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Courts & crime, 1937

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Court Warrant Issued Bankrupt Fails To Appear

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 5

A warrant for the arrest of Littleton Heady Blunt, formerly a medical agent, now a traveller, was Issued today by the Acting-Registrar in…

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15 Charges Listed Ex-solicitor in Court

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 6

FORMER solicitor, Alexander Stanley Gourlay, 47, appeared at the Central Police Court to-day on 15…

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Charge of Intent to Murder. Prosecutor's Statement. "Remark Passed About a Lady."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 17

John Joseph Abrahams, 18, wood turner, was charged at the Kogarah Police Court yesterday, before Mr. stevenson, S.M., with having feloniously wounded Arthur Bradstock at…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 8. Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 8

Before his Honor Mr. Justice Lukin, Federal Judge in Bankruptcy, 7th floor, Commonwealth Bank Building, 112 Pitt-street.—At 10.30 a.m.—For judgment: Re William Henry John Mars…

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Drunk and Disorderly Man Fined at Kogarah Court

The St George Call · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 1

At Kogarah Police Court on Tuesday, 5th inst., Arthur Copp, dentist, 49. was charged with that, on the 31st December, he was found drunk and…

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Constable’s Fate People’s Protest Can Jolt Police Leaders

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 3

SYDNEY, Jan. 6.—The fate of Constable M. Miller, who was framed and demoted by police associates for refusing to give false…

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Agricultural Instructors Seek Beffer Recognition Case Being Prepared for Court

The Land · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 9

THERE is a strong feeling of discontent among officers of the Department of Agriculture at the treatment received from the Public Service Board, particularly in regard to salaries…

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Noise on Tennis Court. Screeching Women and Bashing of Bails

The St George Call · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 1

Complaining that the banging of balls and the screeching of tennis players from a nearby tennis court was keeping him and his wife awake till…

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4 Boys Believed Drowned Clothes Found in Park Police Drag Water No Trace

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 1

FEARS are held that four boys have been drowned following the discovery of clothing in Leichhardt Park, near Long…

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Worst of English 'Flu Is Over 1400 London Police Off Duty LONDON

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 7

There were 325 deaths in England and Wales last week from influenza and primary pneumonia, 128 occurring in London, but the most virulent…

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Law Report. Federal Bankruptcy Court (Before Mr. Justice [?]ukin) Creditor's Petition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 8

Re Amy Dumas (also known as Amy Peterson), ex parte Louis Grcenste[?]n. Adjourned until to-day. Mr. Kahn for the petitioner, and Mr. Marks for the debtor…

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Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Windeyer.) Decree Absolute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 8

A decree absolute was pronounced in the suit of Charlotte Marion Smith v John Alexander Thomas Smith…

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Drug Traffic Stamped Out by Police No Arrests for Illicit Trade or Addiction to Cocaine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 7

DRUG trafficking in Sydney has been practically stamped out by the Police Drug Squad: during 1936 there was not one arrest for illicit trading in cocaine or deadly narcotics. Further, not one case of…

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Delay in Extension of G.P.O. Court Must Decide Compensation And Price Not This Year

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 9

BEFORE any move can be made to extend the G.P.O. Building, the court must decide the value of the land which has been acquired for…

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Tin of Poison. Man Charged With Intent to Murder. "Marriage Opposed."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 18

A young woman gave evidence at the North Sydney Police Court yesterday that she and a young man, whose parents had refused them permission…

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Motorist Charged. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 14

Thomas Henry Reilly, of Saratoga, was fined £10, in default 20 days' imprisonment, by Mr. Carr Boyd, P.M., at the Gosford Court to-day on a charge of having driven a…

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Law Report. Federal Bankruptcy Court (Before Mr. Justice Lukin.) Gaol for Bankrupt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 14

Re William Henry John Marks: The case is reported in another column. Mr. Badham (instructed by Messrs. Creagh and Creagh) appeared for Marks; and Mr. Jamieson…

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Traffic Cases. Increase During 1936. Water Police Court Figures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 14

A substantial increase in the number of cases dealt with by the Water Police Court, the main traffic Court of Sydney, in 1936, compared with that of previous…

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Charge of Assault. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 14

Charged at the Gosford Police Court to-day with having unlawfully assaulted Harold Connolly, fisheries inspector, at Woy Woy, on December 4, Alfred Thomas Watson, relief…

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Wounding of Melb. C.I.B. CHEF Two Men Charged By Police Case in May

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 5

Charges were filed at the city Watchhouse to-day against William John Cody, 29, laborer, of King St, Melbourne, and Geoffrey Davies, 32…

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