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Courts & crime, 1937

8,720 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Alleged Assault on Woman Says Man Punched Her And Tore Her Clothes for Trial Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 5

ALWYN RAINTON KEYS, 25, a laborer, of Oakleigh, was committed for trial at the Oakleigh Court to-day on a charge of criminally assaulting a woman at…

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For Reinstatement of Miller No Hush-Hush Over Police Methods

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 3

SYDNEY, January 8.—Because it “purely departmental,” Police Commissioner Mackay’s report on Constable Miller, who was demoted…

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Pistol Licences. Applicants Must Have Good Reasons. Refusals by Police Upheld

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 5

Two appeals heard at the Redfern Police Court yesterday against the refusal of the Redfern police to grant pistol licences were dismissed by Mr. Mcculloch, S.M…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court (Before the Acting Registrar.) Woman's Business Undertakings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 5

Re Mrs. Catherine Milne Dear. Examination under section 68. Answering the Acting Official Receiver (Mr. Burns), Mrs. Catherine Milne Dear, now of…

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Alleged Dare to Husband Police Story About Shooting Of Wife MOREE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 7

EDWARD MILLER, station hand, was committed for trial from Moree Police Court on a charge of having maliciously wounded his wife,…

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Amazing Racket in Cafes of U.S.A. Threats to "Doctor" Food: Murder New York

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 3

AN amazing story of sordid greed, intrigue, bribery, murder, and suicide will be unfolded at an inquiry this week…

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Kidnappers Murder Doctor's Son Grim End of Bargaining Over Ten-year-old Child Everett (Wash.)

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 1

THE body of Charles Mattson, the 10-year-old son of Dr. Charles Mattson, of Tacoma, who was kidnapped on December 27, was found to-day. The head had been crushed, apparently by a heavy…

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Gang of Young Thieves. Business People Victimised. 21 Court Charges. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 12

Police investigations have brought to an end the operations of a gang of youthful thieves who, during the past six months, have committed a number of crimes in Lismore…

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Law Report. Commonwealth Arbitration Court. (Before Mr. Justice Drake-Brockman.) Electrical Trades

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 5

The hearing was resumed of an application by the Electrical Trades Union for an award to cover the operating section in the power-houses and sub-stations of the Victorian…

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U.S.A. Court Warned. "Must Follow Election Returns," New York, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 12

Mr. Emanuel Celler, chairman of the Judiciary Committeee of the House of Representatives, in a broadcast address, said: "The Supreme Court must he made to follow the…

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Theft of Goods From Lorry Three Months' Gaol For Laborer

The Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 8

"I want you to be frank." said Mr. Binney. attorney, to his client. Ronald Albert Hudson, 21, a laborer. "Yours has been rather a sad story;…

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Dubbo Police Court. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 11

Mr. R. G. Cookson, P. M., fined Arthur James Edwards £5, when he pleaded guilty to [?] charge of using an office in Talbragar-street for the purpose of starting-price betting…

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Sentenced for Vagrancy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 8

"This man is a confirmed drunkard," said Sergeant Grinharn in the Central Police Court yesterday when James Edward Boyd, 43, labourer, was charged with being an idle and…

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Man Is Gaoled for Theft

The Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 16

Ronald Kelth Wilson (37) commercial traveller, was sentenced to six months' gaol by Mr. Atkinson S.M.. at Central Court to-day or…

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Science in the Police Court Sand From Trousers Is Analysed

The Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 16

SCIENTIFIC detective work, involving the comparison of sand from a man's trousers and that from a Marrickville stormwater channel was described to-day…

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Remand Today In Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 7

Because a magistrate cannot attend, James Walter Johnson, 26, charged with the murder of Harry Nelson, a half-caste, will be remanded at…

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The Police Force

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 4

HAVING decided to issue a new Royal Commission to Judge Markell, who recently probed a number of starting-price betting prosecutions. the State Government should not restrict the inquiry to tho hearing of inspector Fergusson's evidence in the Mowids case and the…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 9

Before the Deputy Registrar: At 10.15 a.m.. Shell Co. of Australia. Ltd., v Powles; at 10.35 a.m.. Higgs v Woods: at 10.55 a.m., Clampett [?]. Browne; at 11.40 a.m., Ace Amph[?]ers. Ltd.. v…

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Court Sidelights

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 4

WITNESS (in case of alleged drunken driving): His breath smelt of liquor. Police Prosecutor: What kind of…

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Sent to S. Army Home Domestic Convicted Of Stealing

The Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 8

Isabel Ellen Mary Newman (23), domestic, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having, at Newcastle on January 2, stolen a pair…

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