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Courts & crime, 1936

9,720 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Assault Alleged at Wollongong Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 7

Early on Sunday morning a man named Keith Mitchell was found to have been brutally. assaulted in the main street, and then dragged by his…

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Intent to Murder Charge

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 5

Norman Stanley Gordon Smith, 26. was further remanded at Redfern Court yesterday on a charge of having, on December 31, shot at Joseph…

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Divorce Case Echo Man and Woman Are Charged

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 8

A man and woman, who were arrested at Toowoomba in connection with a nalleged divorce conspiracy in a Queensland court were charged…

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Life Prisoner. Attempt to Break Gaol. Sentry Fires Shot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 9

A prisoner in the Parramatta Gaol, Kenneth Aubrey Farlow, who is serving a life sentence for shooting with intent to murder Constable Ulrick in Hopetun-avenue, Vaucluse, in July,…

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Developments in Vicar Murder Likely Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 5

DETECTIVES are still hope of apprehending the murderer of Rev. Harold Lacecy Cecil Who was Stied at the Vicarage at Fitzroy on…

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Police Busy at the Stadiums

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 3

Inspector Ferguson and several other nigh officials of the police force have made a round of the suburban stadiums during the past week or so…

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District Court. Professional Fees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 10

In our issue of, December 10, 1935, a case was reported in this column in which Matthew John O'Neill and Henry Morrissey, practising as Murphy and Moloney, solicitors, sued…

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Girl in Court Housebreaking Charges

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 17

Anna Plavin, 18. domestic, was remanded by Mr. Shepherd, S.M., at the Central Court to-day, to the North Sydney Police Court, on…

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Emulated Dillinger In Gaol Break Effort Dummy Revolver Produced Man's Daring Ruse At Parramatta Perfect Model

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 1

IN an attempt to emulate the deed of the late John Dillinger, the American criminal, who bluffed his way out of…

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Police on Track of Sugar Must Trace Origin of Poison in Icing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 9

To trace a quantity of icing sugar from the time it left the manufacturer until it reached the consumer has been the task of Det.-Sergt…

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The Man In The Street To The Editor Police or Public Safety?

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 4

Sir,--Brigadier - General. H. W. Lloyd, the accidental member for Mosman, seems to be concerned about the safety of members of the…

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Forced to Take Time Off Allegation in Court Proceedings Canberra

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 6

The allegation that the parks and gardens branch of the Department of the Interior had compelled its unskilled employees. to take a half-day. off Just prior to the…

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To-day's Court Story Human Derelict That Drifted On Tide Of Life

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 7

Drifting, drifting from unknown pasts to dim futures, without ties, without friends, they come to every city, vague shadows of life. Richard Harry White was one. And the manner of his death was…

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Eight Are Living on 18-A Week Pitiful Story By Woman In Court

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 6

INSTANCING the poverty which is rampant in many of the city's suburbs ait the present, time. Mrs. Dulcie…

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Lawyer Kills His Rival In Court at Judge Three Shots in Chicago Chicago

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 9

INFURIATED when a ruling was given against him during the hearing of a case today, John Keogh, an elderly…

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Magistrate to Retire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 16

MR. M. J. McMAHON, C.S.M. Mr. McMahon will retire at the end of the month…

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Assault Charges Fail

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 8

Stewart Colin Campbell, 29, barman, was discharged at Central Police court yesterday on charges of having assaulted Alma Jessie…

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One Month for Stealing

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 10

On a charge of having stolen two chairs valued at £214, the property of Percy Allan Duff, on November 15, Edith Earner, 35, domestic,…

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Wife Suicided While Husband Appeared in Police Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE. Tuesday. -- When Joseph Edward Gunning, 49, appeared in Bendigo Court to-day on a charge of having in his possession…

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Sheep-Stealing and Ineffective Brands

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 33

"In New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria graziers are becoming perturbed at the increasing prevalence of sheep-stealing." GRAZIERS will continue to suffer losses at the hands of the sheep-stealing…

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