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Courts & crime, 1936

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When Police Meet Police, Everything's O.k

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A report from a watchful garage attendant led to two constables holding up at pistol point two other constables, near St…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

Before his Honor Judge Sheridan.—In No. 1 Court —At 10 a.m.: Neal v McNeill (for judgment). In Chambers: In the matter of the application of Margarita Molin. In Open Court—Examination…

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Quarter Sessions Appeal. (Before Judge Curlewis.) Alleged Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

Robert Harold Klees, 29, labourer, appealed against his conviction and sentence of six months' imprisonment imposed upon him by Mr. Shepherd, S.M., at the Redfern Police…

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Driver Remanded Three Charges Including One of Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

Substantial bail was asked for by Constable Stafford at Manly Court yesterday when Charles Geoffrey Bennett, 23, truck driver, was…

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Seaman on Strike. Not in Impoverished Circumstances. Magistrate's Ruling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 15

In a tenancy case at the Balmain Summons Court yesterday, Mr. Gibson, S.M., ruled that a seaman on strike was not in impoverished circumstances within the meaning of the…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy.—7th Floor, Commonwealth Bank Building, 112 Pitt-street.— At 10.30 a.m.: Public examination: Re Frederick Richard Ranson…

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Cabra-vale and the Police

The Biz · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

At the instigation cf Ald. Huber, CabraVale Council is again to make an effort to secure more satisfactory police supervision. The Mayor and A[?]d. Huber will…

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The Court Must Act

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 6

FOLLOWING its inexplicable failure on Tuesday to open the door to conciliation and arbitration by ordering the immediate reinstatement of the employee at Port Kembla Steelworks who was dismissed under such viciously unwarranted circumstances, the Industrial…

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Dutch Soldiers Court-Martialled

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 2

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 17 (by mail) — At a court martial in Hertogenbosch. the public prosecutor proposed a sentence of one and a half years’ imprisonment for…

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Demanded Money Charged with Intent to Steal Men Committed for Trial

The Biz · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 1

Alfred John Wearing, Sydney Whit[?] amd Thomas William Christ[?] were charged, at Liverpool Court, last Friday, with [?] money, with menace,…

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No Uniform Police On Relief Check

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

A special check of the issue of food relief in the metropolitan area is being made by the police. Fifty police officers are…

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District Court. (Before Judge Markell.) Slippery Dip

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

Phyllis Warren, by her next friend, Henry Warren, of Todman-avenue, Kensington, sought to recover from Herman Phillips, trading as Luna Park Amusements, £400 damages…

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Law Notices. Friday, February 7. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

Causes List.—Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, in the Bance Court.—At 10 a.m.—Russell v Council of the Municipality of Hurstville (part heard). Notice to juiors: The jurors engaged in this…

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Swiss Murder. Nazis Demand Inquiry. Unique Feature of Crime. London, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 11

The Geneva correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" states: "The murder of Wilhelm Gustloff, the German head of the Swiss Nazis, by David Frankfurter, a…

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Rowing Police Crew Has the Power for Title Race

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 3

AVERAGING 12st. 10[?]1b., the Police crew--stroked by Wal. Mackney-- for the N.S.W. eight-oared championship over three miles on the…

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Intense Strike Against Harsh Police Methods. MONTREAL, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 12

The manufacturing community of 17,000 inhabitants, of Pekin, Illinois, is undergoing what is probably the most drastic and effective general strike in the history of American…

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Police Now to Carry Out Dole Check Inspectors' Future Undecided

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 1

POLICE, instead of the present dole inspectors, will handle future inquiries into applications for food relief and…

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SEAMAN v. MENZIES Alleged Contempt of Court Attorney-general Cited

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Feb. 5.—E. V. Elliott, a member of the Seamen’s Union, applied to the High Court yesterday for an order committing the…

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Why Some Crops Failed in South-west Relief Board Charged with Lack of Foresight to the Editor of "The Land"

The Land · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 21

Sir,—I crave a few lines in your valued newspaper to voice a protest against the wholesale notice of intention by the Farmers' Relief Board to lift the stay orders of…

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Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Justice Bavin.) ALTERATOR v ALTERATOR

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

John William Alterator v Mavis Olive Ileen Alterator (formerly Eden). Marriage, June, 1921, at Wellington, New Zealand, Church of England rites. Issue, desertion for three years…

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