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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 250

Year's Jail For £1356 Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday.--A Defence Department paymaster was sentenced to a year's jail today for…

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2 Charged With City Shooting

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 5

Detectives arrested two men last night and charged them with attempted murder…

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Pathetic Line-up at "Juvenile Gaol"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 7

EVERY morning there is a pathetic "line-up" of children awaiting "trial" at the so-called Children's Shelter in Albion Street, Surry Hills. THIS morning the Daily Mirror…

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Pathetic Line-up at "Juvenile Gaol"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 7

EVERY morning there is a pathetic "line-up" of children awaiting "trial" at the so-called Children's Shelter in Albion Street, Surry Hills. THIS morning the Daily Mirror…

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Dead-end in Murder

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 7

It is 13 days since the body of Mrs. Joyce Pattison (30), was found beside a pond in Centennial Park and the murderer…

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Dead-end in Murder

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3

It is 13 days since the body of Mrs. Joyce Pattison (30), was found beside a pond in Centennial Park and the murderer…

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Dead-end in Murder

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 7

It is 13 days since the body of Mrs. Joyce Pattison (30), was found beside a pond in Centennial Park and the murderer…

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Murder in Drawing Room

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 10

Patrick Hamilton's "Rope," which opened last night at the Minerva Theatre, is a psychological thriller…

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Dead-end in Murder

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3

It is 13 clays since the body of Mrs. Joyce Pattison (30), was found beside a pond in Centennial Park and the murderer…

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Dead-end in Murder

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 7

It is 13 days since the body of Mrs. Joyce Pattison (30), was found beside a pond in Centennial Park and the murderer…

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Dead-end in Murder

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 7

It is 13 days since the body of Mrs. Joyce Pattison (30), was found beside a pond in Centennial Park and the murderer…

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Arrests Follow Shooting Attempted Murder Charges

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 6

Charges of shooting with intent to murder were laid against two men who were arrested in Darlinghurst last…

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Store Thieves Emioe Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 5

Police surrounded the store of Anthony Hordern and Sons. Ldtd., early this morning after several burglar alarma sounded…

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Master Butcher Fined £15 Magistrate Warns of Need for Restraint

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 7

In the Special Federal Court yesterday Frederick L. Paul, master butcher, of Hall Street, Bondi, and Federal president of…

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Police "Bushed" In City Store

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 5

Several police were "bushed" during a burglar-hunt in Anthony Horderns' store last-night. Floor space in the store covers about…

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Family of Five v. Police

The Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3

Allegations of cruelty against a police sergeant and a constable were made today when…

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200 Police Buried in Berlin Raid

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.--Two hundred high Berlin police officials were buried when a shelter under the Police Headquarters…

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Gunmen In Car Trailed Victim -- Allege Police

The Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3

Allegations that William Joseph McCarthy had been followed in a car and shot following a row at a two-up school on Sunday were made at Central Police Court today when two men were charged with attempted murder…

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Handwriting Specimen Called for in Court

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 4

Francis O'Grady, manager of Warren View Hotel, Enmore, brother-in-law of Theodore Charles Trautwein, former M.L.C., was asked by Mr. Spender, K.C., to give specimens of his handwriting in the Bankruptcy Court today…

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Handwriting Specimen Called for in Court

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 4

Francis O'Grady, manager of Warren View Hotel, Enmore, brother-in-law of Theodore Charles Trautwein, former M.L.C., was asked by Mr. Spender, K.C., to give specimens of his handwriting in the Bankruptcy Court today…

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