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Courts & crime, 1939

6,973 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

New Walk Record World Time Set by Stubbs Nearly Missed Start At Police Gala

The Sun · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 8

World record figures for a mile walk were broken by Athol Stubbs (Eastern Suburbs) in a handicap race at the Police Carnival at the Showground to- day when he finished…

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Law Report. Causes in No. 5 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Owen and jury.) Malicious Prosecution Alleged. Smith v Commonwealth Life Assurance Society, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 6

This action is reported elsewhere. Mr. J. W. Shand and Mr. N. Jenkyn (instructed by Messrs. C. Don Service and Co.) appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Dovey,…

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Police Officer Is Shot

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 1

Lionel George Guise, 25. of Dulwich Hill, a police, constable, attached to Newtown station, was found lying in Don-street,…

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Compensation For Reinstated Police

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 3

Financial compensation is to be made by the Government to four dismissed police constables whom it has decided to reinstate…

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Court Machine Gun

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 27

You don't need an opponent or a coach to practise tennis if you have this machine. The invention of a young Caulfield (Victoria), man, the machine fires halls at which you can piny all sorts of strokes--volleys, half-volleys, lobs and ground shots…

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Police Give Fine Display At Carnival

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 10

Highlights of the Police Carnival at the Showground yesterday were the changing of the guard by police dressed as…

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Proud Horses In Spectacular Police Parade

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 13

Shimmering horseflesh as the Mounted Policemen move into formation--one of the most spectacular items on yesterday's big Police Carnival programme at the Showground…

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Yesterday's Weddings.. Court Headdress Worn

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 12

FOR her marriage yesterday, at St. Mary's Basilica, with Mr. Louis Martin Mich[?]s, Miss Gladys Muriel (Bobble) Beattie wore a…

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'Decameron' Classed As Indecent By Police AUCKLAND

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 2

The decency of the classic, "The Decameron," was challenged in the Police Court today, when the principal city…

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2 Charged with Murder

The Sun · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 1

Charged at Central Police Court to-day with having murdered Constable Lionel George Guise yesterday at…

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Assault on Taxi Driver

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 1

Bertram Carr, 54, taxi-driver, was savagely attacked by two men at Mascot early yesterday. He had refused to hand over the taxi…

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May Appeal Against Murder Conviction

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--An appeal may be lodged against the conviction of George Green, 38, chimney-sweep for the murder of Miss Annie Constance…

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Driver Fined; Police Upheld

The Sun · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 3

Picking a small coin up from the floor was one of the tests which Roy Alfred Brokensha, 36, traveller, was asked to do by a doctor, who tested…

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Court Move Over Hotel

The Sun · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 8

Action which is expected to bring to an issue the protracted negotiations over the signing of a 60-year lease, involving the erection of a hotel…

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Police Carnival. Colourful Pageant. 50,000 People Watch Varied Events

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 13

The sixth annual police carnival was held in brilliant sunshine at the Show-ground on Saturday. The attendance was estimated at more than 50,000…

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Filthy Book, Say Police Literary Classic, Says Professor AUCKLAND

Daily News · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 2

Auckland police think Boccaccio's classic The Decameron, is a filthy book. A big Auckland library was prosecuted…

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Rioting in Poland. Students Clash with Police. Anti-Nazi Feeling. WARSAW, Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 11

The anti-Nazi riots in Poland have now extended to Lwow (Lemberg), Vilna, Posen, and Cracow. Students at all the Polish…

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Police Provide Spectacular Entertainment at Annual Carnwal — Grace and Speed in Harbour Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 14

Chariot-racing at the New South Wales Police Carnival at the Showground on Saturday. A human pyramid, built by police athletes at the carnival on Saturday Waitangi (left) and Nyria racing in the…

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Mr. Justice Cantor. May be Appointed to Federal Court. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 10

Mr, Justice Cantor is strongly tipp[?] in well-informed Federal cireles as the successor to the late Judge Dethridge on the Federal Arbltration Court. His name was mentioned…

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Own Gun Kills Policeman Man Shot, Runs Away; Two Arrests Police Constable Lionel George Guise

Daily News · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 1

26, was fatally wounded when his service revolver was discharged in a struggle with a man he was trying to arrest at Enmore early yesterday. Despite a desperate fight to save his life--five…

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