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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Tailor Charged with Murder

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--The hearing commenced at Maitland Circuit Court today of a charge against Joseph Charnock (63), of…

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Soldier Charged With Theft of Tobacco

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 9

WILLIAM JAMES PRICE, 24, soldier, was remanded at Central Police Court today until May 21 on a charge of having on May 11, broken…

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Spark Plug Theft Alleged

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 5

GEORGE Frederick Kirby (40), hotel manager, Mercantile Hotel, George Street North, City, was today committed at Central Police Court…

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Intent to Murder Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 10

Mrs. Vera McMahon, 35, of Hereford Street, Forest Lodge, was admitted to Sydney Hospital in a serious condition last night, suffering from two deep wounds in the neck,…

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Police Have Greybound

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 28

A BRINDLE and white greyhound in good racing condition awaits his owner at the Balmain Police Station. The dog was found…

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Supreme Court. Full Court. Grazier's Estate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 4

The Court unanimously dismissed an application by Nonie Ethel Horton for leave to appeal to the Privy Council against a decision by the Court on April…

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Youth Faces Murder Trial ADELAIDE

The Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 3

An alleged statement by Brian Turner (15) that he had killed Thomas Halse (77), bootmaker, in self-defence was read by…

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Murder Charge Over Crushed Straw Hat

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 6

NEW YORK.--A straw hat was run over and crushed by a lorry in New York nearly a year ago. Today, the man who owned it, is in…

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Boy, 15, on Charge of Murder

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Brian Turner, aged 15 and eight months, son of an Adelaide dentist, was committed for trial by the City…

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Boy, 15, on Charge of Murder

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Brian Turner, aged 15 and eight months, son of an Adelaide dentist, was committed for trial by the City…

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Boy, 15, on Charge of Murder

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Brian Turner, aged 15 and eight month's, son of an Adelaide dentist, was committed for trial by the City…

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Silence In Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 8

Mr. T. FALKINGHAM, solicitor (at North Sydney Court): How did you notify your brother that he was wanted at…

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Newspaper Reporter Sought By Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 6

POLICE are seeking Austin Bastin (28), of Nottinghill Rd., Lidcombe, following his failure to return home after a fishing trip on the…

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Newspaper Reporter Sought By Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 6

POLICE are seeking Austin Bastin (28), of Nottinghill Rd., Lidcombe, following his failure to return home after a fishing trip, on the…

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Newspaper Reporter Sought By Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 6

POLICE are seeking Austin Bastin (28), Nottinghill Road, Lidcombe, following his failure to return home after a fishing trip on the…

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Court Congestion. Advocate's Complaint

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 11

Attention was again directed yesterday to the inadequacy of court accommodation in Sydney, when the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission was hearing claims for a…

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Wells, Jules Verne In Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 5

Jules Verne appeared before Mr. Wells, L.M., at the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday. He pleaded guilty, and paid the fines, for two friends who were charged with having drunk beer on unlicensed premises…

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State Jurisdiction. Supreme Court. Term List

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 4

In the Banco Court.—At 10 a.m.—For Judgment: Tomsett v Southern Portland Cement Ltd. CAUSES LIST…

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Full Court Grants Appeal by Widow

The Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 6

A decision by the Workers' Compensation Commission that a worker was not engaged in his employment when he met his death was…

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Eve of Big Nazi-italian Drive Three - Pronged Assault On Suez, Gibraltar LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 1

Germans and Italians are almost ready for a big drive against Empire strongholds in Egypt, the Suez Canal zone, and at Gibraltar…

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