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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

6,754 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

Theft of Petrol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 5

In the Central Police Court yesterday. Henry Thomas Rhodes, 51, poultryfarmer, of Matraville, who admitted a charge of having stolen four…

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Youth Dies; Man Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 5

Bruce Edward Holden, 16, of Bouvardia street. Five Dock, died yesterday from internal injuries caused by compressed air being forced into his body…

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On Charge of Murder

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 2

Allan Carberry (24), plumber, was charged at Balmain Police Court to-day with having murdered Bruce Holden (16)…

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Young Shipworker on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 6

BAIL was refused Allan Carberry (24), plumber, who was charged at the Balmain Police Court today with having murdered Bruce Holden…

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Young Shipworker on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 6

BAIL was refused Allan Carberry (24). plumber, who was charged at the Balmain Police Court today with having murdered Bruce Holden…

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Young Shipworker on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 6

BAIL was refused Allan Carberry (24), plumber, who was charged at the Balmain Police Court today with having murdered Bruce Holden…

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Police Seek Relief

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 2

A special meeting of the executive of the N.S.W. Police Association this afternoon…

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Young Shipworker on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 6

BAIL was refused Allan Carberry (24), plumber, who was charged at the Balmain Police Court today with having murdered Bruce Holden…

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Man on Murder Charge Youth's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 9

Bruce Edward Holden, l8, of Bouvardia Street, Fivedock, died in Balmain Hospital yesterday from internal injuries alleged to…

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Silence In Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 7

COMPLAINANT (in Newtown Court): He hit me from one end of Camden Street to the other. Magistrate (to defendant): If it had…

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Police Association to Discuss Grievances

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the Executive of the N.S.W. Police Association will be held today to discuss certain grievances which have been…

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Police Tell Of Mystery Phone Call At Inquest

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

An allegation that the victim of the A.P.C. poison mystery, Vera Doris Watts, 36, of Kent-street, Collaroy, was "said to traffic in [?]caine" was read in the Coroner's Court to-day from a…

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Powder Death Inquest Told Of Mysterious Phone Call To Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 4

When detectives told him on December 2 that Mrs. Watt had died and that A.P.C. powders discovered by [?] in her home had been found to contain poison, Conald Donald Pagett exclaimed: "Good God. I would not do that to her. I would not…

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Powder Death Inquest Told Of Mysterious Phone Call To Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 4

When defectives told him on December 2 that Mrs. Watt had died and that A.P.C. powders discovered by [?] in her home had been found to contain poison, Conald Donald Pagett exclaimed: "Good God. I would not do that to her. I would not…

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Powder Death Inquest Told Of Mysterious Phone Call To Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 4

When detectives told him on December 2 that Mrs. Watt had died and that A.P.C. powders discovered by him in her home had been found to contain poison, Conald Donald Pagett exclaimed: "Good God. I would not do that to her. I would not…

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Plumber Charged with Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 8

Allan Carberry, 24, plumber, was charged at the Balmain Police Court yesterday with having murdered Bruce Holden, at Cockatoo Island, on…

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Few Young Men in Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 14

The annual report of the Prisons Department for the year ended June 30 last states that perhaps the most significant feature of the prison figures…

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Six Charged With Harboring Gunman

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 7

Four men and two women stood in Central Police Court today to answer charges of having harbored Robert Sidney Jones (36), notorious gaol-breaker shot dead in a gun battle with police at a house in Elswick Street, Leichhardt, early…

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Six Charged With Harboring Gunman

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 7

Four men and two women stood in Central Police Court today to answer charges of having harbored Robert Sidney Jones (36), notorious gaol-breaker who shot himself dead in a gun battle with the police in a house in Elswick Street…

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Six Charged With Harboring Gunman

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 7

Four men and two women stood in Central Police Court today to answer charges of having harbored Robert Sidney Jones (36), notorious gaol-breaker shot dead in a gun battle with police at a house in Elswick Street, Leichhardt, early…

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