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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

7,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Police Face Dept. Charges

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 2

Constables Grigg (left) and Carney (right) attending the police departmental inquiry at the Police Barracks. Red fern, today, to hear charges against them. They are shown with the secretary of the Police Association (Mr. C…

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Put Off Police Inquiry

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 2

The Police Department inquiry into the suspension of two constables has been…

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Inquiry By Police Adjourned

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 3

After sitting for 75 minutes today, the police departmental inquiry adjourned until next Monday morning the hearing of…

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Committees to Police Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- Regional committees to police price control regulations may be established by the Minister for Customs (Senator Keane)…

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Police Allege Baby Abandoned

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 3

FLORENCE MAY WALSH, charged at Central Court today with having unlawfully abandoned a child…

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Mine Workers Charged Failed to Answer Army Call-up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 9

LITHGOW, Tuesday.— Sentenced to one month's imprisonment on a charge of failing to answer a military call-up…

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"This Chap's a Liar" Fined £10 for Assault on Railway Porter

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 1

"This chap over here is a liar. That's all I want to say." Asked by the magistrate whether he wanted to say…

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Police Story of Chase in Bush

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 6

DETECTIVE THOMPSON told Ryde Court today of having arrested Leslie Percy Smith (35) munition worker, after an exciting chase…

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Elusive Sailor Leads Police Long Chase

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- After evading police who tried to arrest him for the use of indecent language to girls in Hunter Street, last night, Daniel Dukat (36), Russian seaman, led them a chase through Newcastle streets and…

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Police Story of Chase in Bush

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 6

DETECTIVE THOMPSON told Ryde Court today of having arrested Leslie Percy Smith (35), Munition worker after an exciting chase…

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Constables to Demand Open Court

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 3

The two constables suspended from the police force for alleged breaches of police regulations would demand that the Appeals…

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Constables to Demand Open Court

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 3

The two constables suspended from the police force for alleged breaches of police regulations would demand that the Appeals…

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Court Told Story of Alleged Safe Robbery

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 6

Five men and a woman appeared in Paddington Court today on charges of having stolen, at Bondi on January 9, a safe containing £2 in money, 30s in stamps, and other items of a total value of £15, the property of Robert Davis…

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Court Told Story of Alleged Safe Robbery

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 6

Five men and a woman appeared in Paddington Court today on changes of having stolen, at Bondi on January 9, a safe containing £2 in money, 30s in stamps, and other items of a total value of £15, the property of Robert Davis…

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Court Told Story of Alleged Safe Robbery

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 6

Five men and a woman appeared in Paddington Court today on charges of having stolen, at Bondi on January 9, a safe containing £2 in money, 30s in stamps, and other items of a total value of £15, the property of Robert Davis…

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19 Girls In Court, 15 Had V.D.

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 3

Of nineteen girls, whose ages ranged from 18 to 29, charged with vagrancy at the Central Police Court today. 15 were…

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Bottle Used in P'matta Altercation American Soldiers and Aussie Digger Conflicting Stories in Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1943 · page 1

At altercation involving two American soldiers, an Australian soldier returned from the present war, and a civilian,…

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For Trial for Theft

The Sun · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 3

Leslie Harold Caundle. 19, seaman, was committed for trial from the Central Police Court today on a charge of stealing on…

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Gaol for Tax Frauds

The Sun · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 3

Two men, one a registered tax agent, charged at the Central Summons Court today with tax…

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Gaol for Tax Stamp Frauds

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 6

Two men were sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Central Summons Court today, by Mr. Hardwick, S.M., for…

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