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Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250

Two Women on Murder Charges

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Two women were arrested today on murder charges. The arrests followed investigations by detectives into the death of a…

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Police Protest On Leave

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 11

"It is a disgraceful as well as illegal thing to deprive police of their weekly leave," said the…

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"North West Mounted Police."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 3

Technicolour has seldom been shown to better effect than in Paramount's "Northwest Mounted Police." It vitalises the whole film. It lends fgreater realism to…

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Hotel Is Under Police Eye

The Sun · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 5

A majority of the Licensing Bench to-day granted a transfer of the licence of the Westminster Hotel from…

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Alleged Communist Charged. Sent from N.S.W. to W.A. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 9

Alleged to have been "sent from New South Wales to organise the illegal Communist Party in Western Australia," John Spencer Simpson, 52, retired, sometimes known as John…

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Law Report. Supreme Court. in Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Nicholas.) Accumulations by Trustees. Estate of late Mr. J. Fitzgerald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 4

Several questions arising in the administration of the trusts of the will of Mr. John Fitzgerald, formerly of Macarthur Street, Ultimo, were submitted to the…

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6 Months for Stealing Beans

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 4

"When I asked the accused where he got the bag of beans, he replied, pinched them," Sergeant Goulder of Clarence street Police, said in Central…

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Police Inspect Sideshows

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 15

Police visited sideshows yesterday and in one case took notes of the commentary being given outside a tent which promised a lurid…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 15

MR. MERVYN FINLAY, solicitor (at Central Court): Was he drunk? Witness: I'm not sure…

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Supreme Court. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Jordan, Mr. Justice Street, and Mr. Justice Roper.) District Court Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 5

Interpretation of Insurance Policy. This was an appeal by the defendant from a decision of Judge Holt in the District Court, against a judgment for…

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Arbitration Court. (Before Judge O'Mara.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 5

In the Metal Trades Award (stovemaking section) re Metters Ltd. This was a reference by the District Registrar of notification under Regulation 10 of…

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Last Stage of Long Court Case

The Sun · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 3

The Full Court to-day dismissed the appeal of Miss Nonie Ethel Horton, against a non-suit granted in February by Mr. Justice Herron in a…

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Causes in No. 2 COURT. (Before Mr, Justice Herron.) Verdict for £500

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 5

Donald Gray, of North Sydney, sued George Prior, artifical flower…

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Causes in No. 5 COURT. (Before Mr. Acting Justice K. A. Ferguson.) Damages Against Doctor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 5

The jury gave Mrs. Muriel Ziems, of Short Street, Corrimal, a verdict for £100 in her action against Alexander Lionel Caselberg, medical practitioner…

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Causes in No. 1 COURT. (Before Mr. Acting Justice K. A. Ferguson and a jury.) Knocked Down by Motor Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 5

The jury gave Gilbert Miller, 83, of Taunton Road, Hurstville, a verdict for £318/10/6 against Raymond George Durston, of Broughton Road, Homebush, for…

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Law Report. High Court. (Before the Actine Chief Justice. Sir George Rich. Mr. Justice Starke, Mr. Justice McTiernan, and Mr. Justice Williams.) State Lottery Prize. Claim for One-Third

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 5

The High Court granted leave to appeal from a ruling of an Equity Judge to Thomas Davis, a defendant in an Equity suit. relating to a claim to a third share…

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£8,300 Theft Alleged. Ex-police Officer's Property

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 14

Leo Graham Johnston, 35, poultry farmer was charged in Quarter Sessions yesterday with having stolen bonds, jewellery, and a stamp…

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Assault Charge Carnival Incident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 1

Incidents at a carnival at Parramatta Park on Saturday led up to the appearance of two men at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday…

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18 Months for £8300 Theft

The Sun · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 6

For stealing bonds, jewellery and stamps valued at £8300 from George Edwin Goulder, 82, retired police superintendent, Leo Graham…

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Assault, Robbery in City Lane

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 6

After having been assaulted and robbed yesterday by two men in Milson Lane, near Essex Street, city. John Cronin, 52, of Stanley street. East…

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