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Courts & crime, 1936

9,720 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Police Courts. Safe-keeping of Pistol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 14

At the Paddington Police Court yesterday, John Capell, of Beach-road. Rushcutter Bay, was fined 30/, on a charge of falling to take reasonable precaution to ensure the…

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Tuesday, January 28. Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 14

Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy, 7th floor. Commonwealth Bank Building, 112 Pitt-street.—At 10.30 a.m.: Public examination: Re Samuel Turner…

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Wednesday, January 2[?]. High Court of Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 14

At the Courthouse, Darlinghurst, before the Full Court.—At 10.30 a.m.—Motion on notice: In the matter of the application of McArthur, re Fugitive Offenders Act—for special leave to appeal…

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Child Stripped To Reveal Weals Brutal Flogging by Man Offender Is Sent To Gaol Long Cane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 7

THIS is a case of imprisonment, not a fine," said Mr. Harrison, SM., at Redferm Children's Court yesterday, when he sentenced…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 27. Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 14

Before his Honor Mr. Justice Lukin. Federal Judge in Bankruptcy, at 7th floor, Commonwealth Bank Building. 112 Pitt-street.—At 10.30 a.m.: Hearing of application for release from custody under…

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Wyong Court Fines for Breach of Totalisator Act

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 9

WYONG, Friday.--Allan Douglas Outhwaite, Thomas Fairly, Harry Rogers. Percy Marley. Charles Steadson, and Charles Wilfred…

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Mrs. Edols. Appeal for Release. Pathetic Outburst in Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 18

Aimee Belle Edols cried pitifully in the Federal Bankruptcy Court yesterday, when she asked that she be released from prison, or that she be given a determinate senten[?] so…

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Horse's Skull Figures in Court Case Alleged Shooting of Racehorse

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 9

Brisbane, Friday.--A skull of a horse, claimed by witnesses to be that of the racehorse Fernie Mount, was an…

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Dramatic Moment in Court Five Sent for Trial Divorce Conspiracy Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 3

THE air was charged with drama in Central Police Court yesterday, when William O'Brien, a defendant in the…

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Skull of Horse As Evidence in Court Case Fernie Mount Brisbane-

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 2

THE skull of a horse wax produced as an exhibit in the Police Court today. and witnesses said that it was the skull of the racehorse Pernio Mount…

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An Outrageous Case, Says Prosecutor Five Are Sent to Be Tried Divorce Court Sequel Raid Story

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 8

DESCRIBING the alleged offence as one of the most mot [?]rageous cases of conspiracy and perjury ever to be heard In a court of law, Sergeant…

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The "Hang Over" Magistrate's Threat to Merry One

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 12

"ROBINSON is not in a fit condition to appear," said Constable Mackney to Mr. E. H. Harrison, S.M., at North Sydney Court last week…

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Woman's Head Gashed Police Later Make an Arrest Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 3

Called to a camp at Nobby's this afternoon, Constables Macpherson and Jerome found a hut in a state of disorder, blood spattered on the…

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Bullets End Careers of Young Gang Leaders Clue Of Men With Mud On Their Shoes Took Own Lives When Caught in Police Trap Bank Hold-ups Led To Murder VANCOUVER

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 3

A series of bank robberies by young bandits here culminated in a most cold-blooded murder and two suicides when police closed upon the last remaining members of the gang. The case was marked by a man-hunt and the final captures…

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Troubled Egypt Troops and Police Are Ready for Action Cairo

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 5

Troops and police are standing by, and provincial Governors are remaining at their posts because of the grave political situation…

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50 "Reds" Gaoled Indian Police Seize Communist Newspaper and Plant Bombay

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 2

Following a warning from the Punjab of the widespread distribution of "Red" literature, police raided a suspected house and seized…

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Honeymoon Murderer Goes Mad In Gaol Sequel to Tragedy at Toronto Revealed Was Haunted By the Young Woman He Killed

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 13

TORTURED through the slow-passing years by the nightmare torment of his ghastly crime, Arthur Augustus Oakes, the honeymoon murderer, has at last gone out of his mind…

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Old Man Was Found Dead In His Hut Had Terrible Injuries Family Was Noted For Longevity Charge of Murder

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 9

JACK HEWETT, a well-known identity of Gilgandra, was found dead in his hut on the Gilgandra Common last Monday. HEWETT in his young days was an outstanding…

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Coroner's Open Verdict In Fire At Slipper Factory No Suggestion of Incendiarism Police Pay Tribute To Business Man

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 10

GLOWING tribute to the business integrity of an ex-Rockhampton (Q.) slipper manufacturer, Joseph Goldberg, now managing director of Australian Slippers, Limited, Waterloo, was paid by the police at the…

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Coroner Finds That Woman Died From Poison But Cannot Say by Whom It Was Administered Allegations By Police; Husband Weeps MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 2

George Oliver Youren, estate agent, of Ivanhoe, burst into tears at the City Morgue to-day when the City Coroner, Mr. Grant, P.M., returned an open finding at the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Youren's wife, Mrs. Linda…

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