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Courts & crime, 1936

9,720 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Guildford Burglary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 5

Breaking into Mayor Matt. Warnock's promises in Military-road, Guildford, on Thursday, thieves took a loud-speaker and two valves from Guildford public…

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Dubbo Police Court. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 12

At the Dubbo Police Court yesterday, Arthur Edward Wilkins, 20, Henry Joseph Phillips, 24, and William John Lewis, 25, pleaded guilty to having illegally used a trolley, the property…

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Kogarah Police Court. Illegal Betting

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 8

George Bede Cahill, 49, grocer, was fined £20, in default forty days' imprisonment, for tote betting in the Royal Hotel, Rockdale. Francis…

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Casino Police Court. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 12

A police objection to an application for a pistol licence by Archibald Ernest Campbell, school teacher, at Dobie's Bight, was entered at Casino Police Court. Campbell said that…

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Theft of Iron

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 8

Hampton Boyne Pickering, 46, labourer, and George Pickering, 48, labourer, were each charged with stealing five sheets of galvanised iron,…

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Theft of Motor Car

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 2

Early last week a single-seater motor car, owned by Mr. T. H. C. Hillard, butcher of Hurstville, was stolen from in front of his shop in Forest…

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Cattle Stealing Alleged. Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 12

A letter was received by Singleton Pastures Protection Board from a resident of Howe's Valley, drawing attention to reported cases cf cattle stealing in the district recently, and…

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Two Charged Explosion in Building

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 31

"The was Shaken, to its foundations, and my daughter was dazed by the force" said Sampson Johnson "at Kogarah Court to-day, in…

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Beggar Sent to Gaol. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 12

For begging a[?]ms in the street, John Patrick Brady, 59, was sentenced to three months imprisonment by Messrs. D. J. Toovey and W. J. Gilchrist, Js.P. It was stated that Brady…

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Gaol for Cook Charge Of Consorting

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 32

Charged with having, between June 28 and December 19,1935, habitually consorted with reputed criminals, Robert Geprghan, 63, described as a…

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Intent to Murder Is Alleged

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 6

"NORMAN Stanley Gordon Smith, 25, short and slightly-built, faced Mr. Harrison, SM„ at Redfern Court yesterday, on a charge of shooting…

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Court Mourning Period

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 5

The following message regarding the observation of Court mourning was received yesterday by the Governor-General, Sir Isaacs Isaacs,…

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Open Verdict in Vicar Murder. Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 6

At the Inquest to-day into the death of the Rev. Harold Laceby Cecil, of Fitzroy, the City Coroner, Mr. Grant, returned an open verdict…

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Charge of Attempted Murder. Labourer for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 9

Norman Stanley Gordon Smith, 25, labourer, was committed for trial from the Redfern Police Court yesterday on a charge of having shot at Joe Wignall on December 31 with…

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The Court in Mourning

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--These directions for mourning were contained in a gazette extraordinary issued by the…

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Nyngan Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. Love-crazed Man

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 12

William Kennedy, 26, for whom the police had been searching for the killing of Miss Nancy Day, 20, at Nyngan, on Tuesday night, was found dead yesterday. He had evidently…

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Mileage Total Merrylands Police That Bike

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 13

Next time you're near the police, call-box at Merrylands, gaze with a certain amount of respect at the official push-bike as it leans taking…

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A Novelty Typewriter In Court

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 31

Modern apparatus, in the form of a typewriter, was introduced to the picturesque little courthouse at Wiseman's Ferry yesterday for the…

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Called Police Mine Trouble Feared BRANXTON

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 26

Appeals for police assistance at Rothbury colliery were quickly answered by Inspector Noble, of West Maitland, and Sergeant Brodie, with…

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Death of Vicar. Coroner's Finding. "Murder by Person Unknown." Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 6

The Melbourne City Coroner (Mr. Grant. P.M.) to-day found that the Rev. Harold Laceby Cecil was murdered by some person or persons unknown at St Saviour's vicarage,…

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