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Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Boy on charge of murder

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Saturday. -- A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of William Thomas Halse, 77,…

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Four Months' Gaol For Having Papers KALGOORLIE

The Sun · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 5

Convicted under the National Security Act of having had in his possession two copies of the Communist newspaper "The Star," which advocated unlawful doctrines, John Williams Coleman, 57,…

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Plausible Crook Goes To Gaol Widow Is Victim

Truth · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 12

DESCRIBED as a tourist agent, Edward Frank Walters, 34, at the Quarter Sessions last week, told an extraordinary story when…

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Boy on Murder Charge Adelaide

Truth · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 20

JUST as he was settling down to a quiet game of Chinese checkers with the son of a man who informed the police about him,…

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Can't police price cuts

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 5

The Federal Government cannot see that retailers pass on to consumers the 3 1-3 per cent. cut in the price of goods…

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Wages Court a "Little Italy"

Truth · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 28

THE Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court resembled a "Little Italy" during the week when 23 Italian shopkeepers faced 53 charges of breaches of various industrial awards and had to pay a total of £187…

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The Clue Was Skin Deep [?] He understood the Oriental mind and solved a murder mystery

The Sun · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 8

WHEN Comford was killed by a mysterious explosion, the white inhabitants of the eastern…

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Boy Charged With Murder Of Man, 77

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--With his head severely battered by a heavy, pointed weapon, William Thomas Halse, 77, of O'Connell Street. North Adelaide,…

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"Esquire" Owners Charged. Chicago, May 4. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 9

David Smart and his brother, Alfred Smart, owners of the magazine "Esquire," were indicted, with 10 other defendants, on Friday on charges of the illegal manipulation of…

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BOY, 15, Accused of Murder. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 11

William Halse, 77, boot repairer, was found dead by his son and a police constable in a small shed at the back of his boot shop at North Adelaide early yesterday…

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Police Stop Meeting Crowd Demonstrates

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 8

Crowds at the May Day celebrations in the Domain yesterday surged round one of the platforms when police ordered the speaker to close the meeting…

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Police Officer Tells Of Far East Tension

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 5

Mr. G. Smith, former inspector of the Shanghai police force, who has arrived in Sydney with a party of evacuees from Hongkong, said tension…

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Baby Dipped in Swamp. Man Sent to Gaol for Assault. BATHURST

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 10

James Francis Ryan, 20, labourer, pleaded guilty at the Bathurst Police Court to-day to a charge of having unlawfully assaulted a baby boy aged three months. He was…

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Boy Remanded on Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--Brian John Turner, aged 15 years and eight months, appeared before Mr. Coombe, SM., in the Adelaide Children's Court, today…

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Two Men Acquitted of Murder. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 5

Herbert James Kitto, owner of Mount Cavanagh cattle station, and Patrick De Conlay, who were charged with the murder of an aboriginal, Lullilicek, or…

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WOMAN'S 200th Court Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 5

Agnes Jones, 81, aboriginal woman, answered to her 200th charge at Central Police Court yesterday when charged with drunkenness and…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 11

Mr. HARDWICK, S.M. (to witness in Redfern Court): Was the approaching car travelling very fast?…

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Court Fails to End Strike

The Sun · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 7

The Federal Arbitration Court today endeavored to settle the strike of 70 toolmakers at the works of Emmco, Ltd., Waterloo…

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Army Boots. Proceeding in High Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 9

The Federal Attorney-General, Mr. Hughes, said yesterday that proceedings were about to be taken in the High Court against a "number of persons"…

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Law Report. High Court. Refused Leave to Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 4

Tasman Hanley Charles Byrne, 50, was refused special leave to appeal from a decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal. On November 1 last, Byrne was convicted…

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