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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

7,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

Identity Card Test By Police

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 8

A wide check-up of identity cards was made this morning by police, who were posted at various points in the city…

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No Tie, No Court

The Sun · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 3

A divorce case had to be adjourned today while a witness went out and bought a tie…

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Box of Stolen Dates Leads Two to Court

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 2

FOR receiving a box of dates on February 19, which he knew to have been stolen, Edwin George Blackmore (29), grocer, 211a Old…

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DOVEY, K.C., Puts Case in Defence of C. S. McNULTY Police Story Attacked

The Sun · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 2

"Is any man in the community safe when he is liable to meet in a place of public convenience a man of the calibre of Grigg, who carries a warrant card and can take him to a police station and expose him to the depths of…

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Magistrate Defers Verdict for Week

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1943 · page 4

Decision in the McNulty cose will be given in Central Court next Friday. Mr. McCulloch, S.M., announced this yesterday after Mr. W. R. Dovey, K.C. (for McNulty), and Mr…

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Provost Men Deny Assault On Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 February 1943 · page 3

BENDIGO, Saturday.--Evidence denying assault in any form on a soldier at Bendigo Provost Headquarters was given…

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Provost Men Deny Assault On Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 February 1943 · page 3

BENDIGO, Saturday.--Evidence denying assault in any form on a soldier at Bendigo Provost Headquarters was given…

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Police Inquiry to Resume

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1943 · page 11

The secretary of the Police Association, Mr. C. J. Cosgrove, said last night that Constables Grlgg and Carney had been instructed by Inspector…

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No Tie; Sent Out of Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1943 · page 7

A witness was ordered to leave the Supreme Court yesterday because he was not wearing a tie…

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Three Die for Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sat.--Three men were executed in the electric chair at Eddyville, Kentucky, today, for the murder of Marion Miley golfer…

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Assault charge in provost inquiry MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 6

A SOLDIER had been "roughly handled" provosts, a civilian witness stated today during an inquiry ordered by Army Minister Forde…

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U.S. Soldier Given 20 Years' Gaol

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 17

DUBBO, Saturday.—An Allied soldier who arrived in Dubbo last November dressed as a U.S. Army lieutenant, took some of…

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20 years' gaol; Private posed as U.S. officer DUBBO

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 1

Sentence of 20 years' gaol was passed by a court martial on Private Jack Olsen, 25, an Allied soldier, who represented himself as a US Army lieutenant. OLSEN, a native of…

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Judges differed on court dress

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 4

WHETHER a witness is "properly dressed" in court seems to depend on the taste of the presiding judge or magistrate…

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Russians Launch New Assault In North Big Offensive Gaining Way West of Moscow

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 18

LONDON, Saturday.—The Russians have opened a new offensive on the northern and central fronts, it is reported. This means they are now advancing on a front 1000 miles long, from the Baltic to the Black Sea…

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Thrown Out, Copper's Wife Tells Court

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 20

TOUGH guy this Constable Walter Davis Bushell, stationed at Darlinghurst—according to his wife, and, according to his own alleged statement, a "thorough spendthrift."…

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Dignity of Court Must Be Kept

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 19

OUR Courts of Justice stand for the authority of the State and must always be approached and treated with deference and respect. The dignity of our Courts must be maintained and any trend towards casualness…

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Mysterious Police Transfers Why Are Cruelty Sleuths Moved?

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 14

EXTRAORDINARY action was taken by the Police Department last week when it was decided to transfer four constables from a branch of the Force where they have done excellent work in policing breaches of the cruelty laws. Police concerned are Constables Reilly, Davis, Stevens and Forrest, who have been attached to the Public Safety Bureau,…

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Premier Should Halt Police Probe Till McNULTY Case Over

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 18

DESPITE the fact that the hearing of charges against Constables Carney and Grigg was postponed until the conclusion of police court proceedings against C. S. McNulty, it is understood that the police departmental inquiry will commence at the Police Barracks tomorrow…

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Ex-Radio Man's Cheques Bounced Him Into Court-Martial

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 11

A HOST of radio fans will remember him as Captain A Bairnsfather, of 2KY. Intimates of the broadcasting profession and countless thousands of children know him equally well by the nom-de-radio or "Algy. The general…

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