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Courts & crime, 1936

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 8

Before his Honor Judge Sheridan K.C., and juries in No. 1 Court.—At 11 a.m., Mercer v Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways (part heard). Not before 2 p.m., Jessen v the…

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Relatives Sought by Police

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 5

Sergeant Gordon, of Regent Street Police Station, is endeavoring to locate relatives and friends of Walter John Jennaway, invalid pensioner, of…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 8

Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy, 7th floor, Commonwealth Bank Building 112 Pitt-street, at 11 a.m.:—Public examination Restored to list re Herbert John Rigney. In Chambers.—…

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Desperate Gangsters New Units Day Of Horror Dillinger Gaol Escapes

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 16

DETAILS of the disintegration of desperate gangs and the joining of the units in new criminal…

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Seasonal Workers Harassed by Police

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 4

GRIFFITH, Feb. Two hundred workers protested against the mishandling of several arrested seasonal workers by the police here last Saturday, and…

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Supreme Court. Term List

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 8

Criminal Appeals.—R. v Waddell (S.O.G) R. v Bevan (S.O.G), R. v McDonald (S.O.G), R. v Anderson, R. v Hatry, R. v Handley, R. v Little, R. v Banks, R. v Jones, R. v Hickey, R. v…

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Repulsed Makalle Assault Abyssinia Admits Barbed Wire Toll Addis Ababa

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 1

A COMMUNIQUE admits the first defeat acknowledged by either combatant, saying that Ras Seyoum's…

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ROWING Police Crew And The Olympiad

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 3

If the Police Champion Eight fail to gain selection as a crew for the King's Cup at Perth on May 2 their preparations for the Olympiad will be…

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Police Force Is Increased Offensive Against Unemployed

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY, Feb. 7.—The N.S.W police force is to be increased immediately by 100. One new duty for the police is that…

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FIREARMS In Animal Sanctuary, Police Take Possession

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 12

Mr. Morton, M.L.A., said yesterday that he had been officially informed that the police recently took possession of four rifles from persons carrying firearms in the Burragorang…

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Judges' Associates. Changes in Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 10

Six Judges of the Supreme Court have changed, or are changing, their associates, a happening which seems to be without parallel in the history of the Court…

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As a Worker Sees It Police Station “Inhumanity”

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 2

Judge Thomson, at the Sydney Quarter sessions, commented severely on the “shocking and inhuman” practise of dumping “drunks” into one cell at the…

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Alleged Opium Smuggling Chinese Steward in Court

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 5

"YOU speak I catch plenty trouble in Hongkong. You no give me package. I cut my throat and jump overboard," Cheung Sui. 42,…

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Law Notices. Toesday—february 11. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 8

Term List.—In the Banco Court—At 11 a.m.: Stated case (Workers' Compensation Commission): Clark and others v Folk; demurrers: Kirkwood v Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways;…

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Great Chance to Clean Up Police--s.p. Debate

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 4

"S.P. betting should be legalised"--at least this is what the members of the Campsie School of Arts Debating Club and a representative Police team…

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'Contempt' Stir in Court Ex-detective Fine Imposed

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 13

THERE was a dramatic incident during the hearing of the conspiracy charge at the Central Police Court…

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Mistaken Identity. Evidence at Coroner's Court. Two Witnesses Corrected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 12

Alexander McAllister, 63, entered the witness-box at tlie City Coroner's Court yesterday and denied the identification by two men of a body at the morgue as that of himself…

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Alleged Dead Man in Court Case of Mistaken Identity

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 5

THE unusual spectacle of a man, Alexander MacAllister, who had been identified at the City Morgue by two friends as the victim of an…

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Detective Refutes Charges Police Secretary And Solicitor To Reply Leave Given

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 6

DESCRIBING the evidence of the principal Crown witness, William Campbell, implicating him in the Boutel case as "wicked and…

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Two Men on Line! Victim Tells Strange Story to Melbourne Police

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Admitted to Melbourne Hospital early to-day, suffering from abrasions, William Gray. 34. of Footscray. described to…

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