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Courts & crime, 1943

7,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 250

No Royal Commission On Suspended Police; Cabinet Decides Departmental Enquiry Sufficient

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 7

The State Government yesterday decided that there was no justification for a Royal Commission into the suspension of two constables. Yesterday the constables faced 58 charges at a Police Department inquiry, which was adjourned until Monday to allow them time to prepare a defence…

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Dramatic Moves in "McNALLY" CASE Cabinet Orders Summons Police Commissioner Demurs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 4

The State Cabinet decided yesterday afternoon that there was no justification for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the arrest of a man who gave the name…

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Catholic Barrister Appointed to Bench E. P. Kinsella Goes To District Court

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 5

Well-known Sydney barrister, Edward Parnell Kinsella, has been appointed District Court Judge and…

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Assault on Soldiers

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 5

Describing an assault in a hostile crowd on members of the Provost Corps while on duty in Lansdowne-street on December 25 as…

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Man Charged with Perjury

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 6

Charged with perjury at North Sydney Court today, William John Taylor (22), laborer, 92 Union Street, North Sydney, was…

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Man Charged with Perjury

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 6

Charged with perjury at North Sydney Court today, William John Taylor (22), laborer, 92 Union Street, North Sydney. was…

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£9000 Mentioned In Theft Case

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 5

WELLINGTON (NZ), Friday.--Leonard Bowley Bolton Moss, company director, deported from Sydney to NZ, was today…

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Murder in Rail Car

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Friday. -- Robert Folkes, 20-years-old negro train cook, charged with the first degree murder of lovely…

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Kogarah Police Court. Friday, 22/1/48.(Mr. Harris, S.m.)

The St George Call · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 2

Wo. Douglas, Junr., was before the Court charged with unlawfully using a prawning net at Ramsgate, on 10th December, which cost him £2 (having…

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Prayer Before Triumphant Assault in Western Desert

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 8

ON THE EVE of the great battle for Egypt and Libya, church services were held in the front lines. These men of General Sir Bernard Montgomery's forces offered up a plea for victory and deliverance…

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6 Months Gaol For Selling: Ration Book For 30s

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 3

For trafficking in ration books, Patrick James Hannon, 58, was sentenced to six months'…

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Stand Taken By Police Chief

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 4

"The Police Force would get into a pretty mess if the Government interfered with the Police Commissioner to the extent that…

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Told Court Of Invention

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Because "he feared there might be a fifth columnist in the room," Pte. Albert George Hodson, a…

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Court Story Of Hotel Room Affray

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 2

When two Australian naval ratings were charged at Central Court today with having assaulted and robbed John…

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Police-citizens Boys' Club. Club Building Re-opening

The St George Call · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 1

To tile citizens of the whole of the St. George District, a cordial invitation Is extended' by the President and Committee of St. George District Police-Citizens…

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EDITORIAL Police Act Was Passed To Give Impartial Law

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 1

CABINET has instructed the Commissioner of Police (Mr. MacKay) to issue a summons against a man whom he knows to be innocent of a charge which was laid against…

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Alleged Robbery In Hotel Room Naval Men in Court

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 5

When two Australian naval ratings were charged at Central Court today with having assaulted and robbed John…

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Alleged Robbery In Hotel Room Naval Men in Court

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 4

When two Australian naval ratings were charged at Central Court today with having assaulted and robbed John…

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Alleged Robbery In Hotel Room Naval Men in Court

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 4

When two Australian naval ratings were charged at Central Court today with having assaulted and robbed John…

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Police Chief Denies Defiance "Still Seeking Legal Advice" No Reply Yet to Cabinet

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 2

THE Commissioner of Police (Mr. MacKay), although he has not yet complied with the State Cabinet's direction that a summons should be issued against "Charles McNally,"…

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