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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250

Died After Insult, Is Story to Police Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 7

IT was revealed by a postmortem examination today that Mrs. Gladys Bunting, 40. of Moonee Ponds, who…

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Loss of Pension Application to Court on Vacation Order

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 9

Hilton Leslie Albert Pounds applied to Mr. May, S.M., at Balmain Police Court yesterday, for the extension of a vacation order made…

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Knew Man? Vic. Crime Victim Police Theory Pervert Blamed Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 9

DETECTIVES believe that Ethel Belshaw, 13½, of Tarwin Meadows, whose body was found in the scrub…

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Evidence Against Police Man's Death After His Arrest For Drunkenness Open Verdict

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 8

REMARKING that he did not think the injuries which caused death were inflicted by Constable Walsh, who arrested the deceased…

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Butcher Robbed by Bandits Police Search Bush In Heavy Rain Plucky Chase

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 7

THE bush in the Undercliffe district was searched extensively lest night for two armed men who entered the butcher's shop of…

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Burglary

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 4

Mr H. C. Nealw was the loser to the extend of about £50 by a burglary at his home, Doonmore Street, last week. It was afterward found that many…

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His Surprise Police Discover Theft Before Motorist

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

Before the owner knew what had happened Detectives Cleary and Sellers yesterday recovered a big quantity of spare parts from a motor…

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Murder Charge. Yarra Bay Shooting. Evidence in Coroner's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 19

The City Coroner (Mr. Farrington), at the conclusion of an inquiry yesterday into the shooting of William John Edwards, 18, at Yarra Bay camp on Christmas Eve, committed…

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Murder Acquittal

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

Toni Mancini, who, at Lewes Assizes, was acquitted of the charge of having murdered Violet Saunters, had a happy reunion with his parents. -- Air…

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Stole Bicycle: Three Months' Gaol

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

For having stolen a bicycle, the property of William Humphrey Tuckwell, at Sans Souci on December 8. Francis Manning 30, laborer…

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Pens'ner Charged with Malicious Injury

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

An invalid pensioner, Howard Thomas John Moore, 62, was remanded to Fob. 4, when he appeared at Central Court yesterday, on a charge…

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Dramatic Turn In Murder Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.--After two fruitless days of searching for clues in the New Year's Day killing of Ethel Belshaw at…

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Charge of Murder. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 19

Joseph O'Donnell, 54, a fettler, appeared in the police court to-day on a charge of having wilfully murdered Arthur Parker on December 14 at Sherwood. It was stated by…

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Albury Murder Scotland Yard Move

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

Inquiries that are being made by Scotland Yard, it was learned to-day, may have a vital bearing on the Albury "Pyjama Girl" murder…

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Counterfeit Coins. Two Men Charged. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 19

Newcastle police under Detective-Sergeant Charters took possession of a large quantity of allegedly counterfeit two shilling pieces after two young men had been detained by…

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Mother Was in Tears Sister Charged Brother

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

Giving evidence in a cats at Burwood Court yesterday, in which a sitter proceeded against her brother, alleging assault, the…

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Police Courts. Drivers Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 12

At the Burwood Police Court yesterday Thomas Shelly Lumley, 59, taxi driver, was fined £10 for having driven a taxi-car at Concord on December 31 while under the…

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Saw Report of Theft, and Then the Watch Maitland

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

The cold watch which was stolon from Mr. J. M. Ribce yesterday was returned to him this morning. A farmer noticed the newspaper item…

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Man and Woman Charged with False Pretences Alleged Marriage Promise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 15

At the Central Police Court, Charles Leslie Ashton, 40, salesman, was charged with obtaining £318 from Gwendoline Edith Thomas, in Melbourne, between October 29 and…

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Child Died; Man Took to Drink Bound Over for Bicycle Theft

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

Following the death of his child last year, a man took to drink, his wife told Mr. Williams. S.M., at Burwood Court yesterday, when…

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