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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Police Carnival
The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 11
Acrobatic display by Police motor cyclists at yesterday's Police Carnival…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →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,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →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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