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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 250

Law Report. Commonwealth Arbitration Court. (Before Judge Drake-Brockman.) Relief Work. Application to Vary Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 6

The New South Wales Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways applied for a variation of the Australian Railway Union interim award, granted on January 10, to…

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COVERED Model Maid Court Suit Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house . . . nor his manservant, nor his maidservant. LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 19

EDITH SAVILLE was a model housemaid; she could cook, make jam and bottle fruit. She Was coveted, as such, by a…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 6

Queen'sa-square.—Before the Chief Indistrial Magistrate—At 10 a.m.—For reserved decision: Marriott v Parkinson and Cowan (Australia), Ltd, (two cases). For hearing: Bradshaw v Belmont Coal…

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Assault Charge

The Biz · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 8

A case wherein A. Haigh, health officer of Holroyd Council, charges William King junior, with unlawful assault, at Wentworthville, on January 24, was mentioned…

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Gold Stealing. Alice Springs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 12

Norman Crowther and Jacob Maurer were to-day found guilty in the Supreme Court of stealing 70 ounces of gold, and were sentenced to 12 months' and three months' imprisonment…

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Beach Inspector Gaoled For Assault

The Sun · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 14

Jack Watts (58), who according to the police, was well-known as an honorary beach inspector at Nielsen Park and Balmoral, and also as a…

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Gaol Term Depends on Behavior

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 8

Harry Burwood Shipley, who on Wednesday was found guilty of stealing a ring at Canley Vale, appeared for sentence at Parramatta Quarter…

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Man Fined for Theft. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 12

William Percy Hogan was fined £7, with 10/ police expenses, on a charge of having stolen a gold wrist watch, the property of Norman Blackwood…

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Police Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 7

The State Governor, Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven, will be received at the police carnival at the Showground to-rowrow by the Premier (Mr. Stevens) and other…

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Committed for Trial Theft From Liverpool Shop

The Biz · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 3

Arthur Livingstone Thomas was charged at Liverpool Court, last [?], wall breaking and entering, and stealing goods valued at £10. from W. J. Nixon's shop at…

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Police Australasian Championships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 17

The finals of the Australasian police wrestling and boxing championships will be held at the Railway Institute next Thursday, competitors from New Zealand and Victoria will be seen in action…

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Alleged False Pretences. Woolbuyer Charged. TARALGA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 12

The hearing was concluded at the Taralga Police Court to-day of the case in which John Gilbert Snelling was charged on four counts with having obtained, from Harriett…

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Police Australasian Championships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 15

The finals of the Australasian police wrestling and boxing championships will be held at the Railway Institute next Thursday. Competitors from New Zealand and Victoria will be seen in action…

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£200 THEFT During Wedding "Social" Touch Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 10

BEFORE making a daring £200 coup at the house of Stanley Lipsett, Hawthorn Glen, last night,…

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Tallarook Shooting. Jones Sentenced to 10 Years. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 12

Mr. Justice MacFarlan to-day sentenced Charles Jeffery Jones, 25, of Tallarook to 10 years' imprisonment for the manslaughter of James Albert Ross, 23, a carpenter, whose…

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Police Courts. Betting Offences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 7

At the Central Police Court, 10 defendants were fined for betting offences. Allan Tighe, 51, clerk, and Francis J. Johns, 59, labourer, were each fined £20 for street betting. George…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 6

Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy.—At commonwealth Bank Building, Pitt-street—At 10.30 a.m.— Public examination under section 68; Re Bernard Denziel Davis: re Arthur Watts…

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Brauner Back to Gaol Fraud Case Old Crime Echo

The Sun · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 9

"WILL you recommend that my licence be not revoked? I have done seven years in gaol and that is…

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Orange Police Assist Bread Monopolists

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 4

ORANGE (N.S.W.).—The master bakers of Orange last week decided to raise the price of bread a halfpenny a loaf. To protest against…

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Police Carnival Governor to Attend

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 9

The Governor, Sir Alexander Hore Ruthven, with his staff will attend the police carnival to-morrow. He will be met by the premier, the…

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