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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

McRAE Case Cabinet's Rebuke to Police

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 3

State Cabinet has decided that no claim for privilege should have been made in respect of documents to…

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Arrest Made in Church. Police Story of Vigil

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 9

A story of how two policemen waited six hours in a darkened church for an intruder was told in the Central Police Court yesterday by Constables Wells…

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Steamer Kwang Yuan U.S. Court Decision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 2

In the United States Supreme Court recently, judgment was given in an action in which the Chinese Government and a…

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Court Case Reveals New Wool Process London

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 3

A sensational method of re-processing waste wool, giving it a quality "resembling Australian lamb's wool," was mentioned in a court case at Leeds to-day. A Belgian, Joseph Bailly, was…

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Clerk in Court. Intelligence Officer Urges Heavy Bail

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 11

Allegations that a 19-year-old clerk had secured a position in the censorship department in Queensland by pretending that he was a fluent German scholar were made at…

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Court Hint Of War Precautions Act To Prevent Strikes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 7

A statement by Judge O'Mara, in the Arbitration Court yesterday, is regarded by union leaders as a hint that the War Precautions Act might be invoked…

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Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before the Registrar.) Injured Soldier's Petition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 6

Wife's Application for Al[?]mony. Dorothe Hamilton Abel, wife of Lionel James Abel, applied for an order for alimony pendente lite…

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Assault and Robbery Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 7

John Docherey, 56, was committed for trial at the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of assault and robbery in Prince Alfred Park…

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Rebuke For Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 5

State Cabinet decided yes terday that no claim for privilege should have been made by the police in respect of…

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£10,000 Theft Charge Accused Man's Alleged Offer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 15

Leo Graham Johnston, 35, poultry farmer, was committed for trial by Mr. Arnold, S.M., at Kogarah yesterday on a charge of stealing bonds and jewellery worth £10,000 from…

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Police Search Radio Station

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 1

Military officers and police yesterday raided 5KA, Adelaide, one of the four radio stations banned on Wednesday. Guards were posted at the…

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Heard in Court

The World's News · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 15

"I said to my husband: 'Won't you treat me to a ninepenny seat at the pictures?' He said: 'What, when you can get a free look at me at…

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Heard in Court

The World's News · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 34

"Married life, is full of uncertainties," said a man. "It's like the hash my wife used to make me eat."…

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Heard in Court

The World's News · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 2

Woman: "There's one thing I'll say for him: Wherever we had an argument, his mother always remained neutral."…

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The Falcon Swoops on Fritz Smashes Assault Before It Starts

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 10

A sporting lad in a sporting family, he advanced from being a motor-cycle corporal to being an Air-Marshal. Once, in the last war, his single plane tackled five Huns, and bagged three of them. He has directed air personnel for all Britain, and is his country's master-bomber…

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Woman Sent to Gaol. Refusal to Give Evidence MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 14

Catherine Frances Curry, an elderly spinster, who declined to give information in the Bankruptcy Court to-day on the statement of affairs relating to the…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 7

MR. MERVYN FINLAY to witness at Central Police Court): You are a married man. How many children have…

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Cabinet Censure of Police. Caesar Divorce. Commissioner's Conduct Upheld

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 14

The State Cabinet yesterday censured the conduct of the Police Department, but approved the conduct of the Commissioner of Police, Mr. MacKay, during…

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Two Men Shot Dead. Principals in Court Case. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 15

Edward John Ansell, 59, and his son-in-law, Alfred Edgar Kluver, 37, were found shot dead at Ansell's residence. Pimlico, Townsville, this morning…

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Court Hears of New Wool Process. London, Jan. 10. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 14

Joseph Bailly, a Belgian, was acquitted at Leeds on a charge of having stolen 11 bales of wool entrusted to his company for processing. He was also charged with offering…

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