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Courts & crime, 1938

8,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Stock and Wool Stealing. Heavier Penalties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

"Outback" writes:— Owing to the prevalence of stock and wool stealing, it is interesting to notice that a young man was recently fined a small amount and…

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Truck Murder Inquest Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 1

The inquest into the murder of the Essendon truck driver, John Thomas Demsey, will begin to-morrow. Demsey's body was found partly buried…

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Police Officers Ill

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 6

Inspector E. Burke, of Dubbo, who is an inmate of the Mater Miserleordiae Hospital, was in a serious condition last night. Det-Sergt Eaten…

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Disease Spreads in South Australia Govt. Is Charged

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 1

ADELAIDE.—Infantile paralysis, which has been epidemic in Victoria since July, has spread to Tasmania and now to South Australia. By December 20 almost 40 cases, several of them very severe, had occurred in a few weeks. There were 24 new…

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Police Re-instatements Expected

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

A Government announcement that Det.-Sergt. Dimmock and Detectives Law and Tyler, who were dismissed from the police force following legal…

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Grafton Police Chief Dies

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 8

Inspector E. Burke, officer-incharge of Grafton police, died early to-day in the Mater Misericordiae Hospital. North Sydney…

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£20,000 Jewel Theft Woman On Charge Of Receiving LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

Marion Cooper was charged at the Old Bailey under the name of Jessie Rubin, with her sister, Sarah Kornbluth, with having received £20,000…

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Wednesday, January 5. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 4

In Chambers.—Before Mr. Justice Maxwell.—in No. 7 causes Court.—At 10 a.m.; Attorney-General v Bowaters and Lioyds Sales, Ltd., to dispense with pleadings etc.; Permanent Trustee Co…

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Busy Year at Central Court

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 3

Statement for 1937 issued by the C.P.S. at the Central Police Court shows that 180 first offenders were dealt with, and 338 persons who…

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Border Patrol Changes Police Trainees To Leave Soon

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 8

The police border patrol, sent on August 26 to the Victorian border to prevent infantile paralysis carriers from entering this State, will be…

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Nazis Upset. Bold Opposition. Leaflet Flood in Germany. Fra[?]tic Police Raids. LONDON, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 7

The dreaded Nazi secret police, without warning, has raided thousands of houses, offices, and flats throughout Germany in a desperate…

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Law Notices. Tuesday, January 4. Royal Commission on Former State Undertakings. In the Banco Court. At 10.30 a.m. Industrial Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 4

Before the Industrial Registrar.—At A.P.A. Chambers, 53 Martin Place, Sydney.—For variation of awards—Act No. 9 of 1937. section 4 (6).—At 11.30 a.m.; Re Industrial Agreement No. 1066…

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Hundreds Of Motorists Flout 30 m.p.h. Speed Limit Many 'Booked' by Police Object to Slow Drivers Claims Made That Cutting-in Necessary Races Rush

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

THE 30-miles-an-hour speed limit was flouted by hundreds of motorists yesterday when main roads carried the heaviest traffic of the…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 6

132 George Street North (corner Argyle STree[?] Sydney.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: [?] Armstrong v Rowsell and Clucas Pty.,…

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Man Fined for Assault. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 12

Herbert James Hortell, 27, was fined £3 at Goulburn Police Court for assault, and 10/ for trespassing on railway property. It was stated that Hortcil boarded a goods train…

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Police Promotions

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 10

The Executive Council to-day approved of the following police promotions: Sergeants. 1st Class, R. J. Kemp, A. Surridge, H. E. Cannell,…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 6

Before the Registrar.—At 10.15 a.m.: Segal v Ninon. At 10.30 a.m.: Reading v Davis. At 10.40 a.m.: Phillips v Trier…

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Coroner Orders Man to Court Stocking Murder Inquest How Victim Was Found Strangled Newcastle, Tues

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 1

A FEATURE of the inquest on the victim of the "stocking murder," Dorothy May Everett, 27. which was resumed to-day,…

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Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 6

Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy, 7th floor, Commonwealth Bank Building, 112 Pitt Street, Sydney. —In Chambers,—Taxation of costs.—At 2.30 p.m.: Re Hill…

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Supreme Court Bench

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 1

The Executive Council to-day extended the appointment of Mr. H. G. Edwards as Acting-Judge of the Supreme Court for six months from…

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