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Courts & crime, 1936

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Meat Pies and a Dog. Novel Court Case

The Propeller · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 8

At the Kogarah Police Court last Friday, before Mr. Sutherland, S.M., George Henry Benson, of Forest Road, Bexley, was fined £5, with 8-…

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Law Notices. Thursday, February 13. Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 8

Before his Honor Mr. Justice Lukin, Federal Judge in Bankruptcy. 7th floor, Commonwealth Bank Building, 112 a Pitt-street.—At 2.30 p.m.—Hearing of creditor's petition: Re Harold Smith, ex parte…

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Who Shall Rule U.s.a.? Supreme Court v. PRESIDENT

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 29

People who believe that President Roosevelt's reforms have been "knocked out" because the Supreme Court has decided that his National Recovery laws are…

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Conspiracy Charge Lawyer's Protest in Court Did Not Influence Witnesses

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 4

"I" HAVE not by any act or deed on my part attempted to influence anybody in the case, either in the way of…

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Dead Man's Mother Rushes at Son's Alleged Slayer in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--At an inquest today on the death of Wilfred Grant Gladstone Taylor, 31, meat worker and former boxer, of…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Thomson.) Crown Prosecutor, Mr. McKean, K.C., instructed by Clerk of the Peace. Assault on Old Man

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 8

Norman Brown, 42, labourer, who plea[?] guilty to a charge of assaulting Walter Maynard, occasioning actual bodily harm, at Marrickville, on January 16, was sentenced to…

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To-day's Court Story Mother-in-law Said, "Come Back," Asserts Husband

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 7

"You look Very happy cow, dear, but if everything is not always so happy, come back to your mother and father." This injunction, attributed by a husband in the Divorce Court yesterday to his mother-in-law, was said…

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District Court. (Before Judge Sheridan and juries, each of four.) Tram Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 8

Argument by counsel took place before his Honor as to the meaning of the jury's verdict and rider in the claim by Thomas Henry Mercer, of Hooper-street, Randwick, against…

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Port Kembla Men Told to Obey Court State Ministry Refuses To Intervene In Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 4

Regarding the alternative of a compulsory conference as a reflection on the existing machinery of the Arbitration Court, the Government refuses to intervene in the Port Kembla strike. "Where would we be in other disputes if we disregarded arbitration…

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"Bristling With Flagrant Contradictions" Criticism of Police Evidence in Betting Case "Will Mean Three Months for Me This Time

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 1

"THE EVIDENCE that goes to make a prima facie case against the defendant is bristling with flagrant contradictions." Thus did Solicitor F. E. Murray describe the police evidence in the case in which, at Parramatta…

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Action by Govt. Urged End Strike Pt. Kembla Works Public Feeling Remit It to Court Wollongong, Thurs

The Sun · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 21

THE feeling of the general public here is that special efforts should be made by the Government to…

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N.S.W. Regatta On Nepean Finds Four New State Champions Police Oarsmen Take the New South Wales Eights Cecil Pearce Dethrones H. J. Turner As Sculling Champion

Referee · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 14

"ALL you fellows have to do is to watch my back," said Wal. Mackney as the Police oarsmen rested on their blades for a final talk-over on the way down to the start of the N.S.W. eight-oared championship on Saturday. The…

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Charged With Murder Of Stead in Court Two Young Men Garage Affair Police Allegation

The Sun · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 7

JAMES LEIGHTON MASSEY, 27, motor mechanic, and Aubrey Potter, 22, mechanic, who were…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 8

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Downes v Walker, Mansfield v Speers, Trotmen v British Australasian Petroleum Co., Limited,…

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Murder of Vicar Man Charged and Remanded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Edward Cornelius, 29, mechanic, was charged at the City Court to-day with the murder, of the Rev. Harold Laceby…

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Garage Shooting Young Man Charged with Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 1

POLICE last night arrested a man in connection with the shooting on Monday night of Norman Stead…

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'Terrorists' Sentenced

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 1

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, Thursday. THREE "terrorists" accused of complicity in the manner of King Alexander of Yugosalvla, and Mr…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate, Mr. E. A. Prior.) Motor Repairs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 8

Ernest Joseph Coffey, of Wyndham-street, Alexandria, proceeded against Francis Oliver, also of Wyndham-street, Alexandria, for £23 alleged to be due for work performed as a…

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To Gaol for Life

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 1

The Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin, announced last night that the Executive Council had commuted to imprisonment for life the sentence of…

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Shooting in Garage Man on Murder Charge Another Held By Police

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 1

SURROUNDING a house in Womerah Avenue, Darlinghurst, last night, police arrested a man in connection with…

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