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Courts & crime, 1940

40 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

Gosford Police War Effort Dance At Kincumber

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 1

The members of the N.S.W. Police Force are endeavouring to contribute as much money as they can for the war effort, such as the purchase of…

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Polish "Black Book" Cold Blooded Mass Murder

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1940 · page 3

Massacre, torture, cold-blooded mass murder and the systematic enslavement of women and children by Germans in Poland is exposed in a…

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Police War Effort Kincumber Dance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 1

Gosford Police will conduct a dance at the Kincumber Hall this Saturday night (July 27). Proceeds will go to the N.S.W. Police War…

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Walker Declares His Innocence Statement To Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 4

Ronald Bruce Walker, 42, M.L.A.. for Hawkesbury, and four other men were committed for trial at Central Police Court, Sydney, this week…

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Yarramalong Fight Ends in Court "You Said I Dragged My Brother Out Of His Coffin"

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1940 · page 4

"You and your wife said that I dragged my brother out of his coffin and tried to make him drink beer. Who told you that?"…

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Gosford Police War Effort Police Ball, August 28

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 9 August 1940 · page 3

At a meeting of the Gosford Police it was unanimously decided to conduct social functions to raise money for the Police Commissioner's…

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Dog Poisoner at Work Police Investigating

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 9 August 1940 · page 6

Gosford Police are investigating the wholesale poisoning of dogs in the Peek's Point area. The poisoner is placing poison in sandwiches…

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Gosford Police Spring Ball Two Orchestras Engaged For Coming Function

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 August 1940 · page 1

The Gosford Police spring ball, which is to be held in the Masonic Hall on Wednesday night, August 28. promises to be one of the…

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Gosford Police Spring Ball Stage Set For Big Event To Be Made

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 23 August 1940 · page 5

As it is some years since the Gosford Police staged a ball, Sgt. Windsor and Sgt. Willis, together with other members of their staff,…

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Police Ball Arrangements Complete For To-morrow Night

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1940 · page 5

The Gosford Police has arrangements completed for the Police Ball in aid of the War Fund at the Masonic Hall to-morrow (Wednesday)…

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Police Ball Hall Packed For Memorable Event

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 30 August 1940 · page 1

The crowd that packed the Gosford Masonic Hall last Wednesday night for the ball in aid of the Police Commissioner's War Fund,…

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Stolen Car Found Wrecked at Hornsby Daring Theft

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1940 · page 1

A motor car, stolen from Mann Street, Gosford, early on Wednesday morning last, was found wrecked at Hornsby…

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Died On Train Police Enquiring

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1940 · page 1

A few seconds after Frederick Holdsworth, an elderly man, of 14 Eaton St. North Sydney, had taken his…

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Snowdroppers Caught with Woman's Washing Police Follow Tracks of High Heel Shoes Through Bush

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1940 · page 4

The brazen effrontry of a woman snowdropper's activities at Springfield was described in the Gosford Police Court on Friday. John Frederick Cooper, of Springfield, was brought…

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Police Patrol Is Bringing The Law Home To Motorists Careless Drivers Pay The Penalty

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 3

The Gosford Police Patrol is bringing the law home to careless drivers in no uncertain terms. Each Court day, motorist are…

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Swede Gets Month In Gaol Had Firearm In His Possession

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1940 · page 1

Olaf Algot Gustafson, a Swede, of Woy Woy, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment in the Gosford Police Court on Friday for…

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Youth Facing 14 Charges At Gosford Police Court Today Police Believe They Have Cleared Up Series Of Robberies

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 1

Fourteen charges of breaking, entering and stealing were brought against Adrian Schwartz, 23, carpenter, of Gosford, in the Gosford Police Court this morning and the hearing of the Police evidence was commenced…

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Vandals Wrecking Municipal Parks And Gardens Police To Be Asked To Take Action

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1940 · page 6

Reports of vandalism in the Municipality were read at Tuesday night's meeting of the Municipal Council, Council will ask the Police to take…

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Motorist In A Hurry Gets £3 Fine Speedster's Suggestion To Police

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1940 · page 3

Being in a hurry to get home cost Boyd Michael Levy a £3 fine and 8/- costs at the Gosford Police Court on Friday…

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Magistrate Discharges Defendant Not Guilty Of Receiving

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1940 · page 1

"I have a pronounced opinion that this man should not be put upon his trial," said Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., in the Gosford Police Court on Friday in discharging Albert Ambrose Schwartz, of Gosford, on two charges…

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