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Courts & crime, 1936

9,720 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Nine Months' Gaol for Shoplifting

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 10

Edward, Clark, 46, laborer, was sentenced to nine months' hard labor Mr. Shepherd S.M., at central Court Yesterday on a charge of…

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Imprisonment for Theft. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 10

Andrew Vaughan Campbell, carpenter pleaded guilty at West Wyalong Police Court to three charges of stealing doors and galvanised iron, the property of John Meagher and…

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Man Sentenced on Wedding Day. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 10

After Gordon Herbert Mitton was convicted in the Adelaide Police Court to-day on a charge of stealing four pairs of boots, he asked that a fine only should be imposed…

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Bailiff Fined. Threatening Words Used. Magistrate's Comments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 5

At the Central Police Court yesterday, it was alleged that a bailiff had locked himself in a house, and had threatened the wife of one of the mortgagors with a pistol, saying,…

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Police Cadets Vacancies

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 10

Now that the results of the Leaving Certificate Examination have been issued, and in view of the approaching publication of the results…

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Trapper Missing Murder Is Feared PERTH

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 10

A dingo trapper named Robert Anderson is believed to have been murdered by natives between the Drysdale River Mission and…

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Protests Against Police Brutality Committee Formed

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 3

MT. ISA.—A protest meeting of citizens of Mt. Isa was held on December 29, when cases of brutality by the police when arresting persons were discussed…

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Police Courts. Illegal Use of Firearm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 5

At the Ryde Court yesterday. Charles George Ross, 18, was proceeded against for discharging a firearm near Morrison-road, Ryde, without lawful cause. The charge was reduced…

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Soviets Commemorate 1st Anniversary of Kirov Murder New Gang of Spies Arrested

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2

MOSCOW, Dec. 1.—To-day, while the whole Soviet Union is solemnly commemorating the first anniversary of the murder of Kirov, Leningrad secretary of the Communist Party, announcement is made of the discovery and arrest of a new gang of…

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Bickley Turns Up Perth Police Saved Search for Missing Drover

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 7

PERTH, Thursday.--Just as Police Headquarters in Perth to-day was despatching a long, urgent telegram, giving instructions for a search for…

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Midnight Hoax in the City Police, Ambulance & Firemen On Spot

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 8

EXCITED by the spectacle of seeing brigadesmen extinguish some burning rubbish to Foveaux Street, near Bourke Street, City, late…

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FOR 44 HOURS Electrical Trade Court Decides Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 10

BY a judgment given to-day the Full Arbitration Court made the 44-hour week the general standard for…

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Industrial News Classification Question United Laborers' Union to Approach Court

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 9

The secretary of the United Laborers' Union, Mr. A. W. McNamara, said yesterday that application was to be made to the Industrial Commission to have the…

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Attempted Reform. Man Harassed by Old Associates. Court's Sympathy. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 10

In the Stanthorpe Police Court to-day, Victor Duncan, 38, mechanic, pleaded guilty to three counts of stealing and false pretences…

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Remanded on Assault Charge

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 5

Norman Brown, 42, laborer, was remanded by Mr. Stevenson, S.M., at Newtown Court yesterday until January 24, on a charge of having…

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To Gaol Stavisky Men Paris

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 1

THE heaviest sentences imposed on those found guilty of complicity in the Stavisky frauds were terms…

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"Murder in the Fleet"

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 8

Starring Jean Parker and Robert Taylor, with Ted Healy, Una Merkel, and Nat Pendleton, this picture will screen at the Nepean this Saturday…

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Police Courts. Pure Food Cases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 14

Mary Lohman, of King-street. Newtown, was fined £1 and costs at the Newtown Summons Court yesterday for having sold chops adulterated with a preparation of sulphurous acid…

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Missing Trapper. Effects Found by Natives. Murder Suspected. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 17

It is believed that a dingo trapper, Robert Anderson, was murdered by natives early in December in the wild country between Drysdale mission station and Caloombooroo…

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Industrial Court. (Before the Conciliation Commissioner.) Steel Works Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 14

Application was made by the Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union for variation of the steel works employees' (Broken Hill Proprietary. Ltd.) award by alteration of daily hours…

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