesses sat at the back of Kogarah Court in bored silence. Suddenly, from the police station, came a shout…

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Train-wrecking Attempts Work of Children, Is Police View

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 7

It is believed by detectives that the two attempts to wreck a train near Hornsby on Thursday night were nets of children…

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District Court. (Before Judge Sheridan.) Veterinary Surgeon's Claim

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 12

The hearing was concluded of the action in which Bernard Andrew McMichan, veterinary surgeon, of Leichhardt, sought to recover from the New South Wales National…

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Rowing King's Cup Crew Police Club Strongly Represented Selection Surprises

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 7

The announcement of the crow to represent N.S.W. in tho King's Cup race on the Nepean on llth May has caused some surprise. Rowing critics…

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Stern Disciplinary Measures or Masters Apprentices "Sentenced" Murphy and Gough Stood Down In Their Own Interests Trainers' Eyes on Deportment

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 1

THE names of successful apprentices S. Murphy and A. Gough haven't been noticed much of late in racecourse semaphores. On the surface it seems surprising in view of their undoubted ability…

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Last of the Air Race Fliers — Student Sculptor — Training for Police Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 18

Above: R. Parer and C. Hemsworth la nding on Darwin aerodrome on February 8, in their Fairey Fox machine after a flight of more than three months from England. In circle: Hemsworth (left) and Parer. Entrants in the recent Monte Carlo rally entering the town after the…

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Supreme Court. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice Mr. Justice Jordan, Mr. Justice Stephen, and Mr. Justice Sheet.) a Conveyancer's Will. In the will of Jane Kerrigan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 12

The Court reserved judgment on these references by the former Probate Judge, Sir John Harvey, which raise the question of the right of a conveyander to charge certain legal costs…

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Scream in the Night by Woman Police Would Like To Hear From Her Chase in Park

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 1

WHO was the woman whose scream was responsible, for a long chase across Rushcutters Bay Park last night? The police want…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Thomson.) Mr. L. J. McKean, K.C., Senior Crown Prosecutor (instructed by Mr. R. V. Edwards, of the Crown Law Department) prosecuted. Sentenced for Attempted Blackmail

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 12

Leo James Angelo, 29, and Sydney Frederick Selmes, 38, were sentenced to two years' imprisonment for demanding money by menaces. The matter is reported elsewhere in this…

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Wheat Stealing

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 12

FOUR men appeared before Magistrate Sutherland at the Campsie Police Court last week and pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of wheat…

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MORTGAGES Magistrate Is Outspoken

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 14

THE tragic situation in which mortgagees and mortgagors found themselves under the proposed quota system was…

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Make Whoopee Police Carnival Next

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 7

NEXT Saturday the police will make whoopee at their carnival on the Sydney Show Ground, Moore Park. The organisation is so…

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Supreme Court the Adventures of N.z. Racehorse

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 2

Police yesterday were making inquiries regarding the New Zealand racehorse Supreme Court. According to the story told…

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Police Promise a Big Show Carnival Has More Than Ninety Items

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 14

Last year, 40,000 people were present at the Police Olympiad. Mr. Mackay, Metropolitan Superintendent of Police, said last night that…

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Disregard of Human Life"—the Judge Shots Through Window Maltese Gets Five Years Gaol For Attempt To Kill Young Woman

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 10

ON a charge of having unlawfully attempted to kill Edna Mack, Charlie Zerafa, a 32-year-old Maltese, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Douglas in the Townsville Supreme Court to five years' hard labor…

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Detective's Startling "Fire Bug" Allegation "Wanted Building Destroyed" "Safe Blown to Deceive Police"

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 17

IN AN ATMOSPHERE of grim tensity, such as only can be caused by stark tragedy, the sorrowing humble mining folk of Cessnock listened for 18 hours last week to the story of the most poignant happening on the coalfields since the…

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Woman's Body Police Search for Slayer Find in Creek Wellington (N.z.)

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 12

POLICE have instituted a manhunt into the country around Hastings in search of the supposed murderer of a pretty…

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Depravity of Gilded Youth Blackmailing Plots Revelations in "Society Gangster" Murder Trial Compromising Wealthy Girl Pawnee (Oklahoma)

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 16

THE revelation of a plot to blackmail a milionaire's beautiful daughter, by enticing her into a compromising situation, and then photographing her, was the first sensation in the "society gangster" murder trial, in which Philip…

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Stirred the Emotions of a Nation Hauptmann Trial In Century-old Court Millions of Words Told World of Kidnapping

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 10

THE Hauptmann case to America was what the Moxley case was to Sydney, except that in the United…

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