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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

7,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

Magistrate's Hint

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 4

Mr. Mahony, S.M., said in the Paddington Court yesterday that the conduct of a taxi-driver should be inquired into by the Transport Commissioner…

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Battlefield to Gaol

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 2

WHAT sort of a crime would a civilian have to commit to get six-months' gaol, with a…

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Chinese Reports Theft of £400

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 3

The reported theft on New Year's Eve of £400 from the hut of Ah Fing, Chinese gardener. Bastic-street, Rockdale, is being…

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Provost Corps Disturbance Two Civilians Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 11

Two civilians who were alleged to have taken part in incidents outside an amusement parlour in Pitt Street, near Park Street,…

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Negro Couple Executed for Landlord's Murder

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 2

NEW YORK, Saturday. -- Daniel and Rosanna Phillips, a negro couple, were executed by lethal chamber means at Raleigh, North…

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Negro Couple Executed for Landlord's Murder

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 5

NEW YORK, Saturday. -- Daniel and Rosanna Phillips, a negro couple, were executed by lethal…

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Negro Couple Executed for Landlord's Murder

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 5

NEW YORK, Saturday. -- Daniel and Rosanna Phillips, a negro couple, were executed by lethal chamber means at Raleigh, North…

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Negro Couple Executed for Landlord's Murder

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 5

NEW YORK, Saturday. -- Daniel and Rosanna Phillips, a negro couple, were executed by lethal chamber means at Raleigh, North…

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Girl Attacked, Allege Police

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 2

Lionel James Perry (23), charged at North Sydney Court today with assault with intent to rob, was remanded in…

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Girl Attacked, Allege Police

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 2

Lionel James Perry (23), charged at North Sydney Court today with assault with intent to rob, was remanded in…

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Girl Attacked, Allege Police

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 2

Lionel James Perry (23), charged at North Sydney Court today with assault with intent to rob, was remanded in…

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Heard in Court

The World's News · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 17

I married in haste to repent at leisure—but I am still waiting for the leisure. My wife is bitten by Army…

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Alleges Attack By Army Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 8

William John Lane, 30, tester, of Rosedown Street, Summer Hill, said in Central Police Court yesterday that a military…

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Soldiers Attack Police in Street

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Saturday.--Several hundred people watched a pitched battle between half a dozen policemen and two A.I.F…

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Soldiers Attack Police in Street

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Saturday.--Several hundred people watched a pitched battle between half a dozen policemen and two A.I.F…

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Blacktracker's Work Earns King's Police Medal

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 3

Behind the announcement of the award of the King's Police and Fire Services Medal for Distinguished Conduct to Sergeant-Tracker Alexander Riley, lies the story of an aborigine who has had a remarkable police career…

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Govt. Will Prosecute Absentee Ringleaders: Stiff Fines Sought 500 May Be Charged

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 3

Prosecutions will be launched against ringleaders of the stoppage that withdrew 35,000 workers from industry on New Year's Day, the Attorney-General, Dr. Evatt, announced today in Canberra…

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Murder Synthesis A Dr. Fordney Minute Mystery

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 January 1943 · page 20

Problem from the casebook of Dr. Fordney, criminologist. It takes one minute to read, and every fact and the one, single clue leading to the one possible solution are here. Try your wits:…

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Fewer drunks were taken to court

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1943 · page 4

Liquor rationing has brought a measure of sobriety to Sydney. Last year, 12,347 drunkenness cases were heard at Central Police…

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Absentees To Be Prosecuted Action by Evatt Hundreds Will Be Brought To Court

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1943 · page 15

CANBERRA, Saturday. — Prosecutions will be launched by the Federal Government against hundreds of the 37,000 workers who absented themselves from factories and workshops yesterday…

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