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Courts & crime, 1938

8,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Butcher Didn't Mince Words; Court Turmoil

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 7

MR. PARKER, S.M., sat back with a hopeless gesture in the Paddington Court yesterday. Simultaneously three men--an Australian, an Englishman, and a…

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Girl Found Dead. Cord on Neck. Murder Charge. Medlow Bath Tragedy KATOOMBA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 11

The body of June Clemenger, 20, who had been employed at the Hydro Majestic Hotel, Medlow Bath, for about three weeks, was found to-day under…

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Court Holidays. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

Sir,—The long vacation is now in full swing. it endures for many weeks There are other vacations in the year, during which the Courts are shut. In addition, every Saturday is "off."…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 17, 1936, Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

In Divoree.— Before Mr. Acting Justice Edwards.- In the Divorce court.—At 10 a.m.—Causes Booka[?] v Bookalii; Button v Button; Vyner v Vyner; Montgomerie v Montgomerie; Phillips v…

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City Fire. Leather Factory Destroyed. Prisoners Taken From Police Cells

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 11

A fire swept through the premises of Pizzey Pty., Ltd., tanners and leather merchants, in Wilmot Street, city, early this morning…

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Death of Police Officer. Charge Against Woman Dropped. PERTH, Firday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 18

The Crown has decided not to proceed against Mrs. Margaret Louise Dunlop, who was committed for trial on a charge of having unlawfully killed Stanley Russell Lewts, chief…

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Murder Charge in Medlow Case Young Woman Strangled BY Piece Of Cord KATOOMBA

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 1

A CHARGE of murder has been preferred against Ronald Stuart Young, 24, clerk, of Oxford Street, Newtown, in connection with the death of Miss June Clemenger, 20, typist, employed at the Hydro-Majestic Hotel, Medlow Bath, whose body was found…

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Mystery of the Week He Did It With His Little Axe "Murder In Crown Passage"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

Length of Course.. .. ..251 pages Bogey for Solution .. .. Page 208 A PROVOCATIVE point is raised by Mr. Miles Burton…

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Bomb Outrage; Man Wounded Sleeping Child Escapes Police Rush to Wreckage Ingham

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 4

ANOTHER bomb outrage occurred in North Queensland this morning. At 1 a.m. a bomb wrecked the…

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Queensland Ship Pilots Complain Of Sweating But Court Won't Act

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 4

THOUGH Queensland pilots frequently have to put in as much as 120 hours on duty a week, the Industrial Court of that State has refused to grant Merchant Service Guild's request for a 44-hour week for pilots…

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£40,000 Damage In City Fire Police Station Endangered Prisoners Taken From Cells To Safety

The Sun · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 3

DAMAGE estimated at £40,000 was caused early to-day by a fire which gutted the Pizzey Pty., Ltd., building, Wilmot-street, city. Only strenuous efforts of 100 firemen prevented the…

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New Crisis in France. Chautemps Ministry's Fall. Socialists Are Blamed for Troubles. Strikers Clash With the Police on the Boulevards. PARIS, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 11

The French Ministry headed by M. Chautemps has resigned, as the outcome of the crisis arising from the financial situation, the instability of the franc, and the social unrest. The cause of the Ministry's fall was the resignation of the…

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Knocked Him Down Then Charged Him With Assault

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 22

PACKING a hefty punch, and knowing his fights and fighters, Isidore Marks, Bankstown tailor, appeared at the Campsie…

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"Ninepence-a-Mile" Assault

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 25

HOW a "ninepence-a-mile" taxi-driver from Brighton-le-Sands had followed her into a city store, slapped her face and pinched her arm after she had refused to hire him was related by a smartly-dressed young woman, Miss June Andrew, of Pott's Point, at the Central Summons Court last week…

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Murder in the Bathroom!

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 3

[?] wasn't the usual sort of murder, it was done in self-defence. Millions of deadly dental decay germs were…

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Gaol for Life Child Attacker Will Not Hang

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 14

VICTOR EMMANUEL WILSON, sentenced to death for an assault on a little girl last September, will not now mount the gallons. Last week…

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"Worst Crime in the Annals of the State" Vampire Murder Is Not Solved What "Miss X" Said to the Police Roberts Is Cleared By The Coroner

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 19

AT 8 a.m. on November 28 the body of unfortunate Dorothy May Everett, 27-defiled in a way which would make the fate of many other victims of…

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Three Police Back Who Will Pay The Damages?

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 35

THE Government has decided to reinstate the three dismissed police officers—Detective-sergeant L. A. Dimmock…

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"Turf Champs." in the Milk Bar Waitress Before the Court Said She Carried Out Instructions

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 22

A PROSECUTION involving a ball-game known as "Turf Champs" in a King's Cross milk-bar was begun against a waitress at the Central Sumons Court last week. The…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

At 132 George street North (corner Argyle Street) —Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m. on Monday, January 17, 1938—For hearing[?] Gullen v Collins: Maloney v Shorcheff; same v…

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