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Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

More Police for Cabra-vale

The Biz · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 3

Cabra-Vnle Council has been advised by the Police Department that the Commissioner was taking action to make another constable available for duty at…

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100 Police for Cowra Hotels

The Sun · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 3

Fifty police from Sydney and 50 from country stations, have been sent to Cowra, to ensure that the hotel bars there are closed at the proper…

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Police Allege Man Kicked To Death

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Allegations that William Maloney, 63, killed a man by kicking him between toe eyes were made at Ballarat Coroner's…

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Gets Discharge From Bankruptcy Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P)--Cecil Jacob Pell engineer, described as lately of Australia House, London, obtained his discharge at a London…

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Shot Dead by Dog Is Police Theory Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 5

Police are investigating a theory that Mrs. Alice Williams, 27, was shot dead by her dog accidentally discharging a rifle which she carried…

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Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Justice Edwards.) O'GRADY v O'GRADY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 3

This was a suit by the Deputy Master in Lunacy on behalf of Kathleen Mary O'Grady (formerly Bransgrove) for dissolution of her marriage with Arthur…

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Gaol for Movie Magnate New York

The Sun · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 3

Joseph M. Schenck, multimillionaire movie executive, was sentenced by the Federal Court to-day to…

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Autopsy Points From Murder Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 3

A few hours before her body was found in the yard of her home at Crib Point yesterday, Mrs. Alice Williams (26) had been reading a…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 10

SERGEANT Croker, Police Prosecutor (in Traffic Court): And the defendant rode 300 miles with his hands off the…

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Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Justice Edwards.) McFEE v McFEE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 2

Ross Yeates McFee v Bessie Holwell Label McFee (formerly McIntyre), Marriage, July 14, 1933, Waverley, Congregational rites. Issue, desertion. Decree…

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Fake Captain Given Gaol

The Sun · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 2

Three months' hard labor was imposed to-day by Mr. Goldie. S.M, at Central Police Court on Reginald Holt Dearman. or Lionel Holt Allen,…

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Joseph Schenck to Go to Gaol. New York. April 25. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 14

Joseph Schenck, the multi-millionaire film company executive was sentenced by a Federal Court yesterday to imprisonment for three years, and in addition was fined 20,000 dollars…

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Woman charged with £2700 theft

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 April 1941 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Valerie Hudson, a pretty 27-year-old redhead, was charged at the City Watchhouse this afternoon with…

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Mutton prices racket charged

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 April 1941 · page 8

"Cold storage warehouses are being crammed with lamb and mutton, to keep the price of meat up," said the president of the Housewives'…

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Stole 1d chewing gum, child charged

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 April 1941 · page 4

Allegations that there were so many police on duty that children were being persecuted were made yesterday by the Chaplain of the Children's…

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Assault Victim Hits, Kicks Man in Line-up

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 April 1941 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- A man who complained he had been assaulted was taken before a line-up of nine men by police this week to pick his assailant…

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Western Shearing Contractor Is Acquitted Murder Charge Thrown Out

Truth · Sunday 27 April 1941 · page 24

Harvey Oliver Potts (45), well-known Wellington shearing contractor, and prominent Western sportsman, was acquitted of a charge of murder at the Dubbo Supreme Court on Wednesday…

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Stories for All King Archibald's Court

The Sun · Sunday 27 April 1941 · page 3

CONSTERNATION prevailed at the Court of Archibald, King of the Toads. The Chief Chairmaker was ill and unable to make chairs for…

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Court Feathers At Melbourne Wedding MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 27 April 1941 · page 23

THE wedding of Miss Roma Rosalind Judith (Judy) Chirnside, to Reshid Bey…

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Police Unmask Big U.S. Sabotage Plot SEATTLE

The Sun · Sunday 27 April 1941 · page 2

Police announced that they had discovered a plot by criminal elements and saboteurs to close down the Boeing bomber plant and the Todd…

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