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Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

50,000 Watch Carnival. Police Effort for Boys' Clubs. Bright Displays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 3

Fifty thousand people saw the annual Police Carnival in aid of the Police Boys Clubs at the Sports Ground on Saturday…

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North Sydney's N.e.s. Exercises — Veteran Sea Captain Retires —Police Motor Cyclists' Acrobatics

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 12

St. John Ambulance bearers, wearing respirators, preparing to render first aid to an "air-raid casualty" during the exercises held by National Emergency Services workers of North Sydney municipality at Kirribilli on Saturday. The sub-comittee of the City Council National Emergency Service Committee at its meeting in the Lord Mayor's room at the Town Hall…

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Police!

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 4

THIS is the story of what happened a year ago—perhaps a year ago and a bit. SOMEBODY rang the back door bell…

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Man Alleges Bottle Assault After Party

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 7

Leslie Lynch, 26, City, alleged in Redfern Court yesterday that after having left a party on January 26, he was followed by three men in a taxi and…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 8

DEFENDANT (charged with vagrancy at Central Court): I'm a professional man. Police Prosecutor: What…

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Gaming Offence. Police at City Restaurant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 3

Tracey Unwin. 41, bookkeeper. was fined £15, with 8/ costs, at the Central Police Court yesterday for having managed a common gaming-house in…

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New Chairman for Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 8

Mr. J. B. Scobie, Stipendiary Magistrate of Sydney, will be the new chairman of the Licensing Court in place of Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, who is due to…

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Police Search for Missing Owner of Car

The Sun · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 5

Detectives have been unable to find any trace of Robert Mitchell Solomon, 30, whose car was found abandoned at Burwood last night. He…

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Bricks Taken From Police Cell. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 9

Because souvenir hunters are taking bricks from the cell of the historic Hartley Court House, which is 104 years old, the Blaxland Shire Council may place wire netting over…

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Seeking Court's View Doubts of Ballot by Seamen

The Sun · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 6

Propaganda employed in the campaign for the election of executive officers of the Seamen's Union of…

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Basic Wage Protest. Union Congress Called. Court Criticised. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 11

An all-Australian congress of trades union representatives will be held in Melbourne on June 2, to consider and determine its attitude on the refusal…

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Judge's Son Guilty. Subversion Case. Statement to Court. "Offered Way Out." Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 11

Strange allegations were made in the Christchurch Supreme Court by Harold Alexander Ostler, who was charged with subversion. The jury…

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Cigarette Story, 2 Charged

The Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 3

"The Sun" Cigarette Drive was mentioned at Central Court to-day, when two men appeared before…

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Gaoled for Theft of Brass and Copper

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 2

Cecil George Kirkman (28), at the Parramatta Police Court last Wednesday, was charged with having stolen 180 lbs. of brass and copper, the…

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Broke His Bond Young Man Sent to Gaol

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 1

On a charge of stealing., Gordon Harold Caddie, a the Parramatta Police Court in October, 1938, was bound over to be of good behaviour…

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Abandons Claim in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 9

An applicant walked out of the witness box in the Workers' Compenstion Court yesterday and…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 9

WITNESS (in Traffic Court): And then the man in my taxi got cantankshus…

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No "Immunity" for Hotels. Law Must Be Observed, Says Magistrate. DUBBO

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 13

"Licensees in Dubbo appear to believe that they are immune from the provisions of the Act It is not the fault of the local police as they receive…

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Police Choir to Visit Castle Hill

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 5

The N.S.W. Police Choir will give a recital at Castle Hill on March 3 in id of the local branch of the Red Cross Society…

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Police Used Night Lens for Evidence

The Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 3

Police used a camera with a special lens to take pictures at night without flashlight on February 8, at Parramatta…

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