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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Court-Martial Deems "Signature " False

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 5

Felix Abela, Maltese market gardener, went to an army depot in 1942 and asked for an exemption from service. He was promptly photographed and ordered to rejoin a unit with which he had trained. He did not, and today a district…

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Soldier's Appeal Upheld by Court

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 2

AN appeal by Frank Wilmont (46), soldier, against a £10 fine on a charge of having goods in custody was upheld at the Quarter Sessions…

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Court-Martial Deems "Signature " False

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 5

Felix Abela, Maltese market gardener, went to an army depot in 1942 and asked for an exemption from service. He was promptly photographed and ordered to rejoin a unit with which he had trained. He did not, and today a district…

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Kogarah Police Court. Begging Alms, Etc

The St George Call · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 2

Robert Wm. Boyd, 28, was accused of singing, stopping people and asking for money, accosted D[?] Court and requested (perhaps demanded) that that officer buy…

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Theft of Army Watches Charge

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 5

William Norman Bennett (40) wharf laborer, was remanded at Central Court today until February 21 on £1000 bail, on…

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Theft of Army Watches Charge

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 5

William Norman Bennett (40) wharf laborer, was remanded at Central Court today until February 21 on £1000 bail, on…

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Theft of Army Watches Charge

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 5

William Norman Bennett (40) wharf laborer, was remanded at Central Court today until February 21 on £1000 bail, on…

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Boy's Parents Both In Gaol

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 2

Pleading for George Frederick Hazel (16), who had been convicted on break, enter and steal charges, the Public…

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Boy's Parents Both In Gaol

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 2

Pleading for George Frederick Hazel (16), who had been convicted on break, enter and steal charges, the Public…

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Hoard of Spirits: 9 Charged

The Sun · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 3

Nine seamen, alleged to have bought a total of 397 bottles of whisky and gin at black market prices,…

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Gaol for Sham U.s. Officer

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 3

A man who masqueraded as an American Army officer, is alleged by police to have-- Become associated with a woman…

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Gaol for Sham U.s. Officer

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 3

A man who masqueraded as an American Army officer, is alleged by police to have-- Become associated with a woman…

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Germans Murder Pless Princess

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 7

CAIRO, Friday. -- Princess Mary Theresa of Pless, a member of the Cornwallis-West family, and the first wife of Prince Hans Heinrich of Pless, was tortured to death by the Gestapo at her 600-room palace…

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Wore Uniform For Glamor, Got Gaol

The Sun · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 3

A man who falsely wore an American officer's uniform "just for the glamor," was sentenced to three months hard labor today. He is "Nigel Clifford Glock, 23…

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Germans Murder Pless Princess

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 7

CAIRO, Friday. -- Princess Mary Theresa of Pless, a member of the Cornwallis-West family, and the first wife of Prince Hans Heinrich of Pless, was tortured to death by the Gestapo at her 600-room palace…

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Germans Murder Pless Princess

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 7

CAIRO, Friday. -- Princess Mary Theresa of Pless, a member of the Cornwallis-West family, and the first wife of Prince Hans Heinrich of Pless, was tortured to death by the Gestapo at her 600-room palace…

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Germans Murder Pless Princess

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 1

CAIRO, Friday. -- Princess Mary Theresa of Pless, a member of the Cornwallis-West family, and the first wife of Prince Hans Heinrich of Pless, has been tortured to death by the Gestapo at her castle at…

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Germans Murder Pless Princess

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 7

CAIRO, Friday. -- Princess Mary Theresa of Pless, a member of the Cornwallis-West family, and the first wife of Prince Hans Heinrich of Pless, was tortured to death by the Gestapo at her 600-room palace…

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Detectives at Murder Scene

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 7

DETECTIVE-SERGEANT J. RAMUS and a U.S. Army sergeant examining the spot (marked by cross) in Centennial Park where the body of a woman was found yesterday morning. DRAWING of the dead woman,…

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Germans Murder Pless Princess

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 1

CAIRO, Friday. -- Princess Mary Theresa of Pless, a member of the Cornwallis-West family, and the first wife of Prince Hans Heinrich of Pless, has been tortured to death by the Gestapo at her castle at…

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