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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

6,973 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

Arabs Kill British Chief Of Police

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 3

JERUSALEM, Monday.--District Police Superintendent Sanderson (44) was killed yesterday. Arabs ambushed his car between…

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Police Open Goods Cases Perth

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 3

Detectives for hours to-day unpacked three large cases containing goods which recently arrived at Fremantle…

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Soviet Police on Framing Charge Moscow

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

Five officials of the Russian secret police are being tried at Kiev on charges of having made illegal arrests. It is alleged that they framed innocent…

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Man Shot Dead in Struggle. Murder Charge Follows. NARRANDERA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 9

When Ernest Hough, 44, was charged at the Narrandera Police Court to-day with the murder of his brother-in-law, Daniel Moon, it was stated that a…

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Dalfram Is at Sea Surprise Move Police At Coaling

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

Held up at Port Kembla since November 15, the steamer Dalfram slipped away from the wharf there…

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Bushfires on Four Fronts. Suspicious Outbreaks. Police Investigating. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 10

Police are investigating a report that there were suspicious circumstances in an outbreak of bushfires on four fronts, which menaced about 20 homes in the…

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"Drove Car Asleep at Wheel" Court Story Of Collision

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 3

A remarkable allegation that a collision between a milk cart and a car had been due to the car driver falling asleep at the steering wheel, was made by police at the Traffic Court to-day…

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Holiday Motoring Hold-Up Two-hour Wait at Outdated Ferry Good Police Work At Hawkesbury

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 2

Although congestion at Peat's Ferry was less than on other holidays, many motorists were held up…

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Charged with Theft of 10d

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 10

On a charge of having assaulted Ernest Harold Brown in the Sydney Domain on Christmas Day and robbed him of 10d. James Pollard. 42…

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Stop Press Constables Charged with Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Tuesday. -- Four British constables are on trial for the premeditated murder of an Arab-- allegedly shot under the pretext that…

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Fined £5 for Stealing Pegs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 7

For having stolen seven clothes pegs and a pair of socks, Donald George Carpenter, 35, was fined £5 at Hornsby Court yesterday…

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Driver Charged After Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 2

A passenger was injured when a car collided with a car and a towing truck at Battle Bridge, Ashfield, last night. Joseph Michale McGlion, 18, on…

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Wounding Case Maltese Charged

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 8

Charged at Central Court to-day with having feloniously wounded Thomas McGrory, with intent to murder, Orazio Baldacchino. 67, a…

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Gipsy Girl Denies Theft of £3210-

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 7

Rosie Stevens, 22, wearing Gipsy dress, was remanded from Central Police Court yesterday to Hobart on a charge of having stolen £3210 from Leile…

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Misses Gaol Sentence Second-Offence Bettor

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 3

A second offence street bettor escaped a six months' sentence today at Newtown Court by Mr. Harrison, S.M., substituting a £20 good…

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Three Youths Charged. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 9

Three youths, one aged 17 and the other two 16, were charged at West Maitland Court to-day with breaking and entering. Evidence was given that the manager of…

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No Bail in Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 4

NARRANDERA, Tuesday. -- Ernest Charles Hough, 44, dairy farmer, remanded yesterday on a murder charge, was again remanded today…

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Court Sidelights

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 8

MR. ROACH (Central): If the 16 defendants were stood on their heads not 20 would fall from them. CONSTABLE (giving evidence against…

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Portable Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 16

Jack Crawford said yesterday that the professional matches in America are played on a portable rubber composition surface…

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Girl Stabbed; Murder Case Brisbane

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 1

Evidence of the discovery of a terribly-wounded girl in a tent at Seaforth, a beach resort, was given in the Mackay Court to-day. when…

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