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Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250

Graziers Charged with Waste

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 3

GRAZIERS were charged last week with falling to take advantage of the millions of tons of meadow hay which is going…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 18

WITNESS (at Central Court): The defendant walked up and hit my brother. Police Prosecutor: What did…

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Nepean Shire Court Case

Liverpool News · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 1

A "Presidential minute" presented to Nepean Shire Council stated: "At the last meeting of council, February 20, the following resolution was…

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Contempt of Court; Fined £50

The Sun · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 11

Frederick West Brownhill, printer, publisher and proprietor of the "Wellington Times," was fined £50 by the…

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Court Case Against Crown Non-Suited

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 6

A non-suit was granted the Crown yesterday in the Supreme Court, in a claim by John Kingsmill O'Meagher, St. James Road, Waverley…

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High Court Test Of Security Act

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 2

Special leave to appeal against a conviction under the National Security Act will be sought before the High Court tomorrow…

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Police and Navy Show How; Exhibits for All

The Sun · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 14

Forcing the lock of a city printery recently, a thief broke off the tip of a nail file which he had used as a "jemmy." The tip of the nail-file was found…

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Supreme Court. Causes in No. 2 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Herron and jury.) Claim for Detention in Asylum

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 3

John Kingsmill O'Meagher, aged 67 years, sued the Government of New South Wales (nominal defendant Melville Charles Nott, Under-Secretary,…

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Man's Double Win in Lottery. Two First Prizes. Divorce Court Evidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 4

It was stated before the Deputy Registrar in Divorce yesterday that Thomas Walter Gleeson, the owner of the racehorse Petruchio, had won two…

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Law Report. High Court. (Before the Acting Chief Justice, Sir George Rich, Mr. Justice Starke, Mr. Justice Dixon, and Mr. Justice McTiernan.) Death Duty Claim

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 3

The Perpetual Trustee Company (Limited), as executor of the will of the late John Richard Hall, formely of Newcastle, merchant appealed from a…

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Alleged Theft of War Funds

The Sun · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 5

Charges of converting to her own use £11 collected for charitable purposes and of stealing about £30 from the trustee of the Greek War Relief…

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Gaol Warder Acquitted West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 10

When Kenneth Farlow, a prisoner serving a life sentence, was called by the Crown to give evidence in a case at Maitland Quarter Sessions to-day, he said he would not answer…

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Accused of Axe Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--"When my wife arrived home at midnight on March 20 she told me she had been out with a Chinese. I went to bed but…

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Alleged Throwing of Acid. Two Men Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 9

Enos Napper, 50, an inmate of the State Hospital at Lidcombe, was severely burned on the face by corrosive acid early yesterday morning…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 9

POLICE Prosecutor (to witness, in Newtown Court): What time did you get back from work?…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Holt.) Crown Prosecutor, Mr. R. R. Kidston. Acquitted of Attempted Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 4

James Michael McCarthy, 26, was acquitted of a charge of having attempted to steal from the person of a man, whose name was unknown, on February 22, at…

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Supreme Court. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Jordan, Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, and Mr Justice Herron.) Workers' Compensation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 4

Judgment was delivered in a case stated by the Workers' Compensation Commission at the request of the respondent employer, under Section 37(4) of…

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Charged with Throwing Acid

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 4

Thomas Turley, 55, and James Whitelaw, 65, inmates of Lidcombe State Hospital, were remanded at Parramatta Court yesterday on a charge of having…

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Alleged Theft From Greek Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 10

Elizabeth Mallard, 51, domestic duties, at the Central Police Court yesterday, was remanded till April 22 on six charges of theft of moneys collected for the…

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City Chase By Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 2

Pedestrians in George and Bathurst Streets scattered in the peak shopping hour last night while police chased and…

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