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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

7,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Magistrate Says Theft "Worse Than Murder"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 6

NEW YORK. -- "Stealing silk stockings is worse than murder in the first degree, especially with this rationing going on and stockings so…

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Magistrate Says Theft "Worse Than Murder"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 6

NEW YORK. -- "Stealing silk stockings is worse than murder in the first degree, especially with this rationing going on and stockings so…

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Miners Charged

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Saturday.--Thirty-one miners were charged at Cessnock today with having failed…

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Three Months' Gaol on Charge of Vagrancy

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 5

MARIE ANDERSON (26) was sentenced at Central Court today to three months' hard labor on a charge of vagrancy…

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I.r.a. Prisoners' Bold Gaol-break

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday. -- A daring escape from Belfast prison has been made by four Irish Republican Army members, who…

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I.r.a. Prisoners' Bold Gaol-break

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday. -- A daring escape from Belfast prison has been made by four Irish Republican Army members, who…

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Three Months' Gaol on Charge of Vagrancy

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 5

MARIE ANDERSON (26) was sentenced at Central Court today to three months' hard labor on a charge of vagrancy…

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Three Months' Gaol on Charge of Vagrancy

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 5

MARIE ANDERSON (26) was sentenced at Central Court today to three months' hard labor on a charge of vagrancy…

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Three Months' Gaol on Charge of Vagrancy

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 5

MARIE ANDERSON (26) was sentenced at Central Court today to three months' hard labor on a charge of vagrancy…

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A Murder Has Been Arranged

The World's News · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 16

PAT looked anxiously at her Watch as she jumped off the train, and hurried round into the main station. He wasn't there…

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Police Force Discipline

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 3

"I have very definite responsibilities as Commissioner of Police, and one of the most important of these is maintaining…

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Protection Accepted for Police

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 2

Replying to the statement of the Director-General of Manpower (Mr. Wurth) that the Commissioner of Police (Mr…

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Protection Accepted for Police

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 2

Replying to the statement of the Director-General of Manpower (Mr. Wurth) that the Commissioner of Police (Mr…

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Air Force Boy Held in Civil Gaol Harsh Treatment After Accident

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 3

INCARCERATED in a civil gaol in NSW is a young Air Force boy, Flight-Sergeant…

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Petrol Tickets Sold with Car, Say Police

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 3

"THEY are partners in a car sales department, and there is no doubt that when they sell cars they supply petrol ration tickets," said…

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Protection to Police Force Offered, Says Commissioner

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 3

Replying to the statement of the Director-General of Manpower (Mr. Wurth) that the Commissioner of Police (Mr. MacKay) had asked that the police force be declared a protected industry, Mr. MacKay said yesterday that protection had been offered to him before he made his written application…

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Petrol Tickets Sold with Car, Say Police

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 3

"THEY are partners in a car sales department, and there is no doubt that when they sell cars they supply petrol ration tickets," said…

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Protection For Police Force ACCEPTED, —MacKAY

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 2

Replying to the statement of the Director-General of Manpower (Mr. Wurth) that the Commissioner of Police (Mr…

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Petrol Tickets Sold with Car, Say Police

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 3

"THEY are partners in a. car sales department, and there is no doubt that when they sell cars they supply petrol ration tickets," said…

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Protection to Police Force Offered. Says Commissioner

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 3

Replying to the statement of the Director-General of Manpower (Mr. Wurth) that the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mac Kay) had asked that the police force be declared a protected industry, Mr. MacKay said yesterday that protection had been offered to him before he made his written application…

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