FORGED £5 NOTES "50 COST £75" Police Tell Court
A man admitted to the police having bought a forged £5 note for 5s, it was stated in the Central…
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Imprisoned for Assault. Goulburn
At the Goulburn Quarter Sessions, John Francis Mungovan, 22, James Theodore Kavanagh, 29, and John Joseph Kennedy, 37, were found guilty of having assaulted Ernest…
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PERTH, Thursday. -- Sydney Charles Sutton 47, charged with having escaped from Fremantle gaol, stated in court to-day that he had been…
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The Masonic Hall has been booked for the night of Monday, 19th February, when the Police Choir, whose 25 to 30 members…
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Entries close tomorrow with the Amateur Athletic Association for the Police Carnival 100 yards, 880 yards, and mile walk handicaps, to be held on February…
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A REMARKABLE reversal of form has been displayed by the Police Athletic Club this…
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The Police eight did an excellent full course trial on the Nepean River last night. They were winding up their…
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LONDON. -- The killing of fishermen merchant seamen and light[?]ip crews in circumstances committed by Germans during past…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Acquitted on Brooch Theft Charge British Planes for Finland
George Cecil Stuart, 30, salesman, was acquitted at the Quarter Sessions yesterday of having stolen a diamond brooch valued at £270…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Theft of Brooch. Man Acquitted. Newspaper Director's Evidence
George Cecil Stuart, 30, salesman, at the Quarter Sessions yesterday was acquitted of a charge of having stolen a diamond brooch, valued at £270, the…
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An attempt will be made soon to link the Police Officers' Association and the N.S.W. Police Association under single control…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forged Notes. Men Charged with Possession. Two Sent for Trial
At the Central Police Court yesterday, Mr. Reed, C.S.M., committed Charles Long, 35, labourer, for trial of a charge of having forged £5 notes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obscene Book. Seller Did Not Know. Magistrate Accepts Explanation. Melbourne
A charge against a bookseller of having knowingly kept an obscene book, "Mary Magdalene Smith," for purposes of gain, was dismissed by Mr. O'Grady,…
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MR. LAIDLAW, C.L.M. (at Licensing Court): This hotel is like Paddy's gun: it needs a new lock, stock, and barrel…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Court Remands Alleged Captain
Reginald Caldwell, 40, laborer, was charged at Central Police Court yesterday, with having on January 17, posed as a captain of the A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Surround House, Arrest 2 Men
Police yesterday surrounded a house in Nichols Avenue, Haberfield, and arrested two men who were inside. The owner of the house was away on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Jurisdict[?]on. Supreme Court
In Chambers.—Before the Prothonotary, in the Prothonotary's Public Chambers.—At 10 a.m.: McEvoy v Halfpenny, Commercial Bankinig Co. of Sydney, Ltd., garnishee; David Jones, Ltd., v…
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An attempt by Edward Robert Paulson, 23, laborer, to join the navy, had its sequel in Paulson's appearance in the Central Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, February 9, 1940. Murder at Sea
Those who say, heedlessly or cynically, that this is an unreal war, or one which has hardly yet begun, might well turn thier eyes from the temporarily…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Nazis 'Murder' Fishermen Warm Talk by Chamberlain Plane Raids Slated LONDON
"The killing of fishermen isn't war, but murder ! Such acts are pure barbarism. They could have little effect on the outcome of the war."…
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