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Courts & crime, 1937

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Police Seek Woman

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 2

Detective-Sergeants Bowie and McRae, of the C.I.B., would like to get in touch with a woman at North Sydney who may have received a visit…

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Districk Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 10

Before his Honor Judge Thomson, in No. 1 Court.— At 10 a.m.: Jones and another v Dukes (part heard), Warren v Cox, Croft and another v Thompson, jun., Yellow Cab Company of…

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Court Sidelights

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 7

WITNESS (in Small Debts Court): How could I stop him? He's a bushranger. He does what he likes. MAN (appearing for defendant at the…

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Youth Is Bound Over Guilty Of Common Assault

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 18

Allegations that police had obtained a statement by unfair methods were made in the Quarter Sessions, Darlinghurst, to-day, before…

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Consorting with Criminals John Finnie Charged At Redfern

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 18

John Joseph Finnie. 34, laborer, was charged at the Redfern Police Court to-day with having consorted with reputed criminals on August 17…

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Denials By Jockey Did Not Assault Wife, Says Munro

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 4

DAVID HUGH ("Darby") MUNRO, noted jockey, of Prince Street, Randwick, denied at Central Summons…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 10

Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy, 7th floor. Commonwealth Bank Building, 112 Pitt-street.— At 10.30 a.m.—Examination under section 68: Re Hallet Robertson Hope Bartlett, re Olive Jean…

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In Court Action

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 1

Mrs. Darby Munro, who is suing her husband, the crack Jockey, for an alleged assault, The case is attracting much attention. (See story on page 5.)…

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Police In Raid On 40 Parties

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 7

One hundred police, split into twos and threes, visited simultaneously 40 West End bottle parties, writes a London correspondent…

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Unusual Features in Case Assault Complained Of By Defendant & Policeman "Beer Quest"

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 7

EVIDENCE that he was struck violently a the head and body by the two accused when he jumped on to the running board of a car in…

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Prisoner Shaved in Court London, January 14

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 17

"I CANNOT thank the Court for six years' imprisonment, but I must say I have never been so well shaven in my life." said Jose…

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Law Notices. Wednesday, February 3. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 10

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

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Abandoned Her Child Pathetic Court Story Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 7

Some pathetic features were revealed at the Quarter Sessions to-day in connection with a charge against Phyllis Edna Cowling, of abandoning…

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Police and Liquor Laws. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 6

Sir,—Mr. O. A, Piggott, general secretary of the N.S.W. Temperance Alliance, is an advocate of the strict enforcement of the provisions of the Liquor Act, 1912, and in his…

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District Court. (Before Judge Thomson.) Car Damaged by Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 10

M. Simonson Proprietary, Ltd., of Kent-street, Sydney, sought to recover from the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways £75 for damage to a motor car…

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Murder in Spain. Killing of Clergy. "[?] Bishops Killed." Report from Vatican City. LONDON, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 15

The Vatican newspaper, "Osservatore Romano," reports that, since the beginning of the Spanish conflict, between 40 and 50 per cent. of the entire…

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Replanning Macquarie Street, Sydney Competition for New Law Court's Building

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 6

As a first step towards the remodelling of Macquarie Street, the New South Wales State Government had decided that competitive designs should be called for the hew Law Courts building to be…

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Dismissal Appeals Adjourned Police Cases Will Occupy Some Months S.P. REPORT

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 6

THE opinion that It would probably be several months before the appeal of 15 policemen dismissed as a result of Judge Markell's report on…

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Law Report. Commonwealth Arbitration Court. (Before Judge Beeby.) Boot Trade Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 10

The application for an award by the Australian Boot Trades Employees' Federation was again before the Court. The union Intimated that as the result of…

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Jockey Munro Denies Wife's Charges Crowded Gallery in Court Defendant Refers To Incident At Stadium Men in Taxi

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 5

RACING and boxing followers packed the public gallery at the Central Summons Court yesterday to hear David Hugh (Darby)) Munro,…

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