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Courts & crime, 1943

7,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

£7000 Theft Charge Army Paymaster in Court. Again

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 2

Captain Guy Lyth Lambert (48), Deputy Paymaster in the Department of the Army at the Showground, was again before Central Court today on a charge of having stolen £7000 of Army funds…

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Theft From Qantas Ltd

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 3

A FINE of £10, or 20 days' gaol, was imposed on Percy William Donaldson (26), mechanic, at Central Court today for having taken a…

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Theft From Qantas Ltd

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 2

A FINE of £10, or 20 days' gaol, was imposed on Percy William Donaldson (26), mechanic, at Central Court today for having taken a…

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Theft From Qantas Ltd

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 2

A FINE of £10, or 20 days' gaol, was imposed on Percy William Donaldson (26), mechanic, at Central Court today for having taken…

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£7000 Theft for Gambling Alleged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 8

A gambling obsession led an Army deputy-paymaster to steal £7000, it was alleged at Central Court yesterday. The deputy-paymaster, Captain Guy Lyth Lambert,…

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Sentence Suspended Three Charges of Stealing

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 2

Edward James Kelly (19), at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, was charged with having stolen four cases of tomatoes, eight water melons,…

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Mean Theft, S.m. Tells Soldier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 10

"This is one of the meanest thefts that anyone could commit," said Mr. Hardwick, S.M., in Central Police Court…

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Army Deserter in Break From Gaol

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 3

CECIL ALAN MOORE (31), who was serving a sentence of 12 months at the Emu Plains Prison Farm, escaped from custody in the early hours…

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Murder Charge Against Fitter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Norman Morris Searle, 25, turner and fitter, of Burnley, was remanded today on a charge of…

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Army Paymaster on 25 CHARGES Theft Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 9

Guy Lyth Lambert, 48, army officer, and deputy paymaster in the Department of the Army at the Showground, faced 25…

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Theft of Fruit Young Man Bound Over

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 8

Charged with having stolen two cases of tomatoes and two cases of passion fruit the property of John Redfern, at Auburn on February 7,…

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Murder Charge Remand Melbourne Shooting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Norman Morris Searle, 25, fitter and turner, of Burnley, was remanded in the City Court to-day to…

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Police Arrest Jail Escapee

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Lee Stephens, alias Lionel Stere, 25, who escaped from Albury Jail in January, was arrested at…

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Extra Police Stop Brawls

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 5

Squads of civil and military police were called out to stop brawls in several parts of the city last night…

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Lifesavers As Special Police

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 12

MEMBERS of the American Forces have been instructed by general order that life savers on Australian beaches, although volunteers, must be…

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Lifesavers As Special Police

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 12

MEMBERS of the American Forces have been instructed by general order that life savers on Australian beaches, although volunteers, must be…

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Lifesavers .As Special Police

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 12

EMBERS of the American Forces have been instructed by general order that life savers on Australian beaches, although volunteers, must be…

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Inquiry Into Police Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 6

The executive of the New South Wales Police Association yesterday discussed the transfer from the Police Special Motor Squad of Constables…

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Lifesavers As Special Police

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 12

MEMBERS of the American Forces have been instructed by general order that life savers on Australian beaches, although volunteers, must be…

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Lifesavers As Special Police

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 12

MEMBERS of the American Forces have been instructed by general order that life savers on Australian beaches, although volunteers, must be…

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