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Courts & crime, 1935

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

Albury Murder Moves

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

Detectives are hopeful that their renewed Inquiries In the Riverina and the departure of two Wagga residents to view the body of the…

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Albury Murder. Detectives' Investigations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 8

Following recent investigations, detectives engaged upon the case are now more hopeful of an early solution of the Albury murder. For the past four months, detectives followed…

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Constable Shot by Shop Burglar Two Men Charged by Police Dramatic Captures At W'wick Farm

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

TWO men, both alleged to have been armed, were captured by the police at the Warwick Farm railway gates, within a space of…

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Crowd Menaces Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 8

An angry crowd menaced two constables who arrested a man at Erskineville on Saturday afternoon. The mob showed such hostility that the police took their prisoner into…

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Thought He Was Drunk Epileptic Charged "Honest Mistake"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

How an epileptic had been arrested in The Crescent, Fairfield, by a policeman who thought that he was drunk, was revealed…

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"Showing Off" Motorist Charged "Tried to Frighten Girls"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

Swerving his car from side to side to frighten his girl passengers, Thomas Dunbar drove along Southern-road, Liverpool, on December 16…

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Police Courts. Elderly Shoplifter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

Marie Manah, 69, was fined £3 at the Central Police Court on Saturday for stealing a pair of bed sheets, valued at 6/9, from Winn's, Ltd. It was stated that Manah, when spoken…

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Reported Murder. Missionary in New Guinea. SALAMOA, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 7

It is reported that the Rev. Father Alexis Mossheiser was murdered by natives on December 19, about 30 miles from Mount Hagen new mission station. Details are not yet to…

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Shot Dead Constable Dies From Police Bullet

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--While on duty near the Jamboree Camp at Frankston yesterday Constable Clyde Smith was accidentally shot in the…

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Cocaine Poisoning Man Collapses in Police Station

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

Two packets containing powder, which, police allege, was cocaine, were found on a prisoner at Darlinghurst on Saturday night…

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Court Told Of Shot During Scuffle

The Sun · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 7

"IT is alleged that the defendant presented a revolver to the constable's abdomen and shot him," said the prosecutor, when James Lucas, 46, dole Worker, appeared on three charges in the Parramatta Police Court to-day, following the…

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"ALL-IN-FIGHT" Story To Court

The Sun · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

A sequel to Saturday's disturbance at Waterloo was the appearance of three men at Redfern Court to-day, charged with riotous behavior. One…

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N.s.w. Hard Court Association

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 4

Your association was represented on the Grand Council by Messrs. W. Woodhouse, W. Sidney and M. Cutler. Their attendance was satisfactory, and your…

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Car Smash Court Sequel Lorry-driver Pays

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

Repairs to Austin Montague Auschan car cost £10/10/3. after it had been struck on November 9 by a motor lorry driven by George Gay, a Granville…

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Fine Work by Local Police Stopped at Warwick Farm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

Smart work by district police resulted in the arrest last night and early this morning of two men in connection with the shooting of a policeman at Bargo…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 7. Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

Before his Honor Mr. Justice Lukin, at Commonwealth Bank Building. Pitt-street—At 2.30 p.m. —Hearing of Creditor's Petition: Re Palmerston Heath, ex parte The Commissioner of Taxation…

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New Year Beer Motorist Had Few Pints Was Driven to Police Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

"I've only been having a few pints of New Year beer," Arthur Clarence McKellar said to Constable Kent last Thursday,…

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University of Sex in Gay Paris Made Irresistible, Is Claim Police Action Paris, Dec. 22

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 7

"NO more broken hearts, no more failures in love affairs; man or woman, no matter how diffident you may be, we undertake to make…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 5

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Reid v Watt and [?]nor…

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Compared It with an Aspirin Magistrate Examined Alleged Drug Man Charged

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 6

A MAGISTRATE provided an unusual spectacle at Central Court yesterday when he compared aspirin powder with a white…

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