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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1941

6,510 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

No Lawyer For Police

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 6

The State Cabinet has refused the request of the Commissioner of Police (Mr. MacKay) for a legal adviser to…

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Silence in the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 8

CONSTABLE TRINKS (to witness in Traffic Court): Take the Bible in your right hand…

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Alleged Trading with Enemy. Three Directors Charged. LONDON, Jan. 14. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 12

A woman company director, Doreen Grant Gibbons, aged 32, with two co-directors, was charged at the Old Bailey to-day with having had financial and commercial dealings for…

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Man for Trial. Non-appearance in Court Alleged. "Unnerved," Claims Solicitor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 13

When George Dempsey, 36, mechanic, was committed for trial from Central Police Court yesterday on a charge, by warrant, of having failed to appear to…

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Army Gathers for Final Assault. Hammering At Tobruk. Australians Join in Bombardment. Italians In Oasis Cut Off. LONDON, January 14. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 11

While the Imperial Army of the Nile is hammering at the defences of Tobruk, the Italian naval base in Libya, and troops are gathering for the final assault, the Royal Air Force is ranging over the eastern part of Libya as far as Benghazi…

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Wishart Found Guilty; Sentenced

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 15

John Royston Wishart, solicitor, was to-day sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labor, on an information alleging that on June 25…

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Theft Of Jewellery Worth £1400 Alleged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 5

Neville Philip Maybury, 25, greaser, was charged at Central Police Court yesterday with having stolen jewellery valued at £1400…

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Assault and Robbery Charge. Soldiers and Moorebank Woman

Liverpool News · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3
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The case in which Jack Surrey and Matthew Ferrier were charged with assau't and robbery at Chipping Norton on January 4, was before Liverpool Police…

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Police Guard Fruit Shops

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3

Police quickly dispersed a crowd of 100 who attempted demonstrations outside fruit shops in Rockdale to-day. The crowd gathered outside the…

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Aliens at Court

The Biz · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 6

Two aliens, Vittorio Della-Casa and Fulvia Della-Casa, were each charged at Liverpool Police Court on Monday with having travelled outside the police…

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Joke of the Week. Must Have Been in Gaol

The Propeller · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 6

She; "Have you ever been to see the penitentiary?" He: "Oh, yes." She: "How long, did it take you to…

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Inadequate Police Protection Fairfield Council Concerned

The Biz · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 5

When Ald. F. Davis brought up the question of inadequate police protection In Fairfield and district at Wednesday night's meeting of Fairfield Council, he…

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Roster System Dispute In Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 5

The Commonwealth Steel Company's works at Newcastle were forced to work every day and hour of the week, said Mr…

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Chase Through Arncliffe. Police and Motor Cyclist

The Propeller · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3

Evidence of an exciting chase by a P.D. car after a motor cyclist, at sixty miles per hour, through Arncliffe and Bexley last Saturday night…

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12-Hour Court Sitting Katoomba

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 11

Proceedings at Katoomba Court yesterday created a record, lasting from 10 a.m. till 10.30 p.m…

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B.B.C. Linguistic Adviser Accused of Murder. London, Jan. 15. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 8

Professor Arthur Lloyd James, linguistic adviser to the B.B.C., and Professor of Phonetics at London University, appeared at Hampstead Petty Sessions to-day on a charge of having…

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Collision Off Heads. Negligence on Both Vessels. Court's Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 4

The Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry yesterday found that the cause of the collision between the steamers Fiona (2,198…

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Tennis Fairfield and District Hard Court Association. Grading List, 1941 Gentlemen. a Grade

The Biz · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3

Jack Babbage, E. F. Eaker, E. K. Eake[?], Edward Bright, Ivor Eutsoyne, Arthur D. canning, Cecil Clausen, Frederick Clausen, Clyde Cooper, Noel Dean,…

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Solicitor Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 7

John Royston Wishart, 32, solicitor, of George Street, City, was sentenced at Central Summons Court yesterday to six months for a breach of the National…

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