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Courts & crime, 1940

4,893 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 245

Four Men Ar Rested. Police Seize Goods Worth £1,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 12

Detective-sergeants Mallon, Robison, and Dogan and other police, who have been investigating robberies of tyres and other goods at Paddington and Roseville, took possession…

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10,000 Cyclists to be Prosecuted. Police Action Reduces Accidents

Liverpool News · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 3

At least 10,000 men cyclists are to be prosecuted for traffic breaches. If boy and girl cyclists who have been warned continue to break the regulations, they…

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Colonel Mitchell Charged Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1

Lieutenant-Colonel John Wesley Mitchell, 48, Dandenong Road, St. Kilda, 2nd A.I.F. officer, was…

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Death For Petty Theft LONDON

The Sun · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 5

A youth of 19 was sentenced to death by a special court at Nuremberg (Germany) on charges of stealing money…

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Gaol Escape. Prisoners Drive Away in Car. GOULBURN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 11

Two prisoners escaped from the Goulburn Reformatory to-day by driving from it in a motor car. They were recaptmed to-night, hiding in…

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Did Not Wish to Give Evidence Witness Censured By Magistrate

Daily News · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 6

" I do not wish to give evidence in this case now," said John Withers, of Surry Hills, in Central Police Court yesterday, when Harold Smith,…

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Rockdale Vandalism. “Police See Nothing.”

The St George Call · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1

"Youths have been seen scrawling all over the public lavatories in Rockdale and causing damage but the police drive past in their sedan…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 13

DEFENDANT (at Central Court): Sir, as true as you sit there, and as true as I stand here, I didn't know…

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A.I.F. Officer Charged. Embezzlement Alleged. Brigadier As Bondsman. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 11

Accompanied by three military officers, Lieutenant-Colonel John Wesley Mitchell, of the Second A.I.F., surrendered himself into police custody…

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State Jurisdiction. Supreme Court. in Divorce

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 9

Before Mr. Justice Street.—In Banco Court.—At 10 a.m.—Motion: Burns v Burns, Harris co-respondent, for decree absolute. Cause: Linklater v Linklater, Wilson also known as Jordan…

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Daring Gaol-break by Two Youths Used Doctor's Car in Wild Getaway Gun Arrest Goulburn

Daily News · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

A DOCTOR'S car, which was parked near the main gates this afternoon, was seized by two youthful prisoners to make a daring getaway from Goulburn Reformatory…

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"To Murder U.S. ENVOY" Japanese Tell Of Chinese Plot New York

The Sun · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1

Discovery of a Chinese murder plot to cause a crisis between Japan and America was alleged by the Japanese military spokesman in…

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Meet Coal Unions Hughes Is Willing Will Stand By Court

The Sun · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 5

Willingness to meet representatives of the coal mining unions and to do everything in his power to…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 26, 1940. Commonwealth" Jurisdiction. the High Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 9

At the Courthouse, Darlinghurst—Before the District Registrar, in Chambers.—At 10 a.m.: The Deputy Commissioner of Taxation tor the State of New South Wales c Larcher (taxation of…

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Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Justice Bavin.) BROWN v BROWN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 9

Edgar George Brown v Mavis Dorothy Jane Brown (formerly Turner) Marriage, August, 1929, at Chatswood, Methodist Church rites. Issue, desertion. Decree nisi. Mr. McDonald,…

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Ministry Firm in Coal Dispute. Court Must Settle Issue. Message From Mr. Hughes. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 12

The Federal Minister for Industry, Mr. Hughes, in a telegram to Mr. James, M.P., concerning the coal Industry position, said that, If the Government yielded to a threat…

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Daring Theft of Handbag

Daily News · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 1

Walking behind Miss Mary Duffy of Day Street. Leichhardt, in Liverpool Street, near Nithsdale Street, City, last night, a man grabbed her…

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'Tooters' to Be Charged

The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 3

Of nearly 300 motor car "tooters" who have been reported since Christmas Day, about 40 will be…

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Man Committed On Assault Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--It was alleged at Newcastle Court today that William Curtis, of Gordon Street, Mayfield, was stabbed with a file while mowing his…

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Cabin Boy Charged with Wounding Adelaide

The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 3

Roger Valentine, a 19-year-old American cabin boy, appeared at the Port Adelaide Police Court to-day on a charge of having unlawfully and…

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