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Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

Wrestler to Serve Gaol Term

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 4

John James (Jack) O'Hara (30), 1936 Australian Olympic Wrestler, of Gaerlock Avenue, Bondi, must serve a sentence…

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Three Years' Gaol For American

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 3

PERTH, Tuesday.-- Foiind guilty by a US Navy court martial, Samuel D. Sigier (19), ship's cook third class, has been…

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Wrestler to Serve Gaol Term

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 4

John James (Jack) O'Hara (30), 1936 Australian Olympic Wrestler, of Gaerlock Avenue, Bondi, must serve a sentence…

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Wrestler to Serve Gaol Term

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 2

John James (Jack) O'Hara (30), 1936 Australian Olympic Wrestler, of Gaerlock Avenue, Bondi, must serve a sentence…

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Clerk to Serve 18 Months' Gaol

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 3

ALLAN ELLSMERE WILLIAMS (47), clerk, was sentenced to 18 months' gaol at the Quarter Sessions today for stealing £42 from his…

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Japs Show White Flag In Marshalls Assault

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday.-- Only survivors of an American attack on Ebeye Island (Marshalls) were a hen, a rooster, a chick, a small pig - and a handful of miserable Japanese…

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To Gaol For Year On Petrol Charges

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 3

A man said to have obtained 1300 gallons of petrol on a forged licence was sentenced to a year's gaol at the Special Federal Court today…

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Slow Progress in Murder Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 6

Detectives made little headway yesterday in their inquiries into the murder of Mrs. Joyce Pattison. 31, of Bourke Street, Darlinghurst. whose…

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Police Seeking Missing Girl

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 4

POLICE are searching for Gladys Joyce Stevens (17), who has been missing from her home in…

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Police Seeking Missing Girl

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 4

POLICE are searching for Gladys Joyce Stevens (17), who has been missing from her home in…

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Police Recapture 5 Army Escapees

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 5

Five of 19 soldiers who escaped from the Miranda military detention barracks yesterday were recaptured last night. Civil police found the men…

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Marriage 'A Mockery': Court Plea

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 3

"Christian marriage is becoming so much a mockery, it is being relegated to the attic…

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Seaman Fined for Theft

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 4

JOHN GOULDING (57), seaman, was fined £5 at Central Court today for having stolen 8s worth of meat and butter belonging to the…

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May Be Whipped For Assault

The Sun · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.-- Question of ordering a whipping for a 22-year-old man who had been found guilty of having…

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Soldier Remanded on Charge of Assault

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 1

At Parramatta Court on Monday. Cyril Raymond Miller. 27. soldier, was remanded until March 13 on a charge of assaulting Arthur James Charles Rochester, at…

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Wrestler Must Go to Gaol Petrol Offence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 11

John James (Jack) O'Hara, 30, of Gaerlock Avenue, Bondi, 1936 Olympic wrestling representative for Australia, must serve the…

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Mystery Witness in Murder Trial

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- A mysterious witness "John March" has been introduced into the trial of Wayne…

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No Development in Park Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 2

DETECTIVES have not yet been able to trace the woman who, last Wednesday night, was with Mrs. Joyce Pattison, whose body was found…

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No Development in Park Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 2

DETECTIVES have not yet been able to trace the woman who, last Wednesday night, was with Mrs. Joyce Pattison, whose body was found…

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No Development in Park Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 2

DETECTIVES have not yet been able to trace the woman who, last Wednesday night, was with Mrs. Joyce Pattison, whose body was found…

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