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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250

Ex-police Bandmaster's Amours Four Girls Were Named in Petition

Truth · Sunday 27 April 1941 · page 20

FRIDAY, the 13th, was an unlucky day in the life of John Crosby-Browne, formerly leader of the Police Band with the honorary rank of Inspector. It was on that…

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Gas Men Will March To Work: Strike Off Will Air Claims in Court

The Sun · Sunday 27 April 1941 · page 5

Striking Mortlake gas employees -- who supply the Metropolitan area with gas -- will march in a body to…

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Ex-Husband Can Escape Life In Gaol

The Sun · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 3

"My main interest is that you do not spend the rest of your life in prison," said Mr. Justice Roper in the…

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Boxer to Become Police Cadet

The Sun · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 11

Norm. Harvey, 18-year-old unbeaten middleweight, intends to box for two more years, and then become a police cadet…

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Police Suicide in Graft Probe

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sunday. -- Deputy- Police Inspector John Ken[?]a shot himself while investigators were probing allegations that police in his district,…

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Police Hunt by Plane, Train and Car. Nyngan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 3

Two detectives flew from Brisbane to Sydney by plane, went by train to Nyngan, and motored 60 miles to Mundadoo to arrest a man who was charged with…

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Gas Strike Settled. Court Hearing. Men Claim They Fear Victimisation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 10

By an overwhelming majority, a meeting of gas employees in the Sydney Town Hall on Saturday decided to end their strike, and to…

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Affairs of Forbes. Four Men Charged. Solicitors' Evidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 5

During yesterday's hearing in the Central Criminal Court of what has become known as the Woolcott Forbes conspiracy case, the Judge…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 10

SOLICITOR (to slightly nervous witness, in Liverpool Court): What did you do when you heard the woman say those…

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"Missing" Problem to Court

The Sun · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 8

A young Australian airman, who flew out over the North Sea last year and did not come back, has raised a…

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Police Fire on Rioting Indians London

The Sun · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 3

Police fired on the mob when Moslems and Hindus clashed at Cawnpore, and 10 were injured. The situation is tense and the…

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Probate Court. (Before the Probate Judge, Mr. Justice Nicholas.) Missing Drover Presumed to Be Dead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 3

If James Condie, formerly of Paramatta, was now living he would be 101 years of age. His two surviving sons are 71 and 73 years old. Condle was…

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Mixed Story of Burglary

The Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 5

When Julian Anthony Hadfield (35), soldier, stepped into the dock at Central Police Court to-day in a long military overcoat, the police…

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Jewellery Theft Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 8

Frank Edward Walters, 39, tourist agency representative, in the Quarter Sessions yesterday, denied that he had either promised to marry a Viennese…

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Company Director Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 13

Albert Edward Thomas, 49, company director, was remanded to May 13 at the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of having fraudulently applied to his own use £4,224/10/…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 10

POLICE PROSECUTOR (in Central Police Courts). How much did you lose when you backed the winner?…

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Agents for Italian Ships. Application to the High Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 6

Authority to liquidate the Australia-Italia Shipping Company Ltd., in an eventuality was sought in the High Court yesterday by the Controller of the…

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"Vandalism Rife" Council to Ask Police to Take Action P'matta Damage

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 7

A suggestion by the deputy-Mayor (Ald. Harvey) at Parramatta Council last week that employees be asked to report vandals…

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Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before Mr. Justice Roper.) BARKER v BARKER

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 5

Christopher Barker v Thelma Kathleen Barker (formerly Fairbairn). Marriage, May 1, 1937, Mosman, Anglican. Restitution suit. Usual order made…

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Southern News Railway Officials Attacked Court Story Of Guildford Disturbance Three Men Fined Total of £33/14/-

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 8

As two trains apporached Guildford station on the night of April 5, a junior porter was on his back across the tracks at the nearby level…

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