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Courts & crime, 1940

4,893 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 245

Gaol for Member of the Link Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Wed.--Claude Felix Pierre Duvivier, a foundation member of the Anglo-German Society, The Link, which had quite a vogue…

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Alleged Forged Notes. 15 Persons Charged Protest Against High Bail

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 4

Fourteen men and one woman appeared at the Central police Court yesterday, on remand, on charges relating to uttering, and being in…

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State Jurisdiction. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 3

In Chambers.—Before the Prothonotary, in No. 5 Court.—At 10 a.m.: McDonald Constructions Pty., Ltd., v Warne, Council of the Shire of Snowy River garnishee…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 20

WITNESS (Traffic Court, charged with exceeding speed limit): Only one car in a thousand travels at under…

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Police Seek Alien. Fired Shots at Farmer. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 9

Penshurst police are searching for an alien who, it is alleged, was recently released on a bond to be of good behaviour for 12 months after he had been convicted on a robbery…

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Coroner, Police in Clash Scene At Close Of Windsor Inquest

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 3

At the conclusion of his closed-door inquest yesterday at Windsor, the District Coroner, Mr. H. S. Johnston, and the police figured in a sensational clash…

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Tennis in 1939 Fairfield and District Hard Court Association

The Biz · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 5

Over 60 members were present at the annual meeting of Fairfield and District Hard Court Tennis Association held in the School of Arts last Tuesday night…

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Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Justice Bavin.) Decrees Absolute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 3

Decrees nisi, which had been made in the following suits, were pronounced absolute and the respective marriages dissolved:—Blanche Mary Skewes v Thomas Leslie Skewes, Hilda…

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Rare Plea to Court Make Up Time Lost In Wet

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 23

An application, described by the Conciliation Committee chairman, Mr. G. J. Baker, as unique, was…

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"In Peril of Collapse" Building Complaint To Court MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 23

For some days. Melbourne's lunch-hour strollers have halted in Elizabeth-street, near the corner of Collins-street, to gaze upon a three-story…

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Law Notices. Thursday, February 1, 1940. Commonwealth Jurisdiction. the High Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 3

At the Court-house, Darlinghurst.—Before the District Registrar.—In Chambers.—At 10 a.m.: Kenna and anor. v Conolly and ors, taxation of costs…

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May Move Court Police And Inquest

The Sun · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 7

When police reports reach him on the closed-door inquest at Windsor on Wednesday, the Police…

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Impostor's Mean Theft

Daily News · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--A particularly mean theft was reported to the Newcastle police to-day. While standing in Hunter St…

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Assault Boats For Army

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 8

One hundred assault boats, to be constructed for the Army, will be used by the infantry, a senior officer at Victoria Barracks said yesterday…

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Policeman Assaulted. Cowardly, Says Magistrate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 7

At the Central Police Court yesterday John Holt Turnock 25 woolclasser was fined £10 for hating assaulted Sergeant L. J. Jones at Coogee, on January 21. £2 for having incited…

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Radio Priest Charged With Incitement

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thursday.--The Jewish People's Committee alleges that Father Coughlin, "the radio priest," has used the U.S. mails unlawfully to incite racial…

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Police Carnivals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 13

The New South Wales Police annual carnivauis will be held on February 24 at the Royal Agricultural Society's Showground during the day. and at night at the Sports Ground. Inspector A. W…

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Defended Freedom In Spain—Now In Finnish Gaol

Tribune · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3

Captain Gunner Ebb, who fought with distinction in the Canadian Battalian of the International Brigade in Spain, can testify to the Mannerheim “democracy.” When Captain Ebb returned to his native Finland from…

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Police Tighten Cycling Laws

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 8

"Police are now rigidly enforcing the traffic regulations on cyclists," said the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant Lithgow) in the Traffic Court yesterday…

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SHOOTING CHARGE.d I??? t- I Man Committed for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 10

William Henry Charles Grosvenor, 26, labourer, was committed for trial from the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of having shot at Thomas James Brennan, on…

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