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Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 250

Police Court

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 2

The following [?] were dealt with by Mr J. B. [?] P.M.. at Penrith Police Court on Thursday, in addition to other casts reported…

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Woman Charged With Stealing £2700 From Miner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 18

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Charged with having stolen £2700 from George Henry Hill, a Queensland miner, at Sydney on April 19, Valerie…

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Woman Charged With Stealing £2700 From Miner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 18

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Charged with having stolen £2700 from George Henry Hill, a Queensland miner, at Sydney on April 19, Valerie…

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Man Sentenced to Death. Murder of Widow. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 9

Joseph Charnock, 63, was found guilty in the Maitland Circuit Court to-day of the murder of Mrs. Sarah Emily Elizabeth Roarty, 63, widow. Judge Heron sentenced him to death…

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Alleged Pickets Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 8

WOLLONGONG, Wed. After six girls employed at the Spot Cafe in Wollongong had walked out…

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Man Accused of Stealing Ring

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 5

ROBERT BENNETT (51), alias John Molloy, clerk, pleaded not guilty at Central Police Court today to having, on April 30, stolen a…

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Six Months' Gaol for Shop Thefts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 4

Leslie Murray, 21, labourer, and Roy Lewis, 21, labourer, were sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Central Court yesterday for stealing overcoats from…

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Internee Charged with Customs Fraud Explains Nazi Finances

The Sun · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 9

Henry Simms, an internee, who traded in Sydney under the name of Henry Simms and Company,…

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Death Sentence For Murder Of Woman

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Joseph Charnock, 63, was sentenced to death at Maitland Circuit Court today for having murdered Mrs. Sarah Emily…

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Used Different Names, Police Say

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 10

IT would be shown that each of the men before the court had taken different names to further an alleged conspiracy, said Prosecuting Sergeant…

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Police Make Net-makers' Stands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 16

STANDS are urgently needed for net-making for camouflage put poses, and returned soldier members of the Police Force and police volunteers at the Bourke Street station undertook to make 200 stands in their own time. They are seen at work at the week-end at the station. During the past, few weeks so many people have applied to the women's auxiliary of the National Defence League to learn how to make…

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Used Different Names, Police Say

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 10

IT would be shown that each of the men before the court had taken different names to further an alleged conspiracy, said Prosecuting Sergeant…

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Union Officials Before Court

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--John Robert Kerr Cranston (36), secretary of the Illawarra Trades and Labor Council, and Victor Workman, (34),…

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Union Officials Before Court

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--John Robert Kerr Cranston (36), secretary of the Illawarra Trades and Labor Council, and Victor Workman (34),…

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Union Officials Before Court

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--John Robert Kerr Cranston (36), secretary of the Illawarra Trades and Labor Council, and Victor Workman (34)…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 15

POLICE PROSECUTOR (in Central Court): Where was the constable while you were in the dining-room?…

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Police Raise £80000 For War Fund

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 2

POLICE throughout the State have raised £80,107 for war purposes, in response to an appeal by the Commissioner (Mr. Mackay)…

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Police Raise £80,000 For War Fund

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 2

POLICE throughout the State have raised £80,107 for war purposes, in response to an appeal by the commissioner (Mr. Mackay)…

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Police Raise £80,000 For War Fund

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 2

POLICE throughout the State have raised £80,107 for war purposes, in response to an appeal by the Commissioner (Mr. Mackay)…

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An Appeal from the Court Guild

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 24

A small band of Catholic Women working under the name of the Court Guild is appealing through the columns of this paper for honorary members…

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