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Courts & crime, 1937

8,720 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

To Murder Spanish Leaders Trotskyist Plot Revealed

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 2

The world-wide counter-revolutionary activities of Trotskyism are revealed by a startling report from Spain…

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Bail Is Refused in Murder Charge Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 13

Mr. Justice Maclarian to-day refused an application for ball by Antonio Barbara, of North Melbourne, lending, his trial on a charge of…

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Forgery and Theft. Man Admits Guilt on 17 Charges. AUCKLAND. Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 14

Seventeen charges of forgery and theft, involving more than £ 1300, were admitted by William McKinnon, 44. a mercantile broker, at Gisborne…

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Wedderburn Murder. Woman's Description of Missing Husband. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 14

Police investigating the Wedderburn murder were informed to-day by Mrs. Lindsay, of Shepparton,that she thought that the body found in the shaft was that of her husband…

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Wednesday, February 3. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 6

Causes List.—Vacation Causes in the Banco Court —At 10 a.m. Lees v Attwill. Notice to jurors: The jurors summoned to attend Vacation Causes for Wednesday February 3, are required to attend…

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Impersonation Alleged Police Say Wrong Man Imprisoned

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 9

That he had been responsible for "a public mischief" was tho charge brought against Thomas Revelle, 35, dealer, at Central Police Court…

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Phosphate Vessels Ilvington Court Due Newcastle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 4

The Ilvington Court is due at Newcastle next Monday from Fremantle, and will be docked and bunkered, thence to Nauru or Ocean Island to…

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Police Card Disputed "Conviction" Is Denied Newcastle

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 12

FAULTS in the police records system were alleged by a solicitor at the Newcastle Police Court…

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Mystery of Ketch Court Sequel to Disappearance

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 9

RETURNING home to Sydney from Madang on leave, Francis Barclay, a radio telegraphist, joined as…

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Cars Seized by Police Valued at £1800. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 14

Police seised 11 cars, a motor van, and a motor truck, valued at about £ 1800, and motor parts worth about £100 this morning. In the course of the raid the police visited houses…

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Conspiracy for Child Alleged Strange Court Story Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 1

Because legal difficulties prevented her from adopting a child she wanted, a woman arranged for her sister to impersonate her in necessary court…

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"Inside Europe" Banned in Germany. Police Chief's Action. London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 14

The Chief of Police (Herr Himmler) has banned the book "Inside Europe," a record of present-day Europe by John Gunther…

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Supreme Court. in Chambers. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Windeyer.) Custody of Child

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 6

The hearing was continued of the application by Charles Caldwell Monteith for an order of habeas corpus directing John de Crocombe, Evelyn de Crocombe, and John…

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Law Courts Conducted for the Daily Telegraph by W. A. FLYNN, Retired Stipendiary Magistrate. in Bankruptcy Before the Registrar (Mr. J. T. Keaney). Examinations, Section 68

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 24

Re ERIC EDSTEIN--estate of Eric Alphonsus Edstein, of Kempsey, carrier, sequestration order dated June 30, 1936, on the petition of Homebush Flour Mills, Ltd. Order…

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Court Hears Details From Plotters Germans to Stand Trial Capitalist Press and “Mystery” of Confessions

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 1

MOSCOW, Jan. 27.—Up to the present, seven of the confessed Trotskyist plotters—Piatakov, Sokolnikov, Radek, Laginov, Boguslavsky, Stroiloff and Drobnis—have been examined by Comrade Vyshinsky, the State attorney. The crowded…

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Court's Challenge Is Accepted By Unions Terms of Judge Are Unanimously Rejected by Men Negotiations Are Sought

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 1

UNANIMOUSLY accepting what was described as the challenge of the court and demonstrating the deep-seated unrest in the metal industry, stop-work meetings yesterday of engineers and ironworkers engaged in Sydney waterfront workshops, emphatically rejected terms…

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Racial Clash Threatens in Tropical Sugar Area Alien Bid to Grip Industry Police Ready For Trouble When Cutting Starts Britishers Organise Innisfail

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 9

"FOREIGNISATION" of the sugar coast of North Queensland is the vital issue on the canefields to-day. A racial clash of alien and British cane…

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Today's News Of The World Frown Daily Telegraph Exclusive Correspondents Admit Wrecking, Spying Moscow Court Hears Queer Crime Recital Treason Prisoners Say Innocent Shot MOSCOW

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 3

BEFORE going into secret session to hear evidence of alleged espionage in the Red Army, the Soviet Supreme Court today listened to astonishing admissions of deliberately created train wrecks from…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 9

132 George-street North (corner Argyle-streety[?] Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For Hearing.—The Amalgamated Clothing and Allied Trades Union of Australia v J…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 9

Before his Honor Judge Thomson, in No. 1 court.— At 10 a.m.—All undefended actions, and afterwards the following defended actions:—M. Slmonson Proprietary. Limited, v Commissioner for…

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