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Courts & crime, 1935

9,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 250

New Notes in the Police Band

The Sun · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 17

How little, indeed, does Sydney know of the Police Band, one of the few military bands of the country!…

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Arrest in N.Z. Couple on Theft Charge Wellington (N.z.)

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 16

FOLLOWING the sensational arrest by detectives of William Campbell, accountant, 37, and Madge Munro, married, 28, both…

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Prison Doctor's Check On Murder Motives LONDON, February 9

The Sun · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 5

Motives for murder have recently been analysed by Dr. W. Norwood East, a British prison commissioner with personal…

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Brave Carnival Astonishing Success of Police Effort

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 14

THOSE members of the New South Wales police force who were unlucky enough yesterday to be drawn for routine duty…

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Thrills at the N.s.w. Police Carnival

The Sun · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 1

Top: Artillerymen resplendent in white helmets, show here the guns are manned and fired. Below: A sturdy contestant in the tug-o'-war…

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Kisch Procession No Police Ban on Tableaux Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 7

Having considered the reported proposal of the organisers of the Kisch torchlight procession on Wednesday night to include certain tableaux in…

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Unknown Dead Body Discovered in Thick Scrub Police Inquiries

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 14

FOLLOWING the finding of the body of an unknown man in the scrub near Paterson on Friday afternoon, police from Maitland…

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William Brauner Goes Back To Prison Bondi Crime Is Recalled Sentenced to Nine Months For Imposition Accused Pleads Ignorance

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 15

AT the Darlinghurst Sessions last week, William Beaver, or William Brauner, was sentenced by Judge Thomson to nine months' imprisonment for false pretences. THIS is the same Brauner, now 37 years of age, who, with…

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Police Raid New Zealand Sweep Sensation Much Indignation Hamilton (N.z.)

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 16

THE utter futility of New Zealand's gaming laws was emphasised at Te Aroha on Friday night, when an assemblage…

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Would Be Hard to Dodge Them Police Are Speedy Fine Performances Recorded At Carnival Button's Day

The Sun · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 40

POLICE athletes were in capital form at the Showground yesterday, at their annual gala, particularly Constable Adrian Button, the…

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Best-looking Man Is the Accused Andrea Covers a Murder Trial Lindbergh Baby, Tammany, And Some Ladies Flemington (N.j.), January 23

The Sun · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 3

Tragedy--that's what I saw ! A haggis of human emotion--American style! That is what will always be associated in my mind with Flemington, New Jersey, where, after a drive of 55 miles in an open car, at a…

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Is "Human Glove" Prisoner Guilty? Police Seek Another Man Was Morey Innocent of "Chaff Bag Crime"? Bid for Freedom

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 1

HAS there been a terrible, unexampled error of justice in that grim crime of last year which has been chronicled as the "human glove" murder? Is Edward Morey, who barely…

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U.S. Breaks Its Pledged Word Supreme Court Decision on Gold Clause in Contracts Made Plain New Deal Becomes Raw Deal

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 22

AMERICA, and a great portion of the world, has been awaiting for weeks past the decision of the United States Supreme Court in a test case dealing with the rights of the President, under legislation passed by Congress, to…

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"I Can't See My Boys" Wheeler—reilly Battle Again Artist Asks the Court to Give Him More Access Bitter Fight Promised

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 22

IT is almost two years now since well-known black and white artist, Virgil Gavan Reilly—plain Virgil to his public—lost his pretty wife, who preferring wealth and luxury, committed adultery with Fordyce Wheeler, advertising chief and a…

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Alleged Assault

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 7

Ezekiel Williams (50), at the Parramatta Police Court on Friday, was charged with having assaulted Clarence Smith at Castle Hill on February 21…

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Riverina Murder. Further Investigations Made

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 11

After a thorough investigation into statements made by Edward Morey, who was convicted of the murder of Percy Smith, in the Riverina more than a year ago, and who has…

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Had Opium Pipe Chinaman Charged Solicitor's Plea

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 7

Through the window of a house in Victoria-road, Smithfield, Constable Fielding saw Ah Soong (50) holding a pipe, which he put under a pillow…

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For Fighting Men, Women Charged; Man Hurt

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 1

Constable Asquith was on duty at Yarra Bay when he saw three men and two women fighting yesterday. He separated them and took them…

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"Going to Gaol" Breaking and Entering Judge's Attitude

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 2

"I am certainly not going to let a man who breaks and enters go scot free just because someone is willing to employ him. If I did that, what an…

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Police Praised. Governor Impressed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 9

The Governor (Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven), in a speech at the official luncheon at the Police Carnival on Saturday, paid a striking tribute to the police force. He said…

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