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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

6,754 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Human Remains Found Man Charged With Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 7

Human remains found buried two miles from Yass yesterday are believed by the police to be portion of the body of Ida…

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Was Ducked After Theft

The Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 2

William James O'Keefe, former president of the Rozelle branch of the A.L.P., was dumped into a water trough at…

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Second Bombing Attempt Magistrate's House

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 9

KALGOORLIE, Monday.—A second attempt to bomb the Hannan Street home of the Resident Magistrate, Mr. L. W…

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Man Charged With Murdering Woman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

YASS, Tuesday. --Thomas William Davis (49), farmer, was charged in the police court this morning with having murdered Ida May Faulder…

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Man Charged With Murdering Woman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 7

YASS, Tuesday.-- Thomas William Davis (49), farmer, was charged in the police court this morning with having murdered Ida May Faulder…

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Man Charged With Murdering Woman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 7

YASS, Tuesday.-- Thomas William Davis (49), farmer, was charged in the police court this morning with having murdered Ida May Faulder…

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Mam Charged With Murdering Woman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 7

YASS, Tuesday.-- Thomas William Davis (49), farmer, was charged in the police court this morning with having murdered Ida May Faulder…

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Mast Charged With Murdering Woman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 7

YASS, Tuesday. --Thomas William Davis (49), farmer, was charged in the police court this morning with having murdered Ida May Faulder…

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Second Attempt To Kill Resident Magistrate Fails

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--A second attempt last night to assassinate the resident magistrate at Eastern Gold- fields (Mr. L. W, Stotter) failed. Mr. Stotter disturbed in the…

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Accused Of Murder YASS

The Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

On a charge of murder, Thomas William Davis, 49, grazier, of Good Hope, was remanded at…

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Police Catch Runaway Boys

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 5

Eight of the 13 boys who escaped from Gosford Training School on Monday were recaptured yesterday. An honor system operates at the…

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Police on "Dug-out" Duty

The Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 2

"I am told that the police on special duty in the city at night spend from 10 p.m. until morning in the so-called dugouts, and…

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Picked Nazis for Air Police Corps

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The Gestapo is forming an air force of picked pilots to patrol over German territory, states Moscow Radio…

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Picked Nazis for Air Police Corps

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. --The Gestapo is forming an air force of picked pilots to patrol over German territory, states Moscow Radio…

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Nazis Pay Court to Turkey Old Double Cross May Be Planned

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 7

NEW YORK. --Observers stationed in Berlin are puzzling over Germany's sudden interest in Turkey, states a Christian…

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"Help Police" Says Magistrate Rubber Workers Fined

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 1

"Police duties in these times are very onerous, and members of the public should assist, not hinder them."…

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Italian Charged

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 3

Allegations that an Italian market gardener attacked a Water Board inspector's wife with a…

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Theft of Aluminium

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 7

It costs Clyde Engineering Company £50 a week for watchmen to guard against theft said the Police Prosecutor…

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Objected to Swearing, Not Assault

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 4

Joseph Bergan, 50, fisherman, used indecent language and then punched taxi proprietor, Julius A. Speers, in Darcy Street,…

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"Bike Stealing Is Prevalent" Tyre Builder Fined

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 5

Leslie Colin Hilton, 29, tyre builder, was fined £2 at Parramatta Court on Friday for having stolen a bicycle belonging to William Henry Crofts, at…

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