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Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Police Chase After Missing Car

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 6

A police chase after a car which began at Penrith and ended when the car ran over the bank of a creek at Granville was described at the…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 18

MR. SUTHERLAND, S.M. (at Central Court): Do you wish to ask the witness any questions?…

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"Cuckoo Court" at Fairfield

The Biz · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 4

Attention is dilrected to an announcement on another page by the Cresent Theatre, Fairfield, concerning the popular radio feature. "Cuckoo…

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Chamber of Commerce Night Police Patrols Telephone; Housing

Liverpool News · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 2

The monthly meeting of Liverpool Chamber of Commerce was held in the School of Arts on Tuesday evening, March 25. There was a good attendance…

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Quist Raises Point of Universal Court for Tennis

The Sun · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 36

While I was touring the United States with the Australian Davis Cup team there was much argument in favor of a universal court surface for tennis…

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Probate Court. (Before the Probate Judge. Mr. Justice Nicholas.) VOGWELL v VOGWELL

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 4

The healing was concluded of the suit instituted by Miss Lillian Vogwell for revocation of the giant of probate to her brother, Mr. William Vogawell, as…

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Strikes in U.S.A. Steelworkers Riot. Clash With Police. New York, March 26. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 7

Widespread disorders occurred in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, last night, as a result of the strike at the parent plant of the Bethlehem Steel…

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Supreme Court. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Ferguson and a Jury.) Lamplough and Wharton v DAVIES

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 4

John Richard Lamplough and Gordon Douglas Wharton sued Fredrick George Scott Davies, to recover moneys due under an agreement whereby the…

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Causes in No. 3 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Owen and a jury.) Claim to Property Succeeds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 4

Kingsley Martin executor of the will of Selina Roscoe, deceased. in a writ of ejectment, claimed possession of property at Howick Street. Bathurst. from Ethel…

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Film News of the Week (Cont.) "North-west Mounted Police." the Mountain Comes to De Mille. Pine Forest Erected in Studio

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 19

Cecil B. De Mille, whose movie-making deeds are now almost legendary, has topped all of his previous "miracles" and has even outdone Mahomet — he refused to go to the mountains for outdoor scenes of "North-West Mounted Police," and instead,…

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Sentenced Jews Released

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Feb. 18th. (Palcor). Forty-three Jews were arrested in the Beisan Valley on October 5th., 1939, while training with arms, and sentenced…

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Army Secrets Charge. Clerk Sentenced. Showed Documents to Friends. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 11

A file containing communications between the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, and the Chief of the General Staff—described as some of the…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 9

SOLICITOR (before Registrar in Divorce): I can't conceive any more arduous work than looking…

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Fruit Machines For Full Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 4

The Full Court will probably decide what is to be done with three fruit machines recently confiscated by police at an…

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Doctors Late Call To Police PERTH

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 5

Perth Public Hospital authorities today were criticised at an inquest for their delay in telling the police that a woman…

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Supreme Court. Causes in No. [?] COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Street.) Widow Awarded £2,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 5

By consent, a verdi[?]t was entered for £2,000 for Oliva Rita Davis, of Adamstown, widow of James T. Davis, who brought an action under the…

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To Police Wheat Scheme Move for Local Committees to Prevent Area Increases

The Land · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 2

THE information published in "The Land" last week, to the effect that under the wheat stabilisation scheme wheatgrowers in New South Wales had applied for almost a million acres in excess of the…

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"Dead" Man in Court. Had Been Missing Since 1926. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 5

A man, who appeared in January after being legally presumed to be dead for nearly 15 years, successfully applied to Mr. Justice Gavan…

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Causes in No. 3 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Owen.) Loss of Son

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 5

A settlement was effected in the action brought by Charlie Leong Yit against Yocksui Bros., fruit merchants, city markets, for the loss of his son, Albert Leong…

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Chemist, 70, on Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 8

PERTH, Friday.--A 70-year-old Perth chemist, Robert Rattray Reld, was committed for trial today on a charge of having murdered Mrs. Claire Darby…

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