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Courts & crime, 1940

4,893 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 245

Assault In Park Story

Daily News · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 1

Calling at Daceyvllle police station early yesterday, a 49-years-old married woman alleged to police that she had been criminally assaulted by…

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Woman's Death. Alleged Altercation. Man Charged. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 9

Several hours after a man had been arrested to-day on a charge of causing grievous bodily harm to Mrs. Mary Alma Dowse, 30, the woman died in the general hospital…

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Police Fire on Cracksmen

Daily News · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 5

TAREE, Sunday.--Disturbed in the Ford Garage, Taree, early yesterday, two men were fired on by police while making a getaway…

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Police Search for Four Men Taree

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 3

Police are searching for four men who fled yesterday when Sergeant Harris and others surrounded a Taree garage, where burglars were…

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Woman's Death Sequel "What, Murder?" Is Alleged Query BRISBANE

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 3

"What murder?" Leonard Harry Kirk, 22, roof tiler, is alleged to have exclaimed when Detective-Sergeant Lloyd read over to him to-day the…

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Police Fire Four Shots. Suspects in Taree Garage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 8

At 1 a.m. yesterday two men were disturbed in the Ford Garage, Taree, but they escaped after four shots had been fired by a police sergeant…

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Communism in Canberra. Police Inquiries Resented. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 8

Efforts by police officials to determine the extent of Communist activity in Canberra have caused a stir in the Canberra Trades and Labour Council. Several leading…

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Communists Attacked. Soldiers in Domain. Police Firm. Eight Arrests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 7

Soldiers in uniform yesterday again made determined efforts to break up the meeting held in the Sydney Domain by the Communist Party…

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Military Police Make Park Round-up Friendly New Year Gesture

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 3

Military police -- once the bugbear of a soldier's life -- played the Good Samaritan to destitute Second A.I.F. men last night. Flying squads of Provost Corps men swooped on…

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Tomatoes Thrown at Speakers Soldiers and Police Again Clash Domain Scenes

Daily News · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 2

SEVERAL speakers were hit on the face with tomatoes, and there was another clash between soldiers and police at the Communist meeting yesterday in the Domain…

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Activities of I.R.A. Police Seize "Pirate" Radio. Four Men Detained. Dublin, Dec. 31. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 8

Police made a lightning raid on a house in Dartry Road, Rathmines, and seized a "pirate" radio station, which recently has been operating three…

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Police And Soldiers Clash At Communist Meeting Eight Arrests: Many Knocked Down in Fights Thorby Attempts To Stop Melee

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 1

Police and 2nd A.I.F. soldiers came to blows yesterday afternoon at a Communist meeting in the Domain. Four soldiers and four civilians were…

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Bridges Not a Communist. Deportation Attempt Fails. U.S. Court's Finding. Washington, Dec. 31. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 8

The Secretary for Labour, Miss Frances Perkins, announced yesterday that the evidence adduced did not warrant the deportation of Harry…

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Jail, Fines For Assault On Police

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 6

Two men and a woman were charged at Central Court yesterday with having assaulted police in Dowling Street. Moore Park, on December 31…

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Aboriginal Charged with Murder. Arnhem Land Fighting. DARWIN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 5

An aboriginal named Jarkala, who was arrested after the recent tribal fighting on the Arnhem Land coast, was charged with murder at the Darwin police station to-day…

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Student Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 7

Sinclair Elwyn Finlay, 22, medical student, was charged at Central Court yesterday with having maliciously given a false alarm of Are early on New Year's…

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Fear of Death After Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 5

NEW YORK, December 14.--"I fell have diphtheria, tuberculosis, and everything else those guinea pigs were inoculated with."…

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Aborigine Faces Murder Charge

Daily News · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 1

DARWIN. Monday.-- A young aboriginal, Jakala, has been arrester in connection with the recent tribal fighting in Arnbein Land…

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'Sling Off at A.i.f.' Soldier Fined For Assault

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 3

Jack Spencer Parmenter, 30, in soldier's uniform, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with…

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90 Drunks In Court

Daily News · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 1

Ninety people appeared at Central Police Court yesterday on charges of drunkenness. With the exception of the woman,…

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