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Courts & crime, 1937

8,720 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Murder and Suicide Verdict Mittagong

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 1

A finding that John William Woods, 46, murdered his wife and three young children," on his property at Woodrow Park, on December 9…

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Police Courts. Illegal Betting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 6

At the Kogarah Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Reed, S.M., Reginald Topham, 50, clerk, was fined £20 for having been in Kingsland-road, Bexley, for the purpose of…

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Murder of Doctor. Willowsprings (Missouri). Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 12

It is stated that a man has confessed that he murdered Dr. J. B. Davis, 67, who disappeared a week ago. It was reported yesterday that Dr Davis had been kidnapped…

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Ordeal by Fire for Police Horses

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 4

POLICE REMOUNTS being put through a blazing circle at Centennial Park last night, for the first time, in preparation for the Police Carnival on February 27…

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Police Appeals Dismissal Right Contested Superintendent's "Confidence"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 10

THE Deputy Commissioner of Police (Superintendent T. J. Lynch) yesterday told the Police Appeals Board that he had…

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Asylum After Accident Police Story Of Woman Victim

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 12

Knocked down by a taxi-cab in William-street, city, on December 7, a woman was so badly injured that later she had to be taken to an…

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District Court. (Before Judge Thomson.) Motor Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 6

Arthur Francis Schacht, of Canterbury-road, Campsie, sued E. O'Sullivan, of Clark-street, Peakhurst, for £30 for damage to a motor car resulting from a collision at the…

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Police Hound W.w. Sellers Try to Intimidate Purchasers

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 1

BRISBANE. — Practically every member of our Workers’ Weekly street-selling brigade was approached by the police on…

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Italian in Court. Charge by Relatives. GRIFFITH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 6

G. Agostino, an Italian irrigation settler, appeared before Mr. Harris, P.M., at the Griffith Police Court yesterday, in unusual circumstances. His relatives had issued an…

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Blind, Deaf Mute Could Not Testify in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 1

A PARTLY-BLIND deaf mute was the principal witness yesterday in a case at the Traffic Court. As he was unable to take the oath, Mr. Farrington, S.M.,…

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Law Notices. Friday, February 5. Commonwealth Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 6

Before his Honor Judge Beeby, at Commonwealth Arbitration Court, Darlinghurst.—At 10 a.m.: In re Metal Trades Award—applications for variation re marginal rates…

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Another Plant Seized Women Aid Strikers in Battle Against Police

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3. — Strikers seized one of the largest Chevrolet plants in Flint (Michigan) following clashes with scabs,…

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Men Jump Out of Window Police Raid On Sports Club

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 12

Following a raid by police in the Acme Sports Club in South-parade, Auburn on January 23, John Rogers (29), was fined £50 in Parramatta…

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Police and Liquor Laws. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 8

Sir,—I think that Mr. Piggott, general secretary of the New South Wales Temperance Alliance, whose letter upon the above subject appears in to-day's "Herald," has besn unfair…

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Dismissal Appeals by Police Sequel To Report On S.P. Betting

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 6

SUPERINTENDENT T. J. LYNCH, Deputy-Commissioner of Police, giving evidence at tho Police Appeals Court yesterday, stated that in view…

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Police Chief Chased. Angry Strikers. City Terrorised. Flint (Michigan), Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 11

Although a conference, with the object of restoring peace in the automotive industry, was convened as a result of the secret intervention of…

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Dismissal of Police. Appeals Begun. S.P. Betting Report Sequel. Commissioner's Powers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 11

Sergeant C. J. Chuck and Constable E. I. Bailey, before the Police Appeals Board yesterday, began their appeals against their dismissal from…

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Farmer Holds Police at Bay Arrest Drama on Lonely Farm Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 2

THE dramatic arrest of William Joseph Fox, farm manager for the Crown Lands Department, on a farm in the…

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Move for Increase in Wages Joint Application To Court By All Unions Next Month

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 5

IT is probable that early next month the Full Bench of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court will commence the hearing ol a joint…

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Police Department's Interest In Youth Movement Proposed Club Outlined at Council Meeting."home Life and the Modern Age."

The St George Call · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 2

With a view to mating every boy a better boy and help bun on the road to good citizenship, the Police Department to organise a…

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