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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 250

Gunmen Preying on S.P. Bettors Hold Ups Reported to Police Confronted By Wall Of Silence Sinister Four

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 1

REPORTS that starting price bookmakers had been held up by armed men yesterday at Surry Hills resulted in squads of…

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Relief Work on Rail and Tramways Award Wages and Conditions To Go Court Asked To Vary Award

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 5

The correctness of the analysis made from time to time by the State Unemployed and Relief Workers' Council was never more…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 12

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Young v John Cordon and others, Harishorne v Bayliss, Hill v Haxwell Jones, Limited, Pepper v Kreele,…

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Navy in Court Assault By Marine

The Sun · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 3

With his sword clinking by his side, a smartly-uniformed man created a stir at the Central Police Court to-day when he stepped…

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S.M's Part in Drama Oe Court Husband And Wife Reconciled Gaol First

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 8

THE wife guilty, by her own confession, of false pretences The husband, bitterly disillusioned and, disgusted ... . And then,…

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Police Championships

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 3

FINALS of the Australasian police boxing and wrestling championships will be held in the Railway Institute on…

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Share Stealing Charge. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 12

William Campbell, 37, accountant, and Madge Munro, 28, married, were jointly charged in the Magistrate's Court with stealing 146 shares in the Australian Glass Manufacturers'…

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Courts Clash. Question of Status. Judge and Magistrate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 15

A lively dispute involving the status of the Quarter Sessions and Police Courts provided an interlude in the proceedings of the two Courtes at Parramatta yesterday. The…

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Back to Gaol Beaver, Alias Brauner, Is Convicted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 11

After William Beaver, alias Brauner, 37, had been convicted at the Quarter Sessions yesterday of false pretences, Detective Lane…

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Brauner Back to Gaol Charge of False Pretences

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 7

INDICTED under the name of William Beaver, on a charge of false pretences, William Brauner, 37, who was on licence in respect of a…

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Hectic Night for Firemen Roof Charged with Electricity

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 1

Cronulla's volunteer firemen had a hectic experience on Thursday night when they dashed to a fire in Cawarra Street, Carringbah, and, on…

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"Murder in the Clouds" ("Warner Bros.)

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 21

THIS seems to he a modern equivalent of the old cowboy melodrama, with aeroplanes…

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Victorian Police For Carnival

The Sun · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 5

Victorian police, who have arrived in Sydney for the police carnival to-day. From left: Constables I. C. Harrison (wrestling), F. Gardiner (wrestling and field games), F. Delaney (Boxing)…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 12

Before the Registar in Bankruptcy.—At Commonwealth Bank Building. Pitt-street.—At 10 a.m.— Application for certificate of discharge: Re William George Burns and Nathan Miller, and in…

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Commonwea[?] Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 12

Before his Honor Judge Drake-Brockman.—At No. 2 High Court, Darlinghurst.—At 10.30 a.m.: Australian Railways Union and Railway Commissioners for New South Wales and others (No…

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Got Into Bed with Woman Nine Months' Gaol for Man

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 8

BLAMING his extraordinary behavior to an overdose of liquor and pleading guilty to an assault on a married woman at Lilyfield,…

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Raid by Police Liquor Confiscated

The Sun · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 3

Six sugar bags filled with beer, spirits, and sparkling wine were confiscated by a large police party which raided a house in Macleay-street late…

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Police Courts. Fined for Betting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 12

Charged before Mr. McMahon. C.S.M., at the Central Police Court with having used a place in Albion-street for the purpose of betting, Phillip Wilson, 30, labourer, was fined…

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Land and Valuation Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 12

At Chancery-square.—Before his Honor Mr. Justice Pike.—At 10 a.m.—for hearing: Roberts v Metropolitan Water, Sewerage, and Drainage Board…

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Mystery of Man's Body Discovered in Scrub Police Hold Theory Of Murder Clue of Pocket Turned Inside Out Ferreters Find Victim Near Paterson

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 1

THE body of a man, who police believe was murdered, was found yesterday afternoon in…

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