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Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Fined £10 for Theft, Man Faints in Court

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 7

FREDERICK ARTHUR PAYNE (42), lorry driver, fainted at Central Court today when he was fined £10, with £4 7s compensation, for…

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Fined £10 for Theft, Man Faints in Court

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 7

FREDERICK ARTHUR PAYNE (42), lorry driver, fainted at Central Court today when he was fined £10, with £4 7s compensation, for…

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Fined £10 for Theft, Man Faints in Court

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

FREDERICK ARTHUR PAYNE (42), lorry driver, fainted at Central Court today when he was fined £10, with £4 7s compensation, for…

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Charged with Theft of 303 Rifle Why He Didn't Hand It in

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 1

Handing in the rest of his equipment when discharged from the army, in December, John Walter Henry Armitt (18) retained a 303 rifle, bayonet,…

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Assault on Young Girl

The Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 3

YOUNG, Wednesday.--Arthur Vivian Seabrook-Biggs. 29, ex-AIF, piano-tuner, of Wagga, pleaded guilty at the Young…

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Recehter Sent to Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 8

A Broadway grocer, Arthur Woolley, 42. who pleaded guilty in the Central Police Court yesterday to charges of receiving and of having in his custody…

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Charged Seamen To Be Suspended

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

It is stated that the chairman of the Maritime Industry Commission, Mr. Justice De Baun, said that any seamen serving in…

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Reward Offer After £1,650 Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 6

The State Government, yesterday offered a reward of £100 for information lending to the arrest of the person or persons who stole 500 Elgin watches,…

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Italian Leaders Sentenced Laid Down Arms to Allies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Feb. 1 (A.A.P.).—The German News Agency reports that a special Italian tribunal has sentenced three Italian generals and four…

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Police Allege Bid To Kill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 4

Edward John Oswald (53), laborer, was charged at Parramatta Court today with having attempted to murder Lillian…

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Police Look for Hurstville Boy

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 5

Hurstville police are searching for 10-year-old Kevin Bellette, who has been missing from his home at 18 rickard…

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Police Allege Bid To Kill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 4

Edward John Oswald (53), laborer, was charged at Parramatta Court today with having attempted to murder Lillian…

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Police Look for Hurstville Boy

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 5

Hurstville police are searching for 10-year-old Kevin Bellette, who has been missing from his home at 18 Rickard…

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Police Allege Bid To Kill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 4

Edward John Oswald (53), laborer, was charged at Parramatta Court today with having attempted to murder Lillian…

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Fine Causes Court Collapse

The Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 3

Frederick Arthur Payne (42), lorry-driver, collapsed, fell to the floor, and had to be carried from Central Police Court today, when…

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Woman Fails to Appear in Court

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

When Dorothy Tremaine (41), failed to appear for trial at Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions today on a charge of the…

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Woman Fails to Appear in Court

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

When Dorothy Tremaine (41), failed to appear for trial at Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions today on a charge of the…

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Man Tore Girl's Clothing in Jealousy, Court Told

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 4

Jealousy had made him tear up a girls clothing, a man is alleged to have told police in a statement. The statement was read in Central Court yesterday when…

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Mothers Weep in Court Boy Survivors Tell Of Struggle After Punt Sank

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 5

GRAFTON, Tuesday.--Mothers Of 13 Scout Cubs drowned in the Clarence River on December 11 wept while giving evidence of the inquest today…

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Union Activities and Officials' Reports Harvest Workers' Award Court Restores Wages Clause for Harvesting of Wheat

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

In the Federal Arbitration Court last week Judge Kelly restored the wages clause of the Harvest Workers' Award insofar as it related to the harvesting of wheat. The decision of the Court was…

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