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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

6,754 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

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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Rommel Murder Report Denied

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. -- The Berlin Radio has broad cast a denial of the report published widely in the…

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Rommel Murder Report Denied

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. -- The Berlin Radio has broadcast a denial of the report published widely in the…

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murder in the Art Gallery

The World's News · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 14

IT was noon of a perfectly bleak and miserable day. The very air itself was frost-bitten, and I doubt if there were more than…

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Police Allege Vendetta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 13

Allegations of a vendetta against a Water Board inspector were made at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, when Frank Ragones[?], 4[?]. market…

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Secret History of the Day Magistrate Was Surprised

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 12

IT takes a lot to surprise a Children's Court magistrate ; but one…

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Police Tell Of Vendetta

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 5

A "vendetta" Between an Italian resident of the Guildford district and a Water Board inspector was alleged in the…

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Silence In Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 6

MR. HARDWICK, S.M. (to defendant at Central): What is your profession? Defendant: Professional invalid, your…

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Beard in Court

The World's News · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 15

When I rang up my husband's office I heard him say, "Bun along, darling"; then over the phone came the demand, "And what do you want?"…

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British Women As Uniformed Police

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON. -- women drivers trying to ogle the policeman taking their numbers in future might have a surprise…

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British Women As Uniformed Police

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 12

LONDON. -- Women drivers trying to ogle the policeman taking their numbers in future might have a surprise…

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British Women As Uniformed Police

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 11

LONDON. -- Women drivers trying to ogle the policeman taking their numbers in future might have a surprise…

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British Women As Uniformed Police

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON. -- Women drivers trying to ogle the policeman taking their numbers in future might have a surprise…

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Mass Murder of Serbians by Quislings London, Saturday. (A.A.P.)

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

The mass murder of Serbs in Croatia is described in a ghastly record compiled by an archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church. In the document, which has…

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Murder in the Convoy

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 January 1942 · page 2

"I REGRET to state, gentlemen," said the Commodore presiding at Troopship Convoy…

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Discontent In Police Alleged

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1942 · page 3

Discontent in the police force was alleged last night by the secretary of the Police Association,…

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Made in Gaol Story Below Ace Cracksman Now Makes Ships

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1942 · page 3

The work of Ernie (Shiner) Ryan, once Australia's No. 1 cracksman, two ship models have arrived in Sydney from Fremantle Gaol to be raffled here for patriotic funds…

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Women Figure In U.S. Spy Ring 311 Years Gaol Sentences New York

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1942 · page 3

A TOTAL of 311 years imprisonment was imposed by the Federal Court on 33 members of…

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Judge Amazed By Order "Secrecy" Court Criticised

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1942 · page 24

LUCKY is the man who never sees the inside of the Children's Court. There the doors are bolted and barred to the public…

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