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Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

Police Athlete Dies During Game

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 15

First-class Constable A. W. Toms, attached to the Newtown police station, collapsed und died while playing basketball with a police team at the Addison…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 11

COUNSEL (to witness, in Divorce Court): Was your husband born in Yass?…

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Nazis Charged with Murdering Czechs. Montreal, March 18. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 12

Senator Vojta Benes, brother of the CzechoSlovakian President, Dr. Bones, said in a broadcast that the Nazis had murdered 4,000 prominent Czecho-Slovaks…

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Bill to Set Up Reserve Police

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 5

Power to establish a reserve police force, to be used, if required, in an emergency, will be given to the Police Commissioner under a bill to be brought…

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Barmaid "Swings" Evidence In Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 5

PERTH, Tuesday. -- Peggy Lister Fremantle barmaid, shattered the decorum of divorce court proceedings today by singing the opening line of…

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U.s. Maritime Law Recent Court Decisions

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 1

The following law cases, heard in United States courts, have been summarised from a recent issue of "American Maritime Cases." The first case deals with Marine Insurance: Anticipated Earnings and/or Interest…

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Supreme Court. Banco Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Street and a jury.) Verdict for £100

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 5

A verdict for the plaintiff for £100 was given in the action by Victor James Barkell to recover £1000 damages from Raymond Deldrich Nissen for injuries…

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Law Report. Commonwealth Arbitration Court. (Before the Chief Judge, Sir George Beeby.) Waterside Workers' Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 5

Mr. J. Healy (Waterside Workers) said the union sought an interpietation of sub clause B of clause 17 of the Waterside Workers' Award. The union…

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Police Court

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 6

The following matters were dealt with by Mr C. Pickup, P.M., at Penrith Police Court, on Thursday; Bikes Without Bells…

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Assault on Keren Cairo

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 2

British, Free French, and bearded Indian troops, supported by the R.A.F., have launched a heavy assault on…

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Police Commended

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 5

The Parramatta district coroner, Mr. G. R. Williams, at an inquest, found that Walter Herbert Waterhouse died from injuries accidentally received…

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Graziers Charged with "Too Much Individualism"

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 7

CHARGE of "too much individualism" was made against the grazing industry by the chairman of Merriwa Graziers' Association (Mr. E. Leitch), at the annual branch meeting…

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Used Police Reservists

The Sun · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 2

Police reservists--big men in civilian clothes, and wearing a green armband, on which were the letters P.R. were used for the first time to-day in assisting to control the huge crowd which watched the procession…

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Firm's Breaches of Award. "Flagrant Flouting," says Magistrate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 9

Fines totalling £150 were imposed on the New South Wales Fresh Food and Ice Co., Ltd., by the Chief Industrial Magistrate, Mr. Prior, yesterday for…

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Extra Court Day

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 4

It has been decided to hold an extra [?] each month at Penrith, commoncing on April 10. It will be held on the first Thursday after the first…

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Doctor Gets Bail. Murder Charge Medical Evidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 4

Describing the detention of Dr. Franklin Christian Richards in gaol as a "relic of barbarism," Mr. Dovey, K.C., yesterday…

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Police Gallantry. Two Members Honoured

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 9

Sergeant Newland and First-Class Constable Sharkey, of Bathurst, are two Catholic members of the Police Force who received signal honours from the…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 10

MR. S. G. O. MARTIN (to witness, in Redfern Court): Can't you remember when you were a young man,…

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Pensioners' Association Equity Court Case

The Broadcaster · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 4

In 1931 an organisation known as the Old Age and Invalid Pensioners' Association was formed in Sydney for the purpose of providing, among other…

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Devon Court's Big Herd of Breeders

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 14

MR. R. A. HOWELL'S long AND practical association with Devons has taught him that the Devon Sire is quicker…

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