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Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 250

Brother Confesses Triple Murder

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 7

VANCOUVER, B.C., Friday.-- Fred Flink returned home at Alexandria (Minn.) and found the bodies of his…

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Brother Confesses Triple Murder

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 7

VANCOUVER, B.C., Friday, --Fred Flink returned home at Alexandria (Minn.) and found the bodies of his…

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Brother Confesses Triple Murder

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 7

VANCOUVER, B.C., Friday. --Fred Flink returned home at Alexandria (Minn.) and found the bodies of his…

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Man Sentenced to 15 Years. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 11

Roger Trimmer, 25, was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment at Maitland to-day for manslaughter. He had been churned with the murder of his wife, aned 20, at Islington,…

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Silence In Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 9

WOMAN witness (in Campsie Court): He had a knife in his hand, and he said to me: "I am going to give you this…

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Council News. New Police Premises

The Observer · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 4

Chief Secretary’s Dept replying to CIr. Monro’s representations on behalf of the Council for the erection of new Police premises at Cronulla. Full…

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Police Seek Owners Of Property

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 2

CONSTABLES GILLESPIE and Parsons of the C.I.B. are seeking the owners of a 15ct. gold platinum-edged brooch, set with a large…

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Court Martial For Colonel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 2

COLONEL W. P. SCOTT, who is to be court-martialled on alleged brutal treatment of German and Italian internees…

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Constable Sues Inspector. Questions About Other Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 4

"This case should not be a full dress rehearsal for another libel action." said Mr. Mason, K.C., when Mr. Gordon Wallace, K.C., asked Superintendent Keogh,…

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State Jurisdiction. Supreme Court. Term List

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 4

In the Sanco Court.—At 10 a.m.—Application by an artic[?]d clerk, Criminal appeals. R. v Christian. R. v. A[?] R. v. B[?]e, R. v Thompson, R. v Webber, R.[?] Turner, R, v…

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Woman in Court in Evening Dress

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 10

DESCRIBED by the gaol doctor as "one of the worst examples of chronic alcoholism ever known at Long Bay." Minnnie Love (48),…

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Supreme Court. Causes in No. I Court. (Before Mr. Justice Owen.) Bank of N.S.W. V Barton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 4

A settlement was reached in the action brought by the Bank of New South Wales against Bryce Rivers Barton for the recovery of money lent on overdraft…

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Law Notices. Friday, May 16, 1941. Commonwealth Jurisdiction. Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 4

Before Sir acorte Beeby. Chief Judge.—At No. 2 court, 119 Philip Street.—At 10.30 a.m.— in [?] Merchant Service Guild of Australasia and the Australian Institute of Mar[?] and…

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Injunction Sought Against Sunday Sun Story Rights Questioned in Equity Court

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 2

A satirical sketch entitled "A Flying Visit," and purporting to describe in witty fashion a visit by Hitler to England, was the subject of an injunction application by Truth and Sportsman Ltd., in the…

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Nazis ' Gaol' Norwegians

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 13

LONDON, Saturday.--A German military court' in Stockholm sentenced .27 Norwegians to long gaol 'terms for alleged theft of goods…

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Six Months for Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 10

At Central Police Court yesterday, Ramon Michael Stuart (20), walter, was sentenced by Mr. Atkinson, S.M., to six months' hard labour on a charge of…

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Tribute To Mirror By Magistrate

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 3

"I REGARD the form of the Daily Mirror as excellent for easy reading at home or in transport," said the Chief…

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Tribute To Mirror By Magistrate

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 3

"I REGARD the form of the Daily Mirror as excellent for easy reading at home or in transport," said the Chief…

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Tribute To Mirror By Magistrate

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 3

"I REGARD the form of the Daily Mirror as excellent for easy reading at home or in transport," said the Chief…

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Tribute To Mirror By Magistrate

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 3

"I REGARD the form of the Daily Mirror as excellent for easy reading at home or in transport." said the Chief…

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