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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

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

Finance Editor's Column Hampton Court Nets 6.56 p.c

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 12

A RISE of £3560 in revenue of Hampton Court, Ltd., for the year ended June 30 last, as compared with the previous year, was accompanied by a rise of £2076…

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S.m. Criticises Bus Crowding Court Complaint to Go to Transport Commissioner

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 8

When the Transport Department proceeded against private bus owners for overcrowding in the Central Summons Court yesterday, Mr. Arnold, S.M., complained in the strongest terms about the overcrowding of Government…

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Seamen Didn't Help Officers Moved "Dalfram" When Police Flouted the Law Wollongong, Jan. 3

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 4

Supposedly the upholders of the law of the country, police at Port Kembla today broke It themselves. BY REFUSING PAT McHENRY (SECRETARY) AND JIM MACKIE (ORGANISER) OF THE IRONWORKERS'…

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Brave Dimitrov Early Years With Lenin Flashes From Nazi Court' Supreme Respect For Stalin'

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 2

During his trial at the Leipsig frame-up the Swedish trade unions published letters which they had received from…

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Chase at Redfern. Police Hear Woman's Screams. Two Men Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 18

Constables Snelgrove and Mabbott, of the Redfern police, were patrolling Regent Street, Redfern, in a police car early this morning, when they heard a woman screaming in a…

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Charge Four with Assault

Daily News · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 2

"We say that a concerted attack was made on this man, who is not yet able to attend court. Policy prosecutor Sgt. Magnay said this…

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Woman on Charge of Murder

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 3

Monica Mary Swanton, 36, domestic duties, charged at the Central Police Court to-day with murder, was…

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Court Sidelights

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 8

DEPOSITIONS Clerk (reading deposition): Defendant was seen riding on the buffet of the train. Witness: No, not buffet, Buffers…

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More Police Patrols Urged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 18

At a meeting of the council of Associated Motor Transport of New South Wales yesterday, it was decided to ask the Government to increase the police traffic patrol and…

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Port Kembla Dispute. Alleged Assault. Watersiders Complain. Port Kembla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 18

A public meeting at Port Kembla to-night passed a resolution supporting the waterside workers in their refusal to load pig-iron into the…

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Police Bash Wharfmen Wollongong

Daily News · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 1

A BRUTAL and unprovoked assault upon three peaceful waterside workers was made by three policemen at one o'clock this morning in Crown Street. Wollongong…

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Proposed New Police Station Macksville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 10

The Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin, to-day inspected seven suggested sites for a new police station. The original proposal was that the present…

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Police Stop Fish Pond Swim KATOOMBA

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 3

First-class Constables Pratt and Gray were reluming to the police station late the other night, when they saw a…

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Police Attack Alleged Injuries to Three Wharfies Full Investigation Promised

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 5

Allegations that three members of the Waterside Workers' Federation had been assaulted by the police were made today…

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To Fortify U.S.A. Supreme Court Leading Anti-nazi Lawyer Elevated to Bench Washington, Friday. Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 3

A PROFOUND impression has been caused throughout the United States by the appointment of Mr. Felix Frankfurter to the U.S. Supreme Court Bench…

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Fewer in Gaol But People Much the Same

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1939 · page 11

The number of people in New South Wales gaols at the beginning of this year reach a record low, based on the population rate. But G. A. Stevenson, who recently retired from the…

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Mooney Is Free After 22 Years in Gaol San Francisco

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1939 · page 2

Grey-haired Tom Mooney, labor leader who was imprisoned 22 years ago on a bombing charge, last night said farewell to the convict guards at San Quentin prison, with whom he has lived so long…

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Plane Patrol Above Roads Police On Cycles; New Plan

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1939 · page 1

A special patrol of police on fast solo motor cycles and dressed in a distinctive uniform is part of the road safety…

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Mayor Sentenced. Paris, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 11

M. Oscar Carpentier, the Mayor of V[?] ciennes, who is secretary of the Marly Ironworkers' Union, has been sentenced to imprisonment for 15 months on a charge of…

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Gaol for Year Had Revolver

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 7

"While people like you are about there is no such thing as the sanctity of the home; the public has to be…

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