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Courts & crime, 1940

4,893 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 245

Eleven Men and One Woman Charged Alleged Forged Banknotes

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 3

Eleven men and one woman appeared before Mr. Harrison, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day on charges relating to alleged forged banknotes. They were Charles Long, 35,…

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Must Report Daily to Police

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 7

When Patrick Brady, 46, laborer, asked for bail at Central Police Court on an information laid by warrant that at Sydney on December 29…

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Daring Gaol Escape. Prisoner Climbs Wall. Manufactured Own Rope. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 8

Arthur Halliday, 30, made a daring escape from the Bogga Road Gaol this afternoon by climbing a 24ft wall on a rope made from materials from the…

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Police and A.i.f. Men in Brawl

Daily News · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 2

A FIERCE interchange of blows between A.I.F. men from Ingleburn Camp, police and a…

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£5 Notes Keep Police Busy Forgeries Lead to Scare

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 5

Police officers at city and suburban stations were kept busy yesterday examining £5 notes brought to them by worried…

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Alleged Forged Notes. Twelve Persons Charged. Remand Granted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 10

Eleven men and a woman who were arrested on Saturday following the alleged circulation in the city and suburbs of forged Commonwealth notes,…

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Police Car Was "Milked"

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 8

"These young men must be stopped," said Mr. Reed, C.S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day,…

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BUILDING 100 Assault Boats for Army £2000 Tender Is Accepted

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 7

One hundred assault boats are to be manufactured in Sydney shortly for the Army. They are for landing troops or for crossing rivers and other water…

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Police Cyclist Injured In Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 6

Constable Nelson Gordon, 35, of Burwood police, was critically injured yesterday when his motor cycle outfit and a car collided in Victoria Road, West Ryde…

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Grazier Disappears, Court Is Told Alimony Arrears Claim

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 5

On the petition of his former wife, the estate of Arthur Brook Eli Carter, well-known grazier, was to-day sequestrated in the Bankruptcy Court by Mr. Justice Lukin…

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Two Men Charged

Daily News · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 5

Two men, alleged to have uttered a forged security in the form of a ₤5 note, appeared at Kogarah Court yesterday…

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Magistrate For Hospital Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 5

Representations by parties concerned in the Junee Hospital inquiry have caused Cabinet to appoint Mr. Scobie, S.M., instead of the Director-General of…

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Magistrate for Junee Inquiry

Daily News · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 3

Following representations from Junee, Mr. J. B. Scobie, S.M. will replace the Director-General of Health. Dr. Morris, on the Junee Hospital…

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Cleaner Gaoled for Paper Theft

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 7

"A good deal of paper has been stolen from time to time," said Constable Chamagne, when Charles Edward Dunn, 40, cleaner, was sentenced…

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Army to Buy Assault Boats

Daily News · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 3

It was announced by the Minister for Supply, Sir Frederick Stewart, yesterday that the Government had accepted the tender of Chapman…

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Military Officer Charged. Embezzlement Alleged

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 6

Lieutenant-Colonel John Wesley Mitchell, of the Second A.I.F., was charged at Melbourne last Thursday night of having embezzled £57 as an officer of…

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Pistol in Sock. Labourer Sent to Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 9

Daniel Kerry, 25, labourer, was sentenced by Mr. Arnold, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, to 12 months' imprisonment, and, in addition, was fined £50, or 100 days'…

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British Fascists Sent to Gaol London

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 1

Two British Fascists were sentenced to-day to six months imprisonment for offences against the…

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Police Search for Brothers

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 3

All police have been instructed to search for Leslie Oswald Mullins (24) and Reginald Mullins (28), brothers, who escaped late yesterday from the…

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Jobless Complain of Police

Daily News · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 2

Police at Bowraville have demanded that unemployed produce evidence of having applied for work before issuing them food relief…

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