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Courts & crime, 1940

4,893 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 245

Law Notices. Monday, February 19, 1940. Commonwealth Jurisdiction. High Court of Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 10

At the Court House, Darlinghurst.—Before Mr. Justice Evatt.—In No. 1 Court.—At 10.30 a.m.: In the matter of an application by Waygood-Otis Limited and Waygood-Otis (Australasia) Limited…

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A nice line in blood and murder Not Guilty, M'lord, by Seymour Hicks. London: Cassell & Co. Sydney: Angus & Robertson

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 8

SIR SEYMOUR crashed in on all the most salubrious murder trials. He saw the Misses Sacks and…

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Halfcaste Charged with Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 2

MOREE, Saturday. -- George Creighton, 22, a half-caste, was charged at Moree Police Court today with having assaulted a girl under 12 years of age:…

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Gaol Taught

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 7

Warren K. Billings, convicted with Tom Mooney for the 1916 San Francisco, Preparedness Day bombing, repaired watches for…

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Brawl at cards, three charged

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 2

ALICE SPRINGS, Saturday. -- Three men appeared in the Northern Territory Supreme Court today as the result of a brawl at a game of cards…

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Police Protection for Communists

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Strong police detachments will attend Communist Party meetings in Melbourne tomorrow, because of threats of…

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Wed under police escort

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. -- The magistrates at Lancaster City Police Court ordered detectives to escort a soldier and his girl to a Registry Office…

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Soldiers and Police Fight

Truth · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 24

ANOTHER sensational street fight involving soldiers and police occurred in George-street, near Goulburn-street, Sydney, shortly after 7 o'clock last night. Four policemen and two soldiers fought desperately for fifteen minutes in…

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Police Jeered During Street Fracas

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 3

TWO or three hundred people gathered round and jeered while Detective Sabine struggled with a man in…

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Police hold bad 10- notes

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 5

Police would like to hear from persons to whom counterfeit 10 notes have been passed. Several which have been in…

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Refugee Exploitation? Strange Court Allegations

Truth · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 31

ALLEGATIONS of explosives being made at a Jewish paint factory in Paddington, of a conspiracy among refugee workers to raise money by suing their employer, and of attempts to defeat an industrial award by the exploitation of refugee labor, were fired from one side to the other in a wages claim before the Chief Industrial…

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Problem of Police Posts Difficulty Over Inspector

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 7

The Government is expected to consider the promotion of three senior police inspectors to the rank of…

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Dawson to Sing for Police Boys' Clubs

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 7

Peter Dawson, world-famous Australian baritone, will sing without fee to help the New South Wales Police Boys' Clubs…

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Doctor's Unusual Move In Court Case

Truth · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 20

MORE or less polite disbelief that the Government will do anything to provide an institution for the treatment of…

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Berlin Prize Court Rulings LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 3

The Berlin Prize Court has confiscated the Finnish teamers, Tokas (965 tons) and Jessio (1415 tons), which were captured on their way to…

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"I Killed a Girl" a Young Lover's Awful Confession Goes to Gaol for Life

Truth · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 31

"I'VE just killed a girl!" Quietly, with no more emotion than if he were announcing the swatting…

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Counsel's Attack on Police "Going Hardest," He Claims

Truth · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 21

"THE police are Going their hardest before the legislature has a chance to after the law." said Mr. Twigg,…

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Troops Brawl in City Police Hurt in Fights

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 2

Soldiers, sailors, police and civilians clashed last night in several fierce brawls in the city, Darlinghurst…

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Breakfast Strike Parramatta Court NOVEMBER 3, 1822

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 10

THOMAS BEST -- Government Servant to The Rev. Mr. Marsden, brought forward for insolence to…

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Mrs. Woolcott Forbes to appear in English court

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 2

Mrs. John Woolcott Forbes, wife of the absconding Sydney financier, will be brought before an English bankruptcy court within three months…

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