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Courts & crime, 1940

4,893 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 245

Supreme Court. Court of Criminal Appeal. Appeal Against Death Se1ntence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 10

John Thomas Myers appealed against his sentence of death on a charge of murder. Myers shot a man named Rawlinson at Paddington on September 1, 1939. Rawlinson…

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Gaol for Agent. Swedish Espionage Charge. STOCKHOLM, Feb 23. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 17

D. W. Beach, a Briton, was convicted of obtaining information about Swedish shipping and ports intended for a foreign Power. He was sentenced to four years' imprisonment…

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New War Powers For N.Z. Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Friday.--The Police Commissioner can now ban any processions or meetings he considers likely to injure public safety by impeding the…

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State Jurisdiction. Supreme Court. Term List

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 10

In the Banco Court.—At 10 a.m.: Motions [?] rally. Motion; Ex parte O'Keefe, re Homann and another, CAUSES LIST…

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First German Firm Wound Up By Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The first order for the winding-up of a German company in Victoria since the outbreak of war was made in the Practice Court…

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Escapee Captured Internee Chased On Roof-Tops By Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 5

Police captured Alfred Fritz Yackels, 40, escaped alien internee, at Balmain yesterday…

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High Court Directs New Trial. Mr. Piddington's Claim. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 19

A new trial of the action in which Mr. A. B. Piddington, K.C., of Sydney, claimed damages in the New South Wales Supreme Court for injuries suffered in a street accident, was…

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Police Boys' Clubs. a Successful Experiment. Making Good Citizens, by a Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 16

Proceeds from the Police Carnival, to be held in Sydney to-day, are to go to the Federation of New South Wales Police Boys' Clubs. By this gift, the…

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Law Notices. Monday, February 26, 1940. Commonwealth Jurisdiction. High Court of Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 10

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

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Causes in No. 5 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Owen and jury.) Fall From Scaffolding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 10

Thomas Henry Peannan sued H. A. Taylor for injuries he received when he fell from a scaffolding at the Home of the Good Shepherd, Ashfield, on February l8, 1938…

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Causes in No. 1 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Street and jury.) Motor Car and Motor Cycle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 10

In the action brought by Franklin Walden Linn, salesman, of Croydon, against Merlngton Ellis, clerk, of Lakemba, the jury found in favour of the plaintiff and awarded him…

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Police Carnival

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 11

Acrobatic display by Police motor cyclists at yesterday's Police Carnival…

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Ryde Thieves Organised Stealing Company Loses Heavily

Truth · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 19

ORGANISED depradations by members of "The Forty Thieves," an aptly named band of Ryde youths, was,…

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Nagging Led to Murder

Truth · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 21

SHE was always nagging me for not getting a job." This is the reason Sam…

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With Paula Amid Murder

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 16

"IT"S here!" It is. And it's a great, pity. It is written by an Australian. And that is a greater pity. And about…

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Photographer Watched Murder: No Camera!

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 12

WHEN the Consul for Afghanistan was assassinated before her eyes in Berlin, mini-cam. expert…

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Police Seek Missing Girl

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 15

"DON'T worry about me. I've got another job," wrote 15-year-old Helen Margaret Brown, of…

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Facing a Police Problem

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 10

With police officers demanding the right to be heard by the Executive Council, and N.C.O.'s and constables…

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Dawson's Bouquet To Police Singer

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 11

A 25-year-old constable, Kenneth Neate, formerly of Cessnock and at present on leave from Regent-street station, was warmly congratulated by…

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Police Flat Out To It

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 8

EXHAUSTED.--Ambulance officers attending to the anchor man of the Paddington tug-o'-war team, in distress after his team won the Police Carnival final yesterday at Kogarah…

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