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Courts & crime, 1942

6,754 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Remand on Murder Charge at Balmain

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 2

ALAN CARBERRY (24), was remanded at Balmain Court today to appear at Central Court on Friday on a charge of murdering…

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Aircraft Strikers Resume While Court Inquires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 5

The 120 strikers in the tool-making section of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation returned to work yesterday. The men were on strike…

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Court Slates Drink Output in Australia

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 3

WHEN Samuel George Darnell (28), naval rating, was charged at Central Court today with having used indecent language in Albert Street,…

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Police Search For Member Of A.J.C.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 5

STANLEY BRAINERD CROSS (alias Christopher Raymond) who recently caused a stir in sporting circles when it was revealed that he…

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Police Search For Member Of A.J.C.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 3

STANLEY BRAINERD CROSS (alias Christopher Raymond) who recently caused a stir in sporting circles when it was revealed that he…

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Police Search For Member Of A.J.C.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 3

STANLEY BRAINERD CROSS (alias Christopher Raymond) who recently caused a stir in sporting circles when it was revealed that he…

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Man Is Charged with Theft of Sausage Skins

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 6

"IT is hard to identify a sausage skin," said Sergeant Forde at Central Police Court today. "The skins are very scarce and very…

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Man Is Charged with Theft of Sausage Skins

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 6

"IT is hard to Identify a sausage skin," said Sergeant Forde at Central Police Court today. "The skins are very scarce and very…

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Man Is Charged with Theft of Sausage Skins

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 6

"IT is hard to identify a sausage skin," said Sergeant Forde at Central Police Court today. The skins are very scarce and very…

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Man Is Charged with Theft of Sausage Skins

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 6

"IT is hard to identify a sausage skin," said Sergeant Forde at Central Police Court today, "The skins are very scarce and very…

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Sentenced for Perjury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 11

Matej Jean Dvorn[?]. 41. engineer. who was stated to be president of the Yugoslav Club and the Yugoslav Red Cross, was yesterday sentenced to 12…

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Gaoled for Theft

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 2

Charged with having stolen-a lady's dress ring, a he clip, and £2, the property of Raymond Thomas Smith, at Granville on January 7, Frederick…

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Nurse Sent To Gaol

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 2

Enid Grace Starr, a 20-year-old nurse, was sentenced at North Sydney Court to-day to a month's gaol for stealing from…

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Two Maltese Are Charged

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 4

After Felix Muscat, 65, laborer, a Maltese, had been charged with attempted murder at Parramatta Court to-day, a special…

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Chief Steward Gaoled for Theft of Stores

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 2

FRANK LAWRENCE (52), chief steward, was sentenced at Central Police Court today to a month's hard labor on a charge of embezzling…

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Shooting Affray Attempted Murder Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 10

Parramatta Police last night arrested two Maltese residents of Quaker's Hill, and charged them at Parramatta Police Station…

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Negligence Charged. Death of Three Brisbane Firemen

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 10

Alleging that two officers of the Brisbane fire headquarters had been negligent at a large fire at Brisbane last week, in which three firemen lost…

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In Gaol 18 Months, Charge Lifted LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 2

Sensational developments are expected following the release from Brixton Gaol Of Benjamin Greene, after detention since May, 1940, under the defence regulations…

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Says Police Punched Him

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 4

Two men in Quarter Sessions to-day during their trial on a charge of shopbreaking, alleged that while they were in custody…

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Silence In Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 7

BARRISTER (to witness in Quarter Sessions Appeals Court): What happened when the truck hit your car? Witness: Five bottles of beer in the…

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