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Courts & crime, 1936

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

Police Queried Bandage Boxer On Mat At Stadium the Tape

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 2

Police officials have been particularly active at the various stadiums during the past fortnight, and at Rushcutters…

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Masked Bandits' Daring Act Armed Men Post Office Police Chase Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 14

TWO armed and masked men held up the City-road post office, South Melbourne, at 9.10 a.m. to-day,…

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Preference Now Removed Seamen Aboard Colliers Deregistration Move Is Deferred Court Case

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 6

BY a unanimous decision of the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission yesterday, the preference clause of the Colliers' State Award,…

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Misdeal, Declares U.S. Court Roosevelt Faces Problem Legislation Not Constitutional WASHINGTON

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 8

THE decision of the Supreme Court, which, by six votes to three, ruled that the Agricultural Adjustment…

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Act Invalid. Rural Plan in U.S.A. Court's Decision. Final Blow to New Deal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 13

By a majority of six to three, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the entire Agricultural Adjustment Administration programme was…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Boot Trades Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 6

The secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Boot Trade Employees' Federation proceeded against Capital Shoe Manufacturing Co., Ltd., of…

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Kogarah Police Court. Illegal Betting

The Propeller · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 3

John Thomas Hall, 21, truck driver, was fined £5, in default ten days' imprisonment, for betting in a house in Bayview Street, Bexley…

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Taree Police Court. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 10

James Bishop, 22, and Ernest Franc[?] Pereira, 21, were charged at the Taree Police Court to-day with having broken into and entered the cordial factory of Coleman and…

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Boat Theft Charge

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 25

William Barclay, 35, timber merchant, was sent for trial from Ryde Court to-day on a charge of having stolen an 18-foot launch, the…

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Shoplifting and Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 7

Mary Wilson, 29, and May Greenham, 32, domestics, were sentenced at the Central Police Court yesterday to seven and three months' hard labour respectively, on charges of…

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Murder Charge Against a Youth. Alleged Statement to Police. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 10

Roy Malcolm Soutar, 17, was to-day committed for trial in the Wagga District Coroner's Court on a charge of having murdered Christopher James Bolger…

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Echo of Divorce Hearing Man And Woman Charged At Toowoomha Police Story Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 7

IN the Toowoomba Police Court to-day, before Mr. M. Gallagher, P.M., William O'Brien. 39, private detective, was charged with having…

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Alleged Theft on Train. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 10

At the Goulburn Police Court to-day, Patrick Meaney, 60, was charged with stealing £[?] from a passenger on a Sydney-bound train last night. He was remanded…

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Assault Alleged On An Elderly Woman

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 23

"This was a very serious assault, as it was committed on a woman old enough to be his grandmother," said Mr. Stevenson, S.M., at Manly Court…

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Police Inquiry

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 17

Whether a letter had been sent to the police inspector at Parramatta regarding statements made at the previous meeting in connection with the…

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Stole Railway Tickets Gaol for Youth

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 1

Apparently John Hanchard (18) has a fondness for train travelling. On Saturday last, while the booking office at Harris Park was unattended…

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TEACHERS v POLICE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 14

The match between Teachers and Newtown Police which was to have been played to-day has been cancelled…

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PROMOTIONS Police Executives

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 23

Following important moves in the Police Force, the Executive Council to-day approved of the promotion of a number of senior officers…

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Police Courts. Shoplifting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 13

Before Mr. Reed, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday[?] Kitty Lee, 33, domestic, was fined £3 for stealing a blousette[?] valued at 2/11, from McDowells. Ltd., on January 7…

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Country News. Fined for Axe Assault. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 10

An axe was produced in court when Robert Henry McNeill, 22, was charged with having unlawfully assaulted Keith Gordon Crummy, 23, at the unemployed camp at South Casino…

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