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Courts & crime, 1939

6,973 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250

Loved by Two Court Story Of Woman

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 10

"Do you realise what you've done? You took my wife from me, and I love her."…

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Saywell Alimony £18 WEEK Order Made By Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 4

Alimony of £18 a week and free use of a house at Strathfield were granted Mrs. Muriel Mindin Saywell yesterday by…

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Eric Campbell To Fight Case In Full Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 5

Eric Campbell, Sydney solicitor and business man, will give evidence to show cause why he should not be struck off the roll…

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Accommodation at Plaza Hotel. Licensing Court to Hear Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 13

In the Licensing Court yesterday the licensing magistrate, Mr. Laidlaw, issued a summons ordering Walter Ross Weekes, licensee of the Plaza Hotel, to appear on March 20…

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Applause in Moscow Court. Is the Purge Ending? (Published In "The Times.") MOSCOW, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 11

For the first time in an[?] treason trial in Moscow the spectators applauded the defence This occuned when M. Kommodoff, counsel for Mikhail Vosnissensky, the chief wireless…

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Gaol on Theft Charges "Stand-Over" Man Alleged

The Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 9

He is a man of most undesirable character," said Mr. Oram, S.M. at North Sydney Court to-day, when he sentenced Patrick Joseph Cooney. 44…

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Two Gaoled for Theft

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 3

Some groceries, vegetables, and milk were left by tradesmen at the residence of Charles Montague Harding, North Rocks, on February 20. But they were…

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Police Funeral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 9

The funeral took place at the Rookwood Cemetery yesterday of Constable Lionel George Guise, who was fatally shot on Sunday morning. He had only been in the…

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Gaol for Wanton Driving. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 11

Colin Michel, who was committed for trial at the Wollongong Police Court yesterday on a charge of having inflicted bodily harm on Clement Smith by wanton driving, appeared…

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Lonely Radio Operator Sentenced. Moscow, Feb. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 16

Mikhail Vosnissensky, the chief wireless operator at Tranquillity Bay, in the Soviet Arctic, was sentenced yesterday to 20 years' imprisonment for having sabotaged…

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Remanded on Murder Charge

The Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 3

Timothy Ryan. 44, a laborer, appeared before Mr. Harrison, S.M., at the Redfern Court to-day, on a charge of having, at Redfern, on…

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Court Sidelights

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 9

DEFENDANT (charged at Campsie with having failed to obey a policeman's signal): The constable waved me on. Policeman (demonstrating): I…

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"Black-hand Gang" Letters Sent 12 Months' Gaol

The Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 3

Stanley Raymond Shepherd, 25, laborer, pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day to having…

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Buried With Full Police Honors

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 8

Constable Lionel George Guise, 22, who was shot dead at Newtown on Sunday morning, was buried at Rookwood Cemetery yesterday with full police…

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Police Box Removal Not Favored

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 9

''They have taken away police from the district and it is only half policed. If they remove the police call box from Girraween, there won't be a…

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Another Move for More Police

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 8

Liverpool's worst advertisement is a request for extra police, contended Ald. Chapman at Liverpool Council last week. Despite this, and despite the Police…

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Royal Court At Canberra

Daily News · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 4

I am wondering when Australian Journalism will reach its lowest depths. We are becoming used--though still intolerant--of the propagandist British…

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Two Police Killed in Car Chase

Daily News · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 1

TWO police Safety Bureau cyclists were fatally injured when their motorcycle outfit collided at terrific speed with a meat wagon in Parramatta Road, Flemington, late yesterday…

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Hunt for Car in Police Tragedy

The Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 9

Detectives and uniformed police are seeking the car which was being chased in Parramatta-road, Flemington, last night, when Constables…

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Thrill of Debut at Court

The Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 14

IN view of the fact that the first of their Majesties' courts will this year be held in March, before they leave for America, some…

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