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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

"I Love Her" Cry in Court Husband's Bid for Wife's Return "Don't Like Going Back To Him" She Says

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 12

FOR a moment Oswald Thomas O'May, 50 years old, married since June, 1914, and separated from his wife, Mrs. Mary Elsie Nathalie O'May, since 1933, was overcome. Tears welled up into his eyes, be sobbed. He wanted her back—very much…

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Alleged Theft

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 2

James Sidney Firth (18) and John William Lilley (21), at the Parramatta Police Court on Wednesday, were charged with having stolen a bicycle, the…

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Company Manager Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 10

The manager of a city company was arrested by the police yesterday and charged at the Central Police Court with stealing £2000 from the company within the last 11…

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CONVCTED Charge Of Assault

The Sun · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 8

Jack Watts (58), who had described himself to the police as a vigoro umpire, and an honorary beach Inspector, was convicted at the…

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Four Sentenced to Death Berlin

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 1

IT is reported that, at a secret session, the People's Tribunal sentedced to death a Polish officer, Baron Nonsosnowsky, and at lest three…

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"Murder in the Clouds."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 5

The villains of "Murder in the Clouds" are a gang of well-dressed conspirators, who are determined to steal the formula of a new explosive which is to revolutionise warfare…

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HERE & THERE More Police?

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 1

Through Mr. J. H. Shand M.L.A., Blacktown Council has been informed by the Chief Secretary that the question of additional police protection in the…

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Car in Flames Four Hurt in Capsize; Man Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 7

Two men and two women were injured early yesterday morning, when a car capsized and burst into flames at the comer of Anzac Parade and…

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Footballer Charged. Allegation of Attempted Bribery. Capetown, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 10

Paul Jacobus Visser, a clerk in the Estates Office of the Master of the Supreme Court at Pretoria, has been arrested and remanded on a charge of attempted bribery. Visser…

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Plague Germs Murder For Fortune CALCUTTA

The Sun · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 1

THE murder of a wealthy Indian, which was plotted, according to the prosecution, with diabolical ingenuity, led to-day to Benoyendra Pandey and Dr. Taranath Bhatta-charya being sentenced to death…

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Police Help for Shark Victim

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 4

A committee of members of the police forcs organised by Inspector Russell, Sergeant Lendrum, and Constable G. Smith, has raised mole than £294 for Beryl Morrin, whose…

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Supreme Court Back Home

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 7

Supreme Court, the N.Z. racehorse which was taken from the stable of a Kensington trainer on Saturday, the trainer's wife being injured in…

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Death Germs Used In Indian Murder CALCUTTA

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 8

INDIA'S most sensational trial has ended in death sentences for Benoyendra Pandey and Dr. Taranath Bhattacharya,…

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Police Courts. Beggar Sent to Prison

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 6

At the Central Police Court on Saturday morning, Charles Liewellyn, 58, slater and tiler, was sentenced to prison for 14 days for having begged aims in Bathurst-street…

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Will Case Delay Alleged Court Moved

The Sun · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 13

ELSIE BEATRICE EMILY PEERLESS, noted singer of some years ago, was joined as respondent with Albert Duncan…

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For Horse Alleged Raid Court Story

The Sun · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 7

REFERENCE to the racehorse, Supreme Court, was made at the Central Police Court to-day, during…

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In 1887 Pioneer's Letter About George in Court To-day

The Sun · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 7

PICTURE Andrew Busteed at Flaming Downs (Qld.) in 1887, resting after a 200-mile bullock-team journey to the…

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Story Of Fatal Shot In Cemetery Police Chase Lorry Driver Inquest Evidence

The Sun · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 7

A CHASE and a fatal shot fired by a constable were to-day described to the City Coroner (Mr. Oram) who…

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"Can't See My Own Daughter's Child" Grandmother's Plea Application to Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 2

"Isn't it hard to think that I can't see my own daughter's child? Why not let me see him? I love the little pet."…

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Woman Strangled At Glebe; Man Shot Dead At Greenwich Police Link The Tragedies HUSBAND & WIFE Sheet Covered Body Shock for Relatives

The Sun · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 7

Following the fatal shooting in a garage in Angelo-street, Greenwich, of Victor Clarence Wilbow, 28, to-day his wife's father and the police burst into the door of a room his wife occupied in a house in…

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