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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Life Sentence. Murder of Italian. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 17

[?] Circult Court to-day, Giu[?] Sorbello was found guilty of wilfully [?] A[?] Leonardl, at South Isls, on December 6. He was senten[?] to…

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Murder Victim Many Women Weep at Funeral

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 6

Dulcle Wilbow, who, police think, was strangled by her husband on Sunday night, was buried at Northern Suburbs Cemetery…

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Tribe Secrets Expert at Alice Springs Murder Hearing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 9

ALICE SPRINGS, Tuesday.--Mr. G. Strehlow, a young anthropologist, will be called by the defence to-morrow in the case in which Numberlin…

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Police Called In At Bankstown Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 9

ELECTED last December, Bankstown Council has not yet considered the estimates, struck a rate, nor adopted one…

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Police Courts. a Game of Euchre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 11

Mr, Gibson, S.M., gave a warning, at the Central Police Court, to Adolphus Norman, 21. labourer, and fined him 5/ on a charge of having, on January 19, played "euchre" in…

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Lawn Tennis. Grass Court Players

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 18

The following: grass court teams have been chosen for the annual matches against hardcourt players, at Rushcutter Bay, on March 3:— Men's (senior): J. Crawford, C. Sproule. D…

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Police Story Refuted Evidence at Fire Inquest

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 7

Police evidence was refuted yesterday by a woman at an inquiry at the City Coroner's Court into a mysterious fire in a room…

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Found Jewellery Police Knew of Robbery Before Owner

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 9

When a man, whose home in Carlotta Road, Rose Bay, was broken into yesterday, rang up the police to tell them that valuable jewellery…

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Cars To Run On Police Truncheons LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 1

The German parallel to beating swords into ploughshares is the conversion of Prussian police rubber truncheons into motor tyres…

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By Freemason Letter Written Stir in Court

The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 11

"IF you give evidence against me you must be only a knife and fork Mason and have left your…

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Near Memorial Hotel Licence Opposed in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 16

Whether a licence will be granted for an hotel in Liverpool Street, almost opposite the Anzac Memorial, depends on the result of an appeal…

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Quarrel Attack on Nurse Effect On Jury. Murder Sequel New York

The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 1

WITH an appeal pending against the conviction of Bruno Hauptmann for the murder of the Lindbergh baby,…

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Murder Charge. Accused's Version of Shooting. Plea of Self-defence. Melbournf

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

Charles Jeffery Jones, 24, labourer, of Tallarook, was charged in the Criminal Court to-day with having murdered James Albert Ross, 23, carpenter, of Tallarook. Jones denied that…

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Mounted Police Rehearse — Famous Sloop —New Mission Destroyers Refuel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 16

H.M.S. Laburnum leaving the base of t he New Zealand station at Auckland for Singapore, where she will become a tra ining ship. Built in 1915 to last 18 months, the vessel lias been in commission 9 years…

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Dramatic Confession in Court Absolves Convicted Lorry Driver

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 11

A TALLY clerk, Walter Scott Reid, dramatically confessed at the Quarter Sessions Appeals yesterday to a crime…

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Late News Naval Court Mar[?]ls London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 1

As a result of the collision between H.M.S. Hoed and Renown off the Spanish coast on January 26, Rear-A[?] Pailey and…

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Hand-out 'Yankee Millions' Court Hears Lotteries Case

The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 15

INTRODUCING the Yankee Millionaire, the Bald-headed Man, a Mother of Nine, a Poor Widow Woman, and, of course,…

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State Parliament. Police Force. Salary of Commissioner. Council's Amendment Accepted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 17

The amendmen[?]u made by the Legislative Couincil to the Police Regulations Bill that the salary of the Chief Commissioner could not be reduced during his term of office, and…

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A 'Brutal Husbands' Court Day Wives' Charges Of Violence

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 5

APPARENTLY it was "Brutal Husbands" Day in the Divorce Court yesterday, as several of the suits disposed of by Mr. Justice…

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Statement Made by Court Q'land Meat Dispute Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 6

The Abattoir dispute and references made to the Industrial Court caused the court to-day to issue a statement that it had never departed from the principle enunciated…

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