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Courts & crime, 1939

6,973 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Police Sporting Carnival

Daily News · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 9

N.S.W. Police Carnival will be held at the Show Ground on Saturday, February 25…

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Court Sidelights

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 10

MR. SHERIDAN, S.M. (to voluble and noisy defendant): Have you had any drink this morning? Defendant: Yes, your Honor. About…

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Burma Crowd Stones Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 3

RANGOON, Friday.--Several policemen and a number of demonstrators were injured when a crowd stoned the police as an arrest was being made…

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Police Check on "The Women"

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 3

A police inspector will attend the Theatre Royal in evening dress tonight, to report on the much-discussed play. "The Women." His…

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Chase at Manly. Police and Stolen Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 19

Police allege that a motor car they chased at Manly late last night travelled at 60 miles an hour, and that a number of people had narrow escapee from being struck…

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Court Insists On Milk Being Shaken

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 6

Milk should be agitated before it is sold. This was emphasised yesterday at North Sydney Court. Failure to agitate milk before it was…

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Strange Baby Left in Cot. Handed to Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 18

Mrs. Florence Nowland, of Macdonald Street, Erskineville, was awakened early yesterday morning by a strange baby crying in the cot usually occupied by her own child, who…

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Secret Patrols on Roads To-day Police Warn Motorists

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 1

Manned by plainclothes traffic policemen, the new Highway Patrol was inaugurated to-day in a determined effort to prevent road tragedies during the holiday week-end…

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Rebuke In Court Woman Who Wrote to Judge

Daily News · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 5

LILY Jane Charlton Vog- well was sternly rebuked by Mr. Justice Lukin in the Bankruptcy Court…

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Road Safety. Appeals for Caution at Week-end. New Police Patrols

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 18

The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, announced last night that 10 of the 21 police patrol trucks, which would be used throughout the State under the new road safety campaign…

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Gaol Scandal--Minister Won't Take Sworn Evidence Challenger--And Challenged Ex-Governor Smith's Grave Charges--Open Inquiry Demanded

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 3

TIGHT-LIPPED L. O. Martin, Minister of Justice in New South Wales, refuses to accept evidence from George F. Smith, former Governor of Goulburn Reformatory, at any…

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Judge's Age. Doubts About Eligibility for Supreme Court. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 18

Although the State Cabinet had decided to appoint Judge Wasley, of the County Court Bench, an acting-Justice of the Supreme Court during the…

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Secrets of the Paris Police Laboratory Most Fantastic Research Department In The World

The World's News · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 18

The research laborattory of the Paris police is one of the strangest places in the world. Right in the…

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Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Hardwick.) ZINK v ZINK

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 10

Frank William Zink, petitioner, v Ina Mildred Zink, formerly Le Jeune, respondent; Henry Walter Pyne, co-respondent. This consolidated suit is part heard…

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Modesty in Court Dresses. Designs as Models. Restricting Low Backs. London, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 18

Among the first duties of the King and Queen when they return to London from Sandringham next week will be to approve four designs as models for dresses to be worn at the…

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Course Bet At Randwick Is Charged

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1939 · page 1

Alleged to have been betting without a licence on the Flat at Randwick Racecourse yesterday, a man was…

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Annual Bounty for Rome Police

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1939 · page 11

Rome traffic policeman receiving his annual bounty of wine and food on Epiphany-- January 6--when the Italians exchange Christmas presents. An idea?…

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Big Stolen Car Trade Police Told Of Organised Racketeering Complaints Made Of Crooked Dealers Defrauding Sellers Of Cars

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1939 · page 7

Evidence which has been supplied to the police and trade organisations indicates the probability that a widespread organisation exists for the fraudulent disposal of used cars, and the marketing of stolen cars after their…

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Police to Report

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 2

Inspector Toole, of Police Headquarters, was present at the opening night of "The Women" at the Theatre Royal on Saturday…

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Police Inquiring on Tumut Death

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 3

Detective-Sergeant Allmond left Sydney to-day for Tumut. where he will take charge of investigations into the death of Michael Downing, 38,…

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