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Courts & crime, 1936

9,720 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

Seaman Charged Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY— On Tuesday, January 28, D. Stuart, seaman, was arrested in Sydney and charged with “assault and robbery.”…

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Alleged Assault Incident at Casula Pleasure Grounds

The Biz · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 8

The case in which a man aged 23, was changed with assauiting and [?]mng actual boaily ha[?]n to & boy of 1[?], [?] [?] on November 17, was heard on…

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Police Patrol Dash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 12

The police wireless patrol made a trip from St. Leonards to Kensington in 10 minutes yesterday afternoon to investigate a reported robbery…

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Police Carnival. Children's Horsemanship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 8

Ten children, including a girl, whose ages range from seven to 12 years, will give a display of horsemanship at this year's Police Carnival, which will be held at the Showground…

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Court House Statistics

The Biz · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 7

The following statistics have been prepared and supplied by the C.P.S., Mr. Hawes, relating to the year 1935:—Charge cases, 696; summons cases, 327;…

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The Judge Who Sentenced Tom Mooney now Fights for His Release

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (by mail)—Nineteen years ago Judge Franklin Griffin sentenced Tom Mooney to death on the allegation of participation in the…

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Council and Police H[?]lroyd Impounding [?]

The Biz · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 4

The Police Derartment (Comm[?]er's Office) replying to Holroyd Council's letter asking that inquiry be made as [?] whether certain police a[?]ed to…

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Police Call-boxes [?]royd Council Dissatisfied

The Biz · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 4

Holroyd Council has decided, on a move by Ald. Maunder, to invite the inspector of police from Parramatta, to attend the next meeting cf council. He…

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Murder of Dealer. Head Riddled with Bullets. LONDON, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 12

Sir Bernard Spilsbury, the Home Office pathologist, giving evidence yesterday at the inquest on Emil Allard, an itinerant jewellery dealer, whose body was found under a hedge…

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£1800 in Notes Alleged Story Of Stealing Man for Trial' Remand Granted on Abduction Charge

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 9

A STATEMENT, in which he was alleged to have admitted having gone to a house at Roseville, put his hand through a window, and taken a pair of trousers and a vest in which were £1800 in bank notes,…

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Big Year Police Force Many Crimes Cases Solved

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 9

OF 15,020 serious crimes reported in the Metropolitan Police district during 1935, 13,385 were soloed…

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Youth with a Gun Remarkable Report to Police

The Biz · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

A landowner at Camden on Saturday made a remarkable report to the police. He s[?]ated that two yo[?] from Granville and Auburn [?]ted a [?]nt at K[?]ly's…

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Egyptians Struggle For Independence Police Bullets Wound 17

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

LONDON, Jan. 28.—Police at Damanhur and at Mansura yester day fired on demonstrationists, wounding five at Damanhur and…

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Queensland Railwaymen. Court Upholds Claims. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 16

The Industiial Court to-day decided in favour of the Australian Railways Union and the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen in their dispute with the…

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A Modern Style of Chariots Police Daredevils Show Their Paces

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 10

TWO motor cycles, with a chariot attached, and driven at a breakneck speed on a dirt-track by one man. That was the unique feat…

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Court Approves Men's Claim Q'land Rail Dispute Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 8

Following the threatened regulation cessation by railway enginedrivers, firemen and cleaners. involving the question whether certain duties should be done in…

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Waterside Workers. Award Preference Sought. Application to Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 11

One of the principal aims of the Waterside Workers' Federation, in seeking from the Commonwealth Arbitration Court a new award, is the restoration of the principle of preference…

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Further Riots in Egypt Police & Students Wounded Sovereign Rights Demanded CAIRO

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 1

FURTHER rioting in the city resulted in the most serious clash that has yet occurred between the police and the…

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Fine Work Retiring C.s.m. "Keep Such Men" Court 'Verdict

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 10

NINETEEN magistrates and other law officials on the bench at Central Court today "sat in judgment" on…

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Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers.) Decrees Absolute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 9

His Honor pronounced decrees absolute in the suits of Phyllis Eva May Bashford v Robert George Newman Bashford, Nellie Beatrice Cambridge v Percy Reuben David…

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