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Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

Assault at Dance Cost Man £96

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 5

AN incident at a Petersham Town Hall dance on July 16, 1943, cost a foreman of Malleable Castings Ltd. £96 3s 6d damages for assault on a…

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Assault at Dance Cost Man £96

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 4

AN incident at a Petersham Town Hall dance on July 16, 1943, cost a foreman of Malleable Castings Ltd. £96 3s 6d damages for assault on a…

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Soldier Remanded on Charge of Assault

The Biz · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 4

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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Assault at Dance Cost Man £96

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 4

AN incident at a Petersham Town Hall dance on July 16, 1943, cost a foreman of Malleable Castings Ltd. £96 3s 6d damages for assault on a…

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Murder Charge After Quarrel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Patrick Bolger, 58, of Brunswick, was found dead in the front garden of a Coburg house…

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Coalminer Fined £10 for Theft of Apples

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 2

AT Camden Police Court today Mrs. Marie Louise Meier, of Camden, said that last year thieves had taken her entire crop of apples…

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Sydney Murder Echo In Victoria

The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— A man, who appeared in Wangaratta Court today on three charges, is alleged to have made…

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Man May Be Whipped for Assault on Girl

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A 22-year-old discharged soldier may be whipped for a serious sex crime. He is Alfred Joseph Shetlat, of Goodwood, who was found guilty,…

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Police Carnival at Moorefield

The Propeller · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 4

Members of the No. 12 (St. George Sutherland) Police Division are arranging a sports carnival to be held on the Moorefield Racecourse, Kogarah, on Saturday…

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Man's Insults to Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 6

Ian Castles[?] of Young Street, Sydney, storeroom manager for John Walker and Sons, Ltd., whisky distillers, was fined £5 at the Central…

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Guard Charged Alleged Drunk on Duty Fall From Train

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 1

LENGTHY evidence was heard by Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., at Penrith Police Court on Thursday, lOth inst., when Leslie Bathurst…

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Woman Tells Court Of Big Wardrobe

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 5

A woman who has not counted her frocks but knows she has "more than 50," has "about 40 pairs of shoes," a dozen hats…

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Six Men Sentenced And Fined Fog Black Market Liquor On Ship "Most Despicable Action," Says S.M.

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 2

"One can hardly imagine a more despicable action than the purchasing of liquor at a high price to sell it to soldiers in the firing line at a much higher price," stated Mr. Atkinson, S.M., at the Special Federal…

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Six Men Sentenced And Fined For Black Market Liquor On Ship "Most Despicable Action," Says S.M.

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 2

"One can hardly imagine a more despicable action than the purchasing of liquor at a high price to sell it to soldiers in the firing line at a much higher price," stated Mr. Atkinson, S.M., at the Special Federal…

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Six Men Sentenced And Fined For Black Market Liquor On Ship "Most Despicable Action," Says S.M.

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 2

"One can hardly imagine a more despicable action than the purchasing of liquor at a high price to sell it to soldiers in the firing line at a much higher price," stated Mr. Atkinson, S.M., at the Special Federal…

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Six Men Sentenced And Fined For Black Market Liquor On Ship "Most Despicable Action," Says S.M.

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 2

"One can hardly imagine a more despicable action than the purchasing of liquor at a high price to sell it to soldiers in the firing line at a much higher price," stated Mr. Atkinson, S.M., at the Special Federal…

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Letters Children's Court To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 3

Sir,—The reasons given by your correspondent. "F.G. James." for his sweeping criticism of magistrates appointed to the Children's Court and…

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Office Murder, Man Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--A city company director was murdered in his office in Gawler Place, Adelaide, today…

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Kogarah Police Court. Language

The St George Call · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

Mrs. Sarah Site, 168 Carrington Ave., Hurstville, accused her husband of using filthy language to her, then followed a jug of water over her, third action hit…

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Seamen Sentenced, Fined £490

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 4

Six of 10 seamen were, sentenced to a total of 30 months' jail, and all were fined a total of £490, in the Special Federal…

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