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Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

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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Shipwright Charged with Theft of £100

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

STATED by police to be the proprietor of a firm called Postwar Home Construction, Clifford Robert Hagan (42), shipwright,…

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Ex-Prisoners' Gaol Visit

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

A visitor to Parramatta Gaol was accused in Parramatta Court today of punching a warder…

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Gaol For Cafe Owner

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Gerasimos Grivas, cafe proprietor, of Scott- street, Newcastle, was…

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Manager Charged on Prices Breach

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 8

Struan Smith, company manager, of Wolseley Road, Mosman, was charged in the Special Federal Court yesterday with having sold a second-hand motor…

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Murder Verdict to Be Reviewed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 5

AT the request of the Commonwealth Government, Mr. Justice Maxwell, of the N.S.W. Supreme Court, will hold an inquiry into the…

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Murder Verdict to Be Reviewed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 5

AT the request of the Commonwealth Government. Mr. Justice Maxwell, of the N.S.W. Supreme Court, will hold an inquiry into the…

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Danish Police Force Interned

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--Germans yesterday interned the entire police force of Copenhagen (totalling 5000 men) and later all police in the country…

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Court-martial Acquittal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday.—A district court-martial at Warwick to-day acquitted Acting-sergeant T. N. Redmond of a charge of having…

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Murder Parcels Left At Doors In Berlin

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday. -- After several parcel containing portions of human bodies bad been found at the entrances to fashionable Berlin houses and in the Berlin-Basle train, a police check showed they belonged to a woman and a child…

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Murder Parcels Left At Doors In Berlin

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday. -- After several parcels containing portions of human bodies had been found at the entrances to fashionable Berlin houses and in the Berlin-Basle train, a police check showed they belonged to a woman and a child…

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Police to Ask for Inquiry

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

At a special meeting of the Police Association yesterday afternoon it was decided to ask the Parliamentary Labor Party…

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N.S.W. Police Seek Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 8

After a special meeting of the Police Association executive yesterday, the general secretary stated that the following…

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Threats to Witnesses, Court Told

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

WARWICK, Monday. -- Defence witnesses had been threatened by witnesses for the prosecution, a district…

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Full Court Hears Contempt Action

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

A mass of newspaper clippings and a number of affidavits were placed before the Full Court today when Herbert Kempley, David Blank and Gordon Casey, who are on remand on charges of alleged…

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Full Court Hears Contempt Action

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

A mass of newspaper clippings and a number of affidavits were placed before the Full Court today when Herbert Kempley, David Blank and Gordon Casey, who are on remand on charges of alleged…

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Army Sugar For Beer, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

"I have information that bags of sugar from a military camp have been taken to the Imperial Hotel and exchanged for…

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"Sun" Cleared In Court Contempt Action

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 2

The Stale Full Court today unanimously held that "The Sun" was not guilty of contempt of Court in publishing a statement by the Customs Minister (Senator Keane) on liquor black-marketing. On December 16, "The Sun"…

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Army Sugar For Beer, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

"I have information that bags of sugar from a military camp have been taken to the Imperial Hotel and exchanged for…

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Army Sugar For Beer, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

"I have information that bags of sugar from a military camp have been taken to the Imperial Hotel and exchanged for…

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