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Courts & crime, 1939

6,973 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 250

Face Trial for Murder of Six

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 3

PARIS, Tuesday.--The trial of Eugene Weidmann, charged with the murder of six people, has been fixed for March 3. Weidmann, a German, after his arrest…

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Carried Razor, Police Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 5

A rusty blade razor, found by police on Baron (Nicola) Truda, was for "other purposes than shaving," the Police…

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Lamb Slates Magistrate Statement to Auburn Doctor "Resentment and Disgust"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 1

Expressing resentment at remarks made at Parramatta Police Court by the magistrate (Mr. Hardwick), to Dr. L. A. Kortum, Auburn Council decided on Monday to ask the Minister for Justice (Mr. Martin) to have "serious cognisance of the extraordinary…

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Says Police Chief Cabaret Habitue

Daily News · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 1

THE Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. J. Mackay, was to be seen at Romano's cabaret "night and day." This was stated by Leon…

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Belbowrie Wreck Marine Court Inquiry

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 4

A Court of Marine Inquiry was held yesterday into the circumstances of the stranding find subsequent foundering of the coastal steamer Belbowrie…

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Extraordinary Says S.M. Police Witnesses Differ

The Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 10

"The evidence for the prosecution is in some ways extraordinary," said Mr. Farrington, S.M., at Paddington Court to-day, in dismissing a…

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Footprint in Garden. Murder Charge. Evidence Against Sweep. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 17

The finding of a footprint in freshly dug earth at the home of Miss Annie Wiseman, 62, of Glenroy, who, with her niece, Phyllis Vivienne Wiseman,…

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Terrier Attacked by Greyhounds Court Sequel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 3

Badly injured when attacked by greyhounds at Auburn on December 31, an Australian terrier was shortly afterwards destroyed by its owner's…

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Restaurant Sued on Wages Claim. Police Commissioner Mentioned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 6

Evidence that he had seen the Commissioner of Police. Mr. Mackay. in Roma[?]'s restaurant on several occasions cu[?]ing the day and night was given in the Chief Industrial…

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Bound Over Teacher in Court Assaulted Pupil

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 4

"Though he betrayed his trust—for parents have to trust a schoolmaster to protect their children—I am loath to send this man to gaol fox his first lapse…

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That Promised Air Court Where Is It?

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 14

WHAT has happened to the permanent Air Court of Inquiry promised on December 12 of last year by the Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr…

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Seaman Claims Damages Problem For Full Court

The Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 3

A point of importance to Australian seamen under the compensation law, was raised in the Full Court to-day. It was argued by Mr. Evatt,…

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"I Shot Them": Man's Alleged Confession Inquest On Station Double Murder TAMWORTH

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 2

An alleged confession by Fabian Rathael Fogarty, 32, a yardman, that he had murdered two girls was tendered at the inquest on them today. The two girls, Edna Muriel Dixon, 24. wife of a…

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Colors May Be Worn at Court London

The Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 5

The Queen has relaxed the tradition that Court dresses must be white. "Colors may be worn, but it is advisable to avoid bright reds and…

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Shot Dead While Fishing Pensioner Hit By Stray Bullet--Police Theory WOLLONGONG

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 1

Believed to have died from natural causes on South Beach yesterday, Alexander Alfred Sharpe, 44, was found today to have been shot. Two men were charged at…

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Belbowrie Sea Mystery Court Cannot Solve It No One Is Blamed

The Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 2

How the steamer Belbowrie became stranded off Maroubra Bay on the night of January 16, may remain another unsolved mystery of the sea…

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Socialists And Nazis In Ugly City Riot Police Use Batons Hunt For Bombs New York

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 1

Patrolmen used their batons in an ugly riot with Socialists at a pro-Nazi rally last night…

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Cleric's Court Costs Not Met VainFight Against Sunday Sport Called 'Man of Straw'

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 7

A clergyman appeared in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, owing money to his church steward…

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Supreme Court. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice. Sir Frederick Jordan, Mr. Justice Hake Rogers, and Mr. Justice Maxwell.) Hire-purchase Agreements. Ex parte Silk, re Chapman Engine Distributors, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 8

This matter is reported in another column. Mr. J. A. Meagher appeared for the applicant; and Mr. G. F. Amsberg (instructed by Messrs. Lieberman and Tobias) for the…

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Riot in New York. Sequel to Nazi Gathering. CROWD of 100,000. Battle With Police. New York, Feb. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 15

Rioting among a crowd which numbered 100,000 occurred all over the Broadway district last night as a sequel to a rally held by the…

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