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Courts & crime, 1940

4,893 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 245

Girl Killed in Smash Fatal Ending To Police Chase

Truth · Sunday 3 March 1940 · page 22

A YOUNG girl was killed and several other persons were injured in a shocking accident in Anzac-parade, near…

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Rebellion At Longbottom Parramatta Court OCTOBER 19, 1822

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 March 1940 · page 10

JOHN FORD, Superintendent of the Longbottom Establishment, being duly sworn, deposes That: -- Between Six and Seven O'clock on Sunday Evening last he mustered the Gang at Longbottom by order…

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Press Privilege in Danger Appeal To High Court MELBOURNE

Truth · Sunday 3 March 1940 · page 41

THE Full Court of the High Court of Australia to-day reserved its decision in the important appeal wherein Frank Vincent McGuinness, Editor of Melbourne "Truth," appealed against the £15 fine imposed upon…

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Gestapo in N.s. Wales Police Force Move for "Privilege" Will Kill the Liberty of the People

Truth · Sunday 3 March 1940 · page 23

THE mooted plan is to provide the N.S.W. police with extraordinary rights, privileges and immunities. The prospect is so charged with deadly peril that the…

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Alleged Assault

Daily News · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 2

A 14-YEARS-OLD girl was allegedly assaulted by a soldier near the Liverpool Rifle Range…

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Murder Charge Jannali Case

The Sun · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 12

Robert Edward Hepburn, 52, printer, appeared at Kogarah Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Arthur Chales Lampshire, at Jannali, on…

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"I'll Murder Someone"

Daily News · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 2

Orange. Sunday.--Women residents of Milthorpe. a small township near Orange, were terrorised to-day by a man believed to be an escapee…

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Assault in Street. Man Knocked Down and Robbed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 12

Three men assaulted and robbed Roy Spurling, of Garner's Avenue Marrickville, in Cleveland Street, late on Saturday afternoon. He was lobbed of £3, and left unconscious…

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Bigamy Added to Theft Two Women Left In Lurch

The Sun · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 3

Valuable jewellery had been stolen by Thomas Leer, 32, baker, from the place of employment of a girl with whom he had gone through a…

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Jew Marchers Stone Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 3

JERUSALEM, Sunday.--Police were stoned yesterday during Jewish demonstrations in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, and Haifa…

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Police Seek Cafe Killer

Daily News · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 1

ALEXANDER MILLER, or Arthur Wilson, 27, was shot and fatally injured during an…

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Police Drove on Footpath

The Sun · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 12

Patrolling Lamrock-avenue, Bondl. on wireless patrol duty, early today, Detectives Ranch and C. Newtown saw a car, travelling fast, being…

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Prefers Gaol to a Home Boy's Plea To Judge

The Sun · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 6

Five times an escapee from the Gosford boys' home, George Flood Allwood, 16, told Judge Clancy, at the Quarter Sessions to-day that he would sooner go to gaol than back to the home…

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Police and Dogs Search for Gun

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 5

A squad of 30 police and two police dogs closely searched several miles of scrub' between Jannali and Como all day yesterday. They were looking for a gun, a…

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Murder Charge. Rent Collector Found Shot Dead. Tragedy at Jannali

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 12

A man, who was arrested at gun-point late on Saturday afternoon, was charged at the Sutherland police station with the murder of Arthur…

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Police Promotions. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 8

Sir,—I read that it is the intention of the Chief Secretary to recommend the appointment of a committee "to examine the present system of making promotions in the Police…

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Puss and Boot Story Told in Court

The Sun · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 3

Allegations that William Watkins, of Turner-avenue, Haberfield, threw a brick at his neighbor's cat, were made at Burwood Court to-day, when Watkins was charged with ill-treating the cat. The case against him…

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Police Carnival. North Sydney Display. Inspiring Tribute to France

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 13

An inspiring tribute to France was paid at the police and citizens' sports carnival at the North Sydney Oval on Saturday afternoon, when the crowd of…

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Athletics. North Sydney Police Carnival. (Held at the North Sydney Oval on Saturday.) Amateur Athletic Association Events

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 15

100 Yards Handicap.—P. Fletcher (Y.M.C.A.). 8½yds. 9.8s. 1; C.Thorogood (Manly), 8½yds. 2; M. Clissold (St. George). 86ds. 3. 880 Yards.—A. Smith (Botany), 75yds. 1m 55.2s…

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Fatal Cafe Shooting. Clerk Charged with Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 12

Detective-sergeants McRae, Nye, and Searl, Detectives Aldridge and Parmeter, and other police who have been investigating the fatal shooting of Alexander Robert Henry Miller,…

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