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Courts & crime, 1940

4,893 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 245

Law Report. Commonwealth Arbitration Court. (Before the Chief Judge, Sir George Beeby.) Awards Varied

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 6

His Honor varied thee awards of several large industrial unions in accordance with a recent ruling of the Full Court of the Arbitration Court, which granted an application…

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The World And Jewry. Palestine Jewish Telegraphic Agency Second Mass Trial of Young Jews by Palestine Military Court Arrested While Drilling with Arms Near Rosh Pina

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 4

JERUSALEM, Dec. 20th. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency). — Thirty-eight young Jews, including four 17-year old girls, are to be tried to-day by the…

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Charged with 1914 Assault

Daily News · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 3

Shedrick Amor, 53, a painter, answered a 25-year-old charge at Kogarah Court yesterday. It was alleged that at Redfern on…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 10

132 George Street North (corner Argyle Street).— Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a. m.—For hearing: Froehlich v Stanley, Gliding v Tauman, Killingly v Stevenson, Whittaker v T…

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Six Months' Gaol for Grazier

Daily News · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 2

ORANGE, Friday. -- George Aubrey Fardell, grazier, of Lewis Ponds, near Orange, at the Orange Court to-day was sentenced to six months'…

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Denies A.i.f. Gaol Unfit

Daily News · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 1

BRIGADIER V. P. H. STANTKE, of Eastern Command Headquarters, denied yesterday that members of the 2nd A.I.F. confined in the old Bourke Street police station…

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Alleged Forgery of Shares. Teacher Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 10

Harry Ruke Quiney, 28, teacher, in the Central Police Court yesterday, was remanded on charges of having forged and uttered share certificates of the British Tobacco Company…

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Districi Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 10

Before the Registrar.—At 10.15 a. m.:International Radio Co. Pty. Ltd. v Brent. at 10.20 a. m.; Dind v Taylor. At 10.45 a. m.: Salmon v Rate. At 11.5 a. m.:F. H. Smythe Pty. Ltd. v…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 9

SERGEANT (at Central): I am engaged at the City Morgue on Monday in a manslaughter case, and at Penrith on Thursday…

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Peer's Son Barred From Police Post

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Because Commander R. D. Coleridge, heir to Lord Coleridge, has had no police experience, the Home Office has disapproved his…

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City Parking. Permissible Streets. Police List Issued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 19

About 40 car owners, who for some time past have used the circular drive round the Sydney Conservatorium for all-day parking, yesterday had to find…

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Misuse of Funds Alleged Bicycle Shop Man In Court

Daily News · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 3

Allegations of misappropriation of trust moneys were made against Sidney Francis Whithear in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday…

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Tuesday, January 23, 1940. State Jurisdiction. Supreme Court. in Chambers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 10

Before Mr. Justice Bavin, in Banco Court.—At 10 a. m.: Pierce v Boyle, to declare matter ungent; J. R. Love and Co. Pty., Ltd., v Goodman, to declare matter urgent…

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Mystery of the Week Detective Disguised As Artist Murder Abroad, by E. R. Punshon. London: Gollancz

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 8

Length of Course. 286 pages Par for Solution. Page 218 DET.-SGT. ROBERT OWENS, of Scotland…

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Charlie Chan Murder in Hollywood

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 January 1940 · page 24

Charlie Chan, in Hollywood, is investigating the murder of famous star, Norda Noll, shot dead before the cameras. Charlie discovers that an attempt had been made to poison Dee Loring, whom Norda had replaced in the part. Producer Kornweller induces Gina Lane, fiancee…

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Plane Rescuer Is Now In Gaol PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1940 · page 11

Arthur F. Pope was one of three men who went in a dinghy to the rescue of the R.A.A.F. airmen who crashed into the sea near Yanchep…

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Home-made Murder True Detective Story

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1940 · page 5

BOREAS, despot of the north, launched a frigid attack on Canada's south wall on the morning of February…

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Police Seeking Motor Cruiser

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1940 · page 5

Missing from its mooring at Oatley Point, George's River, Tres Bon, a motor cruiser owned by Commodore Frank Needham, of St. George Motor…

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Was Murder Attempted? Mystery Explosion At Wahroonga

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1940 · page 21

TWO brothers—William and Eric Brown, of Brown's Road, Wahroonga—escaped death by seconds…

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Canberra's car plates have police worried

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 January 1940 · page 8

CANBERRA, Saturday. -- Canberra is a policeman's headache; it has so many series of car and truck number-plates. There are series for…

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