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Courts & crime, 1936

9,720 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250

Police Courts. Shoplifting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 6

Josephine Thomson, 27, domestic, was fined £1 for stealing a kitbag, worth 16/11, from Sydney Snow, Ltd., yesterday. At the Central Police Court yesterday,…

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Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 6

Teem List.—In the Banco Court.—At 10 a.m.—New trial motion; Portrate v Fuller, De[?] Pitman v Commissioner for Railways, Special case (C.L.P. Act); Corbett v same, Mandamus;…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 6

Before his Honor Judge Sheridan. K.C., and a jury.—In No. 1 Court.—At 10 a.m.; Hook v Brownette. Note: The Jurors other than those empanelled in the above action need not attend…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 6

Before the Regist[?] in Bankruptcy, 7th floor, Commonwealth Bank Building, [?] [?] At 10.30 a.m., examination under Section [?] Re Annie Daniels, ex parte Official Receiver (trustee),…

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Commonwealth Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 6

Before his Honor Judge Beeby.—At No. 2 High Court, Darlinghurst.—At 10.30 a.m.; The Waterside Workers' federation of Australia v the Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association and…

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Gaol Fugitives Caught. Shots Fired in Chase. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 12

After a close pursuit for several hours, Reginald Morgan Christopher and Horace George Kuhn, who escaped from Renmark gaol on Friday, were arrested late this afternoon on…

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Gaol Escapees Caught Burrowed Under Wall, Fled in Car

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Monday.--The car used by Reginald Christopher and Horace Kuhn after their escape from Renmark Gaol, under the wall of…

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Death Sentence for Murder in New Guinea

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 4

RABAUL, Monday.--Sentence of death was passed by Judge Wanliss on Ludwig Schmidt, an elderly Austrian,…

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Cattle Stealing. Charge Against Grazier. Special Inquiry After Conviction. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 11

In July last, Charles Fitzroy Bayley, a wellknown grazier in the Glen Innes district was convicted before Mr. C. G. Carr Boyd, P.M., of cattle stealing, and was fined £20 and…

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DEMONSTRATION Against Royalist Assault. Procession in Paris. Paris, Feb. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 12

Fifty thousand police maintained order yesterday during the passage of a procession of 100,000 members of the "Front Populaire," including thousands of women and children,…

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Chief Industrial, Magistrates Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 6

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Johnson v Wallace, Warnes v Rowsell, Campbell v Reardon, Mansfield v Speers, Blaw v McFayden. Davis v…

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Musician on Murder Charge Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 6

The trial of Eric Marco, musician, well known in Australia, on a charge of having murdered his Wife. Thelma Mareo, opened…

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Murder Charge Against Musician. Death of Wife. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 6

Eric Mareo, 44, musician, was charged in the Supreme Court with the murder of his wife, Thelma Clarice Mare[?] on April 15 last. Judge Fair presided, and Mr. A. H…

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Two Are Discharged at Central Court

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 10

Richard James Jupp, 43, salesman, was discharged at Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of forgery, the police having no…

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Supreme Court. Full Court. Government Railways Act. Grenfell and others v Commissioner for Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 6

Questions Involving the interpretation of Section 100B of the Government Railways Act are for decision in demurrers in actions brought by Claude Ernest Grenfell, William…

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Four Girls on a Murder List Story In Jean Rushmer Case

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Admissions that he had murdered four girls were alleged against Arnold Sodeman, 35,…

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Death Sentence Imposed on White Man. Murder of Native. Rabaul

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 11

Chief Judge Wanliss this morning found Ludwig Schmidt guilty of the wilful murder of a native in the Sepik district and sentenced him to death…

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Echo of Bandit Murder Immediate Payment to Widow Directed Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 10

An order for the immediate payment of £200 to the widow of James Somen, who was murdered in the hold-up at the Titles Office a few…

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"MADE £12,000" Radio Earnings Court Story

The Sun · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 9

EVIDENCE of die alleged earnings of George Edwards, radio broadcaster, who, it was stated, had admitted having…

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Rowing Decision To-night Police Crew and Cec. Pearce

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 3

The New South Wales Rowing Association to-night will give a ruling whether the State crow for the King's Cup will be chosen without…

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