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Courts & crime, 1940

4,893 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 245

Crowd Cheers New Police Recruit

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 2

There was one notable absentee from the Police Carnival at the Showground yesterday afternoon. Tess, the police Alsatian, usually a star performer, was…

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Police Want Action Introduction Clubs

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 2

Special reports exposing the racket behind some of Sydney's "introduction" clubs have been sent to the…

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Widow Prays for Lover Sentenced to Death Husband Was Murdered Callous Killing On Roadside

Truth · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 27

NINETEEN-YEARS-OLD Morris Ansell stood trembling in the Criminal Court last week while Mr. Justice Martin pronounced the awful words of the dreaded death…

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Police Star A.W.L.--Good Excuse

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 3

Tess, veteran police dog, who was to have been one of the star performers at the Police Carnival at the…

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Confession to Murder of the "Red Rose Girl" San Diego

Truth · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 21

A CONFESSION to the murder of the "Red Rose Girl" is announced by the San Diego police…

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Police Should Wake Up After Hours Trade In Hotels

Truth · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 43

SURPRISING allegations relating to after-hour trading in hotels were made during the hearing of a case in the…

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"Down With Tyrants" Parramatta Court OCTOBER 6, 1822

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 14

WILLIAM WHITTINGTON--Servant to William Lawson, Esq.--brought forward for…

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High Court Gives "Truth" Editor Right to Appeal Refused to Divulge Source of Information

Truth · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 22

TRACING the history of English law back to 1279—invoking Magna Charta—quoting dozens of legal authorities through the centuries, and giving a fascinating historical survey of the stormy and strenuous…

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£200 Bail on Theft Charge

The Sun · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 2

Mervyn Ronald Greedy (20), fitter and turner, was further remanded at Central Police Court to-day, till next Monday, on a charge of…

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Charged with Manslaughter Orange

The Sun · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 3

Francis James Loughnane, cricketer and dog-trainer, was charged at Orange Police Court to-day with having feloniously slain Eliza Lester…

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Theft in Army Troops Hit Offenders

The Sun · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 7

Action by the men is helping to end thieving in Australian military camps. One of the most serious cases of…

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Police Inquiry Sought

Daily News · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 3

A motion for the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee to inquire into the general administration of the Police…

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Present for Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 7

HERE is the reason why Tess, the police Alsatian, couldn't attend the Police Carnival on Saturday. She presented the…

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Police Stage Great Show

Daily News · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 5

The N.S.W. Police Force's annual carnival passed off with its habitual efficiency on Saturday at the Show Ground…

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ATHLETICS. Police Carnival Events

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 5

The programme at the Police Carnival at the Showground on Saturday included several events open to members of the Amateur Athletic Association of New South Wiles as well as events for…

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Ex-police Head's Car Stolen

Daily News · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 5

A car, owned by a former Commissioner of Police, Mr. J. Mitchell, stolen from outside a Darlinghurst private hospital on Saturday, was…

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Police Can Stop Piping In Street

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 7

Police could stop a piper from playing in a public street in New South Wales, a police officer said yesterday…

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"Police Can Handle City Street Fights"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 7

"There is no need for additional military police to be stationed in the city at weekends," the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Mr. Collings) said yesterday…

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Car Over Cliff. Police Seek Owner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 11

The remains of a 1934 model sedan car were found at the foot of a cliff known as The Serpentine, near Avalon Beach, at the week-end, and Narrabeen police think that it…

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Speedway Racing. Duggan Wins Police Derby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 14

V. Duggan (Australia) won the motor cycle speedway Police Derby event at the combined police carnival and speedway meeting at the Sydney Sports Ground on Saturday night in brilliant fashion…

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