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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Axes--augers Not Auction Sale, But a Court Scene

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 7

"Axes," said the man in blue. "Oilstones, nails, braces, bits. Augers, rasps, chisels, pincers, spanners, leather overalls, goggles, timber…

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Mentally Weak, Say Police Man's Indignant Denial Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 1

A SENTENCE of six months imprisonment on a charge of breaking and entering at Tauranga in 1932 was to-day imposed on…

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District Court. (Before Judge Curlewis and a jury of four) Libel Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 6

John Cavanagh, of Copeland-avenue, New town sought to recover from Reginald Winsor, of Drummond-street, Belmore, and the New South Wales Railway and Tramway…

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Probate Court. (Before the Probate Judge, Mr. Justice Nicholas.) Application for Attachment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 6

Application was made on behalf of Enid Gehde and Magdalen Brigden for issue of a writ of attachment for contempt against Albert Duncan Oliver and Elsie Peerless…

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Industrial News Vic. R'way Chiefs Go to Court Seek To Restrain Judge Interim Award Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 7

WITH the object of preventing Judge Drake-Brockman, of the Arbitration Court, from issuing an interim award, and then proceeding…

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£100 and Gaol Two Charged with Stealing, Having Unlicensed Guns

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 8

George Reginald Lang, 22, clerk, and John William Thompson, 22, moulder, were each fined £100, in default. 200 days' hard labor, at…

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Three Months Gaol for Stealing

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 7

Stated by Police Prosecutor Constable Magney to have been convicted on numerous occasions for stealing, James Kennedy, 62, dealer, was sent…

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Murder Trial

The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 11

Enid Kelly (left) and Alma Locock, arriving at the Criminal Court, Melbourne, yesterday, to give evidence in the trial in which Charles Jeffrey…

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Assault Charges Are Dismissed

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 5

After hearing evidence of an alleged attack with a hammer on Dorafei Bachanoff at Brighton-le-Sands on January 11, Mr. Scobie. S.M., at…

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Theft From Theatre. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 14

The Crlterion Theatre was broken into and £6 stolen, comprising and petty cash. Last night's takings were taken home by the secretary. Miss Edna McMonigel. Mr. I…

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Murder Victim Buried

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 7

Women sobbed outside funeral parlors at North Sydney yesterday when a hearse left for Northern Suburbs Cemetery, bearing…

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Alleged Thefts of Cars. Salesman Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 9

Charged at the Central Police Court with having on June 20, 1932 stolen a Chevrolet sports roadster, valued al £200, the property of the Colonial Mutual Life…

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Just Tins Full Of Gold Gaol Sequel

The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 11

ALICE SPRINGS, Wednesday. RICH gold specimens in face cream jars and common looking tins, were…

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Tennis Star Charged Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 1

Trevor Rhodes Williams, the Canterbury Wilding Shield tennis, player, was to-day admitted to a year's probation at Christchurch on three…

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Assault As Pastime Must End Alice Springs

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 5

ASSAULTS on persons are more or less a pastime in the Northern Territory, so Judge Wells intends to put a stop to them…

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Poison in Porridge. Farm Hand Charged. BERRY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 14

Leslie Eldred Keene, 18, farm hand, appeared at Nowra Court to-day charged with feloniously attempting, on February 3, to murder Cecil Rupert Ulrick, Emma Amelia…

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Man on Murder Charge Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice McFarlane and a jury in the Criminal Court to-day, Charles Jeffrey Jones, 24, pleaded not guilty, to a charge…

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Innocence Proved. Man Convicted of Theft. Tally Clerk's Confession

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 14

It is not often that a man convicted of stealing is able to prove his innocence. But the case of John Clifford Sealy, 29, motor driver, heard at the Quarter Sessions Appeal…

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Police Beaten by Penmen

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 7

ONCE again the pen has been proved mightier than the sword. The decision was reached this time…

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Speedsters at Police Olympiad

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 3

International speedway riders will contest a scratch race, three heats and a final, at the Police Olympiad at the Showground on Saturday night…

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