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Courts & crime, 1936

9,720 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

Aboriginal Police. Specially-trained Force. Patrol Officer for Large Area. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 8

The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson) to-day announced that a native constabulary would be established in the Northern Territory, and other reforms would be effected…

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Perth M.l.a. in Court Debt Paid, Registrar Is Told

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 7

PERTH, Wednesday.--It is assumed in political circles that no action designed to question the right of T. J. Hughes to represent East…

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Satisfied Wife Not Immoral Dr. Millar Applies to Court Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 5

Certain criminal proceedings were recently taken in Sydney following a judgment nisi granted in Brisbane to Dr. D. F. Millar for the dissolution…

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District Court. (Before Judge Sheridan and a jury of four.) Motor Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 6

Leonard George Love, of Fourth-avenue, Berala, sued Russell S. Brewer, of Burwoodroad, Burwood, for £100 damages for injuries received as the result of a motor collision…

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Quaint Customs Of Basiitoland in Shed Native Court Among Fowls Tourists' Visit Basutoland, January 20

The Sun · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 25

"DO you want this case to go on?" "Yes, it's been going on for 40 years now, and I want…

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Men Reinforcing Their Position Evatt, K.C. to Appear in Court Electricians In Strong Stand STEELWORKS

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 5

FOLLOWING their emphatic declarations that there would be no resumption of work until overtime in the production mill…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 6

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m —For hearing: Hughes v Priest, Darragh v Shapiro, Renwick v pitman, Yates v Levenson (two cases), Kennedy v Clark, Daisley v…

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Stealing Charge

The Biz · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 8

Thomas Tumuth (28), at the Parramatta Police Court last Friday, was charged with having stolen a B[?]ga stove, the property of Charles Evans, at…

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Assault Charge Accused Discharged

The Biz · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 10

At Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Monday Clarence Norman Adams, 23, laboror, pleaded not guilty to having assaulted Samuel Shannon, at Granville,…

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Smithfield Stealing Case Laborer Discharged

The Biz · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 6

At Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Tuesday William Anderson, 27, laborer, pleaded not guilty to having stolen 160 fowls at Smithfield on December 26,…

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Cattle Stealing Alleged. Kyogle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 12

At the Kyogle Police Court to-day. Gerald Smith and Frederick Smith, brothers, were committed for trial on a charge of having stolen four head of cattle, valued at £ 12, the…

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Inquiry Into Cattle Stealing Case

The Land · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 10

The case of Charles Fitzroy Bayley, a well-known Glen Innes grazier, who was convicted on a charge of cattle stealing last July, and whose…

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Theft From Hotel. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 12

Gordon Whitlock, a young Parkes man, was convicted and sentenced to three months' hard labour on a charge of stealing £30 from the Royal Hotel. It was stated in evidence that…

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Time to Pay Fines, Magistrate's Criticism

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 5

Mr. May, S M complained yesterday at the Kogarah Police Court about Insincere requests made by betting defendants for time to pay their fines. He said that 90 per cent…

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Murder Charge Further Remand Grantee

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 13

Aubrey Potter, 22, mechanic, and James Leighton Massey, 21, motor mechanic, charged with the murder of Norman Samuel McLaren Stead at…

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Police Seek Relatives

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 1

Sergeant Foley, of Newtown police, Is endeavoring to locate any relatives or friends of Phillip Munro, ship's fireman, late of Cavendish Street,…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 6

Before his Honor Judge Sheridan, K.C., and Juries. —In No. 1 Court.—At 10 a.m.: Turner v Cockerill (part heard,), premier Glass Co., Ltd., v Pardee, Seymour v Walter…

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Pensioner-magistrate Advocates Slave Camps for the Youth

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY—Ex-S.M. Flynn, retired on a fat pension after years spent as an officer of the ruling class, in the role of a Magistrate, said, in a statement in the…

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Supreme Court. Full Court. Solicitor Censured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 5

The Court passed its censure on James Joseph Quirk, a solicitor, of Narrandera, and directed that he should pay the costs of the application by the Incorporated Law Institute…

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Police Attack on Fruitpickers

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 4

The rising militancy among fruitpickers has evidently caused some concern to the authorities. In Griffith, N.S.W., recently, a…

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