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Courts & crime, 1939

6,973 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250

Said Landlady Was Bitten Court Sequel To Quit Notice

The Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 5

Exhibiting what he said were bruises--the result of bites--on his client's arms, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, at Paddington Court to-day, protested…

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Suit Tried on in Court. Adjustments Ordered. Customer Sues Tailors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 12

Claiming that a suit of clothes which had been made for him by D. Blackman and Co., tailors, of Park Street, Sydney, was unsatisfactory[?] Arthur Connelly, a hoist driver of…

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Police Raid Houses. Search for Evidence on Bombing Plot. LONDON, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 17

Thirty detectives and 10 car loads of police made mass raids on houses in Manchester during the night. It is believed that they seized documents relating to the recent…

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Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Acting-Justice Hardwick.) Decree Absolute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 11

A decree nisi was made absolute in the following suit: Adeline Joyce Harris v Charles Thomas Harris. The question of custody was stood over…

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Miners Protest to Judge Objection to Remark in Court Wholesale Condemnation Was Not Meant

The Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 2

A protest against Judge Drake-Brockman's use of the words "dishonest miners" in the Arbitration Court yesterday was made by Mr. W. Orr, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, when the Court…

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Theft in Arcade Is Alleged Chase by Police; Court Told

The Sun · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 20

Evidence of a police chase after a man seen climbing over a gate at Sydney Arcade was given in Central…

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Assault on Police Alleged Offence at Cabramatta

The Biz · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 9
Also in Liverpool News

Before Mr. Bliss at Liverpool Police Court on Monday, James Augustine Weir was charged with indecent language at Cabramatta cn December 24, and with…

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Housebreaker Charged

The Propeller · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 3

Before Mr. Thornton, S. M., at the Kogarah Police Court last Friday, a man was charged with breaking and entering the home of Doris Rose…

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From Gaol to Camp

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 10

A wider replacement of gaols by prison camps, which the Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin, has just announced, will constitute another step forward in…

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Court Sidelights

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 8

MAGISTRATE, at Paddington Court wishing to know how long case will last): How many witnesses have you? Defendant: I've only cot one, but I…

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Police Say Youth Had Gun

Daily News · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 5

A youth who was arrested near Mary Immaculate Church, Waverley, yesterday was later charged with carrying an unlicensed pistol…

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Man Punished Twice Civil and Naval Charges for Same Offence. Magistrate's Comment

The Broadcaster · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 2
Also in The Biz

"I do not like to see a man punished twice for the same offence." said Mr. Harwick, S.M., in the Parramatta Police Court on Friday, when he was told that…

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Police Hunt Leopard "New" Golf Dress

The Sun · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 13

POLICE AND FARMERS armed with guns and revolvers selling out on an 18- hour search for a leopard which escaped from a private zoo near Paignton, Devonshire, England. The animal was enticed into a trap. FORMER QUEEN OF SPAIN, Queen En[?], being welcomed by her son, Don…

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Appointed Jo U.S. Supreme Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 5

THE APPOINTMENT of this man to the U.S. Supreme Court was taken in U.S.A. as an indication of President…

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New Judge. Compensation Court. Mr. Moffitt Appointed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 13

The Executive Council yesterday appointed Mr. H. W. Moffitt a Judge of the Workers' Compensation Co[?]mission, the appointment to date from yesterday…

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D. J. Bush in Court. Woolcott-forbes Case. Conspiracy Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 12

Douglas Jowett Bush, 30, former secretary of the Producers' and General Finance Corporation, Ltd., appeared in the Central Police Court…

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Explosives Case. Irish Men and Women in Court. LONDON, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 12

There was a strong police guard at the Manchester Police Court to-day when the seven Irishmen and two Irish women, who had previously been charged with the…

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Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Hardwick.) Decrees Absolute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 7

Decrees nisi were made absolute in the following suits:—David Dawson, petitioner, v Hilda Dawson, respondent, Charles Caldwell, co-respondent; Norman Wellesley Atkinson,…

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