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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Court Frees Wife From Nazi Husband New York

The Sun · Sunday 23 January 1944 · page 3

IN the first such case in America, the Supreme Court has annulled the marriage of Anna Jaegel, 34, of…

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Gaol for Theft of Beer From Wharf

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 4

"THE stealing of beer from the wharves has reached an alarming stage, and is one of the greatest worries of the police and the shipping…

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Gaol for Theft of Beer From Wharf

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 4

"THE stealing of beer from the wharves has reached an alarming stage, and is one of the greatest worries of the police and the shipping…

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Gaol for Theft of Beer From Wharf

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 4

"THE stealing of beer from the wharves has reached an alarming stage, and is one of the greatest worries of the police and the shipping…

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Theft Charge Adjourned

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 2

ALLAN ELSMERE WILLIAMS (43), A paymaster in the employ of Consolidated Press Ltd., publishers of the Daily Telegraph, was remanded at…

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Theft Charge Adjourned

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 2

ALLAN ELSMERE WILLIAMS (43), paymaster, in the employ of Consolidated Press Ltd., publishers of the Daily Telegraph, was remanded at…

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Gaol Suggested For Lotharios

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday. -- Ipswich magistrate Sydney George Fox believes drastic methods are necessary to prevent wartime immorality, and does not hesitate to voice his opinion. "HOME - FRONT Lotharios" caught…

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Gaol Suggested For Lotharios

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.-- Ipswich magistrate Sydney George Fox believes drastic methods are necessary to prevent wartime immorality, and does not hesitate to voice his opinion. "HOME-FRONT Lotharios" caught…

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Murder Motive, Revenge

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Monday.--Murder of a young Sydney soldier yesterday, may have been a crime of…

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Alleged Illicit Spirit; 5 Charged

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 3

Charged with offences relating to illicit spirit five persons were remanded at the Special Federal Court today. Albert Thomas Waterhouse…

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Boy Bashed, Police Say

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 11

BRISBANE, Monday.--Police at the City Police Court said today that a 14-years-old boy was savagely beaten by an…

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Lost Drugs Handed to Gosford Police

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 7

GOSFORD, Monday.--A parcel containing strychnine and other drugs, left on the roadside near Gosford yesterday, has been found…

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Police Hunt For Parcel Of Drugs

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 7

GOSFORD, Monday. -- Police have not yet been able to trace a parcel of dangerous drugs left on the roadside a mile from the…

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Police Hunt For Parcel Of Drugs

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 7

GOSFORD, Monday. -- Police have not yet been able to trace a parcel of dangerous drugs left on the roadside a mile from the…

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Lost Drugs Handed to Gosford Police

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 7

GOSFORD, Monday.--A parcel containing strychnine and other drugs, left on the roadside near Gosford yesterday, has been found…

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Police Say Killer Slew Wrong Man

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Monday. -- Seeking revenge, the murderer of Phillip John Beattie (24), Sydney soldier, killed the wrong man through mistaken identity, police believe…

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Police Say Killer Slew Wrong Man

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Monday. -- Seeking revenge, the murderer of Phillip John Beattie (24), Sydney soldier, killed the wrong man through mistaken identity, police believe…

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Lost Drugs Handed to Gosford Police

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 7

GOSFORD, Monday.--A parcel containing strychnine and other drugs, left on the roadside near Gosford yesterday, has been found…

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Police Say Killer Slew Wrong Man

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Monday. -- Seeking revenge, the murderer of Phillip John Beattie (24), Sydney soldier, killed the wrong man through mistaken identity, police believe…

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Police Dismiss Murder Theory

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 3

Police have dismissed the possibility that James Davies (65), of Stanley Street, Arncliffe, was murdered…

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