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Courts & crime, 1943

7,258 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 250

Two Boys Assaulted at Manly Police Searching For Soldier Murder Hunt "Nearing End"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 2

WHILE the police search for the murderer of 11-years-old Albert Edward Crutcher continues another manhunt has started in the Manly district for a soldier who assaulted two…

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Two Boys Assaulted at Manly Police Searching For Soldier Murder Hunt "Nearing End"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 2

WHILE the police search for the murderer of 11-years-old Albert Edward Cruteher continues another manhunt has started in the Manly district for a soldier who assaulted two…

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Boxer Guilty of Treason Sentenced to Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 9

PRETORIA, March 12 (A.A.P.).— Robey Leibrandt, the Olympic Games boxer, yesterday was found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death…

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Search Widens in Boy Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 6

Police yesterday issued 5000 circulars giving particulars of the murder of 11-year-old Parramatta schoolboy, Albert Edward…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Assault on Boy Alleged

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 16

Manly police and C.I.B. detectives are investigating an alleged criminal assault on a nine-year-old by at…

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Bandit Prayed, Police Came

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday. -- An armed bandit was arrested by police yesterday as he was kneeling in prayer in Holy Trinity…

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Police Search for Boy and Girl

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 2

Large squads of police are searching for two children, a boy and a girl, who are missing from their homes at Darlinghurst and Rockdale…

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Germans Lose Viazma to Russian Assault Red Army Only 60 Miles From Smolensk

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.--The Russians have captured Viazma, German-held fortress city on the central front, 130 miles south-west of Moscow. The fall of Viazma eliminates the last powerful…

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Court Told of Wealthy Man's Vain Love Quest

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--A lonely, wealthy man's fruitless search for a woman who would love him was described in a court action in Chicago today. Richard Genius, Chicago…

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Manly Assault Charges

The Sun · Sunday 14 March 1943 · page 3

A man was arrested at Darlinghurst yesterday and charged on two counts alleging indecent assault against a boy aged nine…

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Man's Alleged Assault on Boys

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 March 1943 · page 6

A man in military uniform was arrested yesterday and later charged at Darlinghurst Police Station with an alleged assault on two boys at Manly…

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Gaol System Protest Demands for Full Inquiry

Truth · Sunday 14 March 1943 · page 22

THE vicious stabbing of a warder at Parramatta gaol yesterday week underlines the need, repeatedly urged by Truth, for a full inquiry into the whole of the administration of the prisons of New…

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Fine or gaol for sixty V.D. defaulters in year

The Sun · Sunday 14 March 1943 · page 5

Sixty VD sufferers in NSW, who defaulted on treatment last year, were prosecuted, fines up to…

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Boy's killer in hiding, soy police

The Sun · Sunday 14 March 1943 · page 3

KILLER of Albert Edward Crutcher, 11, is believed by police to be in hiding, waiting for the…

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"Bullfighter" Echo In Divorce Court

Truth · Sunday 14 March 1943 · page 10

THE name of John Woolcott Forbes, who, as the "Bullfighter," used to slap it on in thousands at Royal Randwick, but…

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Police Assn., Seeking Govt. Inquiry, Makes Grave Charges

Truth · Sunday 14 March 1943 · page 20

IN letters written to the Premier, one dated February 8 of this year, and another as late as last week, serious allegations are made by the secretary of the Police Association (Mr. Cosgrove), on behalf of the executive, against the administration of the Police Force by Mr. MacKay…

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Police Shifts Not Sequel to Cruelty Cases, Says McKELL

Truth · Sunday 14 March 1943 · page 20

THE Premier (Mr. McKell) announced during the week that he had accepted the explanation of Police Commissioner MacKay concerning the transfer of four traffic constables from the Public Safety Bureau, where they had…

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Shark Hero's Gaol Sentence

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 5

John Chalmers (49), 50 Louisa Road, Birchgrove, motor driver, and hero of a shark tragedy at Coogee in 1922, pleaded guilty at…

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Shark Hero's Gaol Sentence

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 5

John Chalmers (49), 50 Louisa Road, Birchgrove, motor driver, and hero of a shark tragedy at Coogee in 1922, pleaded guilty at…

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