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Courts & crime, 1943

7,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Police Make More Wharf Arrests

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 6

More waterside suspects have been arrested by uniformed police and waterside special constables since five men were sent to jail on Thursday for…

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Police athletes have pockets picked

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 7

Three police cadets had their pockets picked while they were competing in athletic events at Sydney Sports Ground yesterday…

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Triple Murder Mystery Open Finding in Fire Deaths

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 14

"MURDER by a person or persons unknown." So, in part, ran the finding of Acting-Coroner Ziesing in the Adelaide Coroner's Court at the conclusion of an inquest on Horace Lavis Heysed and Alan Gordon Davies, whose battered bodies, with that of elderly…

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Coal Stoppage Prosecutions 119 Men Concerned Mine Manager to Be Charged

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 18

AS a result of a conference between the Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt), the Minister for Supply (Mr. Beasley) and representatives of the investigation branch of the Coal Commission, instructions…

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Police Dog Trail Leads To River

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 7

Every trail picked up by police dog Disraeli in the search for Mrs. Lena Lee, of Eastwood, has led…

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Court Missioner Dies at 68

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 6

Mr. W. D. B. ("Jack") Creagh died in Sydney yesterday morning, after a short illness, at the age of 68. Mr. Creagh was well known as the…

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Court Told Of Family Feud At Mortdale Alleged Attack with Tomahawk

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 28

THEM thar hills must have been pretty unhealthy places when those reckless hillbilly boys, famed in song and story, the Martins and the Coys, fought out their family feuds…

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War Workers on Bond for New Year Absence Big Crowd As Absentees Face Court

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 19

REMARKABLE scenes were witnessed at Central Court yesterday when 98 workers in war industry were proceeded against under the National Security Act for failure to report for duty on New Year's Day…

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Crowded Scenes at Court As Lawyers, Defendants, Officials Attend Absentee Hearings 77 Absentees Bound Over--More Men Prosecuted

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 3

While 77 factory workers were being bound over at Central Court yesterday for having unlawfully stayed away from work on New Year's Day, the Commonwealth Investigation Branch issued another big batch of…

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Collector Freed of Theft Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 2

CHARGED at Newtown Court today with having stolen two bags of greasy rags, Lorn Stenhouse, salvage collector, Ramsgate Avenue,…

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Collector Freed of Theft Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 2

CHARGED at Newtown Court today with having stolen two bags of greasy rags, Lorn Stenhouse, salvage collector, Ramsgate Avenue,…

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Police See Red-head

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Detectives of the homicide squad in the weekend interviewed a red-headed WAAF about the…

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Gaming Police Chief Resigns

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- A surprise move in police circles at the week-end was the resignation of Sub-Inspector A. A. Charlesworth as…

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119 Miners to Be Charged Sequel to Coal Stoppages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 6

Prosecutions will be launched against 119 coalminers following stoppages of work last week, and the manager of a mine will also…

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Court Reading Marathon Job

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 8

Reading of 833 allegedly forged and fictitious application forms for petrol ration tickets at the Criminal Court, took…

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Court Reading Marathon Job

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 8

Reading of 833 allegedly forged and fictitious application forms for petrol ration tickets at the Criminal Court, took…

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Court Reading Marathon Job

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 5

Reading of 833 allegedly forged and fictitious application forms for petrol ration tickets at the Criminal Court, took…

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Court Reading Marathon Job

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 8

Reading of 833 allegedly forged and fictitious application forms for petrol ration tickets at the Criminal Court, took…

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Court's Tribute to Dead Missionary

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 3

AT the request of Mr. Reed, C.S.M., those in the "Drunks' Court" at Central Court today, including 12 women and 76 men charged with…

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Soldier Preyed on Other Soldiers, Police Say

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 4

DESCRIBED by the Police Prosecutor (Sergt. Stafford) as a soldier who preyed on other soldiers near Central Railway Station. William…

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