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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

6,754 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250

Police Court

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 3

The following cases were dealt with by Mr C. Pickup, P.M., at Penrith police Court on Monday: Drove Under Influence…

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Man Charged with Shooting

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 4

William James Atkinson, 64, wharf gatekeeper, was charged at Central Police Court yesterday with having shot Angus McKenzie, 42, clerk, with intent…

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Police Search Under House

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 10

Police crawled under a house at Hurstville yesterday and found concealed in a deep trench a large assortment of electiical goods electric…

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Order for Police Steel Helmets

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 4

"I CONSIDER that the police and firemen are in the first line of trenches, and I am determined to do everything possible to see that they…

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Order for Police Steel Helmets

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 4

"I CONSIDER that the police and firemen are in the first line of trenches, and I am determined to do everything possible to see that they…

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Order for Police Steel Helmets

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 4

"I CONSIDER that the police and firemen are in the first line of trenches, and I am determined to do everything possible to see that they…

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Order for Police Steel Helmets

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 4

"I CONSIDER that the police and firemen are in the first line of trenches, and I am determined to do everything possible to see that they…

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Order for Police Steel Helmets

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 4

"I CONSIDER that the police and firemen are in the first line of trenches, and I am determined to do everything possible to see that they…

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Order for Police Steel Helmets

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 4

"I CONSIDER that the police and firemen are in the first line of trenches, and I am determined to do everything possible to see that they…

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Man Shot on Wharf Intent to Murder Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 10

William James Atkinson, 64, a gatekeeper, who was employed at No. 8 wharf, Walsh Bay, was remanded at the Central Police…

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Police Called Out to Fight Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 12

ADELAIDE, Thursday. -- Using knapsack sprays and beaters, 30 junior constables who were rushed from their barracks in Adelaide, are…

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Police Called Out to Fight Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Thursday. -- Using knapsack sprays and beaters, 30 junior constables who were rushed from their barracks in Adelaide, are…

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Sworn-in As Police

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 3

Two thousand Sydney citizens are being trained as police reservists and already 400 have been sworn in, the Chief…

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Police Seek Letter Writer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 3

After Mrs. Pratt, 77, of Corunna Road, Petersham, was kchocked down and fatally injured by a car in Petersham on Christmas Eve, some…

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Water Vendetta Police Allege

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 3

Vendetta against a Water Board inspector was alleged by police in Parramatta Court to-day…

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Police Have Line on Meat Racket

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 6

LONDON. -- Scotland Yard now knows the secret operations of the "black market" in meat. A man, who had been working as a…

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Police Have Line on Meat Racket

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 6

LONDON. -- Scotland Yard now knows the secret operations of the "black market" in meat. A man, who had been working as a…

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Aborigine Shot In Brawl With Police

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 5

During an altercation with a constable at Boomi, 60 miles from Moree, yesterday, Clarrie Binge, about 22, an aborigine, was shot in the hip…

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Jail Term for Stealing Beer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 5

PERTH, Friday.--Two A.I.F. men who stole three and a half cases of bottled beer from the Swan Bewery were sentenced to six months' jail, in…

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Magistrate Fined For Food Breach

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 7

LONDON. -- Colonel Marwood Tucker, chairman of the Magistrates Court, at Tavistock, Devon, had been getting too…

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