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Courts & crime, 1939

6,973 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Police Seek Cyclist Road Accidents At Weekend

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 7

Hugh McQuoid, of Rossmore Avenue, Punchbowl, was found beside his ice waggon on Saturday,…

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Double Murder Charge. Deaths of Sisters. Yardman Remanded. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 13

Fabian Raphael Fogarty, 32, yardman, was charged in the Tamworth Police Court, before Mr. A. E. Capp. yesterday, with having murdered Edna…

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The Children's Good Companion Police Interest in Young Citizens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 13

FEW people have a thorough appreciation of the work of that great body, the New South Wales Police Force. That the gallant man…

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Native Police in Papua. Temptation to Kill. Difficulty of Control

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 3

Mr. C. H. Karius resident maqistrate at Kikori, Papua, who is on furlough, and left Sydney on Saturday for Japan, said that one of the principal difficulties facing officials in…

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Envelopes with £50 in Notes Woman's Story In Court

The Sun · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 3

A prisoner, Lance Edward Wilson, giving evidence in the Central Police Court to-day, said he was satisfied that by paying £150 for the Minister of Justice a licence would be issued to him…

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High Court to Decide Validity Of Tax On Flour

The Sun · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 7

Whether recent legislation, imposing a flour tax to provide assistance for the wheat growers, is beyond the powers of the federal Parliament,…

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Police Fire on Rioters. 11 Killed; 19 Injured. MANDALAY[?] Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 12

Twenty-four persons were killed and 69 wounded when the military police fired on a procession of 10,000 people which developed into a riot…

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Riots in India. 15 Killed; 157 Injured. Police Fire on Mob. Cawnpore, Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 12

Hindu and Moslem rioting broke out last night, Moslems objecting to Hindus playing music in front of a mosque. The police fired six times on the rioters,…

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Youth Sentenced for "Mean" Theft. Ring from Girl's Bag

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 5

"This is a particularly mean theft," said Mr. Atkinson, S.M., in the Central Police Court yesterday, when sentencing William Pratt, 18, to a month's imprisonment foi the theft…

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3 Police Charged Sergeant And Constables WOLLONGONG

The Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 3

Three members of the police force appeared before Mr. Balmain, S.M., at Wollongong Court to-day on…

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To Release Prisoner Court Story Of £150 Theft

Daily News · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 2

Clifford Robert Hagan, 37, salesman, was committed for trial from the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of stealing £150 from Lance Edward Wilson…

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German Spy Sentenced. Bordeaux, Feb. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 12

Erick Otto Wendt, a naval engineer, has been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for espionage on behalf of Germany…

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Pretences Charge. Alteration to Stealing. Prisoner's Licence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 12

At the Central Police Court yesterday Clifford Robert Hagan, 37, salesman, who had originally been charged with false pretences, was…

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Daring Shop Theft Culprits Escape From Woman

Daily News · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 1

A woman shop inspector pluckily tackled two men she had seen steal a mantel clock in a Pitt Street department store yesterday. The men entered the jewellery section…

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Country News. Theft of Handbag. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 7

James Anderson, 46, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on a charge of having stolen a handbag, the property of Miss Mary Mulfahey, a boarder at the Central Private…

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Court Sidelights

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 8

POLICE Prosecutor (at Central):Where was the offence committed? Deposition Clerk: At Bungle Gully, wherever that is…

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Police Fire on Rioters

Daily News · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 3

BOMBAY, Monday.-- The British district Superintendent of Cawnpore was injured in riots at Cawnpore, when police fired on the crowd. SLipore, when police fired on the crowd…

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Police Gala At Show Gd

Daily News · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 10

A FEAST of spectacular and novel entertainment will be presented at the N.S.W. Police carnival, to be…

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Signature Destroyed, Court Told

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 7

The Bankruptcy Court was told yesterday that Ernest Frederick Leggo, a bankrupt, had grabbed a piece of paper…

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Police Dogs at Lunch for Girls

The Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 14

TWO guests of honor at Farmer's business girls luncheon to-dav had nothing to say, but they received more applause than the most…

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