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Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Police quell riot outside hotel; fight for glasses

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 January 1944 · page 6

Nearly 1000 people rushed the Hotel Merrylands, Merrylands, yesterday when they learned that the hotel had beer. The men fought for possession of glasses to get a…

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Police Visit City Hotel Say Nude Women, Men In Bedrooms

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1944 · page 10

EXTRAORDINARY scenes were discovered by police in hotel rooms when members of the Commonwealth Vice Squad raided the York Hotel, King Street, on November 14 and 27, according to evidence given in the…

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Police Search for Clues in Boston "Ride" Murder

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Police in Boston are trying to unravel the reason for the first "ride" murder in that city for several years, involving the discovery of a bullet-riddled body…

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Police Search for Clues in Boston "Ride" Murder

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Police in Boston are trying to unravel the reason for the first "ride" murder in that city for several years, involving the discovery of a bullet-riddled body…

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Police Search for Clues in Boston "Ride" Murder

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Police in Boston are trying to unravel the reason for the first "ride" murder in that city for several years, involving the discovery of a bullet-riddled body…

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Police Search for Clues in Boston "Ride" Murder

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Police in Boston are trying to unravel the reason for the first "ride" murder in that city for several years, involving the discovery of a bullet-riddled body…

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Wharf Laborers Gaoled for Stealing Navy Food

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

AT Central Court today two wharf laborers were gaoled for theft of tins of herrings and tomato sauce consigned to the Navy…

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Wharf Laborers Gaoled for Stealing Navy Food

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

AT Central Court today two wharf laborers were gaoled for theft of tins of herrings and tomato sauce consigned to the Navy…

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Wharf Laborers Gaoled for Stealing Navy Food

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

AT Central Court today two wharf laborers were gaoled for theft of tins of herrings and tomato sauce consigned to the Navy…

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Second-hand Car Sales Two Men Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 7

Two men were remanded on bail in the Special Court on Saturday until Thursday on charges of having sold second-hand motor cars for sums in…

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Police Investigate Beaumaris Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 5

Although it will be several days before a reasonably complete estimate is known, it is thought that damage caused by…

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Police Say Grog Gang Organised

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 2

"There is an organised gang selling liquor in the Elizabeth Street vicinity," said Constable Molloy, in the Licensing Court…

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Police Say Grog Gang Organised

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

"There is an organised gang selling liquor in the Elizabeth Street vicinity," said Constable Molloy, in the Licensing Court…

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Police Say Grog Gang Organised

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

"There is an organised gang selling liquor in the Elizabeth Street vicinity," said Constable Molloy, in the Licensing Court…

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Police Say Grog Gang Organised

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

"There is an organised gang selling liquor in the Elizabeth Street vicinity," said Constable Molloy, in the Licensing Court…

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Police Stop New Version OS Anthem

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

NEW YORK, Sunday.--Igor Stravinsky, famous composer, was prevented by police from presenting Boston audiences with his own version of "The Star…

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Police Check Wrecking Of Abandoned Chinese Garden

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 7

Police were called yesterday to prevent people wrecking a six-acre vegetable garden abandoned by a Chinese. A neighbor said the Chinese…

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Broker Before Court Unlawful Deal in Whisky Alleged

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

"TOWARD BELLAMY JACKSON, 16 Iredale Avenue, Cremorne, pleaded not guilty at the Special Federal Court today to having bought five dozen bottles of Scotch whisky for £130 and sold them for…

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Broker Before Court Unlawful Deal in Whisky Alleged

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

EDWARD BELLAMY JACKSON, 16 Iredale Avenue, Cremorne, pleaded not guilty at the Special Federal Court today to having bought five dozen bottles of Scotch whisky for £130 and sold them for…

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Broker Before Court Unlawful Deal in Whisky Alleged

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

EDWARD BELLAMY JACKSON, 16 Iredale Avenue, Cremorne, pleaded not guilty at the Special Federal Court today to having bought five dozen bottles of Scotch whisky for £130 and sold them for…

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