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Courts & crime, 1938

8,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Daring Thief Steals Police Motor Cycle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 2

NEW YORK, December 26. -- For sheer nerve it would be hard to exceed that of a New Westminster thief. He entered the parking area behind…

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Dismissed Police to Be Reinstated Cabinets Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 11

Defective-sergeant L. A. Dimmock and Detectives J.W. Law and W.S. Tyler, who were dismissed from the Police force on October 8, following a…

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Pyjama Girl Inquest Police Still Need Public Help

The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 9

Several women have called at the Sydney C.I.B. within the last few days, and others have telephoned, to say that they might be able to…

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Yugoslav on Murder Charge Alleged He Killed His Half-brother Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 10

"MY brother. My poor brother. He's dead!" was what Sergt Rinaldl said Bozo Gavrolovich, a Yugoslav, cried, when he had led the…

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Man Found to Be Paralysed Walked Into Police Station

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 6

Walking into Hornsby Police Station early yesterday morning, a man stated that he felt ill. Taken to Hornsby District Hospital he was…

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Abandoned Infant. Police to Seek Foster Parents. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 16

Police have been asked to help to decide the fate of Kevin. the child whose mother refused to take him when she left the Colac Maternity Hospital. They may try to…

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Law Notices. Thursday. January 13. 1938. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 7

Prothonotary's Office —Before the Deputy Prothonotary.—At 11 a. m.: Beach v Commissioner for Railways to settle rule. At 11.30 a.m.: Western Finance Co., Ltd., v Hamilton, to settle rule. At…

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Didn't Need Police Here Fine Record of Relief Office

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 1

In the worst years of the depression, Parramatta was the only food relief depot in the metropolitan area which did not call for police…

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1500 Police in City Plan for Crowds Taking All Care

The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 2

FOR the "March to Nationhood" Pageant on January 26, seven and a half miles of police bariers will…

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To Court From the Surf Boy's Decision on Parents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 2

A BOY was called from the surf at Clovelly yesterday to tell Mr. Justice Maxwell whether he preferred to live…

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Death of Police Officer. Woman Motorist Committed for Trial. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 17

The District Coroner, Mr. T. Y. A. Lang P.M., to-day committed Mrs. Margaret Louise Dunlop, an elderly woman, for trial on a charge of having, on December 1, unlawfully…

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Car Driver at Court Accident at Hospital. Total Fines £7

Liverpool News · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 4

At Liverpool Police Court on Monday, Ralph H. Lawrence was charged with having driven a motor car on November 29, at Liverpool, while under the…

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Memory Gone Collapse Of Man In Police Station Strange Talk in Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 2

A MIDDLE-AGED man staggered into Hornsby Police Station at 2 a.m. yesterday, and complained…

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S.P. Men Paid £2000 Work of Police During Year Crime Decrease

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 5

Fines amounting to £2,364 were imposed on S.P. bookmakers in the Parramatta police division during the past year. The Betting Squad…

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To Be or Not to Be Story of Auburn's Court House

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 5

Some months ago, the Minister for Justice (Mr. Martin) is said to have promised Auburn Council that a courthouse would be built at Auburn. It has…

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Law Report. Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Justice Maxwell.) Decrees Absolute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 7

Decrees absolute were pronounced in the following suits:—Lewisa Stephens v Claude Egbert Stephens; Ethel Hazeline Simpson (known as Ethel Hazeline Grounds) v Jack…

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Three Police Back in Former Jobs Pay Will Date Back to Date of Their Dismissal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 1

CABINET decided yesterday to reinstate to their former positions three police dismissed as the result of a jury verdict given against them. The jury had found them guilty…

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Conflicting Stories in Court "Knocked Down," She Said "Split My Lip," He Said

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 5

When she went to serve a notice of demand for certain property on a man with whom she had lived for nine years, she was knocked down, Mrs. Gladys Emily Leach, an attractive divorcee, told Magistrate E. A. Mabony at the Parramatta Police Court…

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Police to Get Back Old Jobs But Cabinet Does Not Decide On £900 Damages Other Matters

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 6

THOUGH state Cabinet yesterday, adopting the recommendation of the Police Appeals Board, decided to reinstate Detective Sergeant L. A…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 5

At 132 George St North (corner Argyle St).—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.: For hearing: King v Moseley. Morgan v Young, Connor v Chiddy, Stone v Linforth, Hart v Clarke…

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