Murder Charge Jury Acquits Pensioner Shooting of Soldier. Sydney
Without calling on the defence a jury at the Central Criminal Court to-day acquitted Esau Henry Curran, 69, an old-age pensioner, on a charge of…
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Courts & crime, 1940
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Sentenced Govt. Employee Gaoled Secret Regulations Information for Communists [?]
Sentence of six months hard labor was imposed on George James Caldwell, a Canberra Government Printing Office employee, at Quea[?]…
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The Premier, Mr. Mair, stated to- night that he would give instructions that the charge of £2163121 being made on the Sydney City Council by…
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Mr. Sheridan, [?] in the Central Court to-day, [?] four aliens including a woman, to gaol for breaches of the National Security Act…
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The Chief Judge, Sir George Beeby, in the Federal Arbitration Court today, gave warning that he would suspend the present hearing of the claims…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germans Taken From Beds Many More Interned City and Country Sudden Swoop by Police. Sydney
Members of the police force and military intelligence officers swooped down on many aliens, mostly Germans, in Sydney and other parts of…
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Ball was refused Douglas Ernest Evans, 26, when he was remanded at the City Court to- day, on a charge of having murdered James Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Communist Plot Allegations At Perth Three Men Charged. Perth
Allegations that Communist party members had been circularised to join A. I. F. organisations in towns where there were many vacancies, in order…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seven- Day Week Police War Effort Following English Example Sydney
It is likely that members of the police force will be asked to consider working a seven- day week as a contribution to the war effort. Other…
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W. J. Holland, of Murwillumbah, at the price of £189146 has secured the contract for alterations to Murwillumbah police station…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police War Effort Forego Weekly Holiday Drive for Patriotic Funds. Sydney
As a contribution to the national war effort more than 1200 members of the New South Wales police force to-day agreed to forego their weekly day off…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anti-italian Riots in England Violent Demonstrations Soho's Pitched Battle Police Round Up Italians. London
Violent anti -Italian riots broke out throughout the country late to-night, as police swooped down, rounding up thousands of enemy aliens…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Round Up Italians in Australia Police Close Food Shops 500 TO 1000 in N .S. W. Guns, Documents Seized. Sydney,tuesday
A military order empowering the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mackay, to close all refreshment shops conducted by enemy aliens in New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FINED £50 Italian Hawker Unlicensed Pistol Sequel to Police Raid. Sydney
When the police raided premises in Riley street, city, yesterday, they found a revolver and 25 cartridges wrapped in a parcel on top of a wardrobe…
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At the Grafton Courthouse yesterday, before Messrs. F. M. V. Earle and H. G. Greenaway, J. sP., Charles Thomas Arken (23) was charged with…
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Frederick James Anderson, 26, caterer, of Brunswick, was charged last night with the murder of John Charles Abraham, 29, who was fatally…
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At the Grafton District Licensing Court, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., yesterday morning, 24 applications for the renewal of publicans licenses, two…
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Numerous people called at Grafton Police Station yesterday following a radio statement, which was also published widely in the press…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Haul the Emmy Within Fascists And Communists Cuns, Bullets, Literature Brisbane
Week -end raids by Commonwealth investigators revealed the startling dimensions of Fascist and Communist organisations in Queensland…
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