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Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250

Soldier on Theft Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 4

WILLIAM HENRY FINCH (19), soldier, was committed for trial by Mr. Goldie, SM., at Central Court today on a charge of haying entered…

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Enlistment of Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 7

Because of the depl[?]tion in the ranks of the police through recent enlistments for Air Force duty, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. MacKay, has…

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Police Probe Launch Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 7

MR. J. GLENNAN with his 18ft. launch which was destroyed by fire yesterday at Ireland's boatshed, Double Bay. He reported the matter to the Arson Squad…

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Police, Convicts In Gun Duel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.--Police from four States are shooting it out with three armed escaped convicts near Greenwood, Mississippi. Terrorised residents of the township are waiting behind…

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Police Quest for Missing Children

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 2

POLICE are searching for two A school children, Evelyn Edna Woods (14), and her brother, Frederick (10), who have been missing…

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Police Quest for Missing Children

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 2

POLICE are searching for two school children, Evelyn Edna Woods (14), and her brother, Frederick (10), who have been missing…

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Police Quest for Missing Children

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 2

POLICE are searching for two school children, Evelyn Edna Woods (14), and her brother, Frederick (10), who have been missing…

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154 Police To Join Air Crews

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 10

The New South Wales Commissioner of Police (Mr. MacKay) said yesterday he had released 154 members of the police force…

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Police Still Baffled in Search for Killer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 3

It is now 20 days since the battered body of Mrs. Joyce Pattison (30), was found near a lake in Centennial Park, and the killer is still at large. FEARS that the crime will be added…

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Police Still Baffled in Search for Killer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 3

It is now 20 days since the battered body of Mrs. Joyce Pattison (30), was found near a lake in Centennial Park, and the killer is still at large. FEARS that the crime will be added…

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Police Allowed to Join R.a.a.f

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 2

DISCUSSING the enlistment of young policemen, the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) said today that the Manpower directorate…

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Police Allowed to Join R.a.a.f

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 2

DISCUSSING the enlistment of young policemen, the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) said today that the Manpower directorate…

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Excise Man Tells Court Of Hotel Raid

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 3

James Francis MacCormick, excise officer, told Mr. Atkinson, S.M., at the Federal Court of Special Sessions today that a…

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£800 Factory Theft Charge

The Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 3

Beresford Theodore Albert Brandt (24), laborer, was charged at the Central Court today with, being in the factory of…

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Gaol for Four in Liquor Case

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 1

Condemning the black marketing of liquor as a "great social evil," Justice Sir Percival Halse Rogers imposed the maximum sentence of three years' imprisonment on two men convicted at the Central Criminal Court today of a conspiracy…

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Gaol for Four in Liquor Case

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 1

Condemning the black marketing of liquor as a "great social evil," Justice Sir Percival Halse Rogers, imposed the maximum sentence of three years' imprisonment on two men convicted at the Central Criminal Court today of a conspiracy…

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Gaol for Four in Liquor Case

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 1

Condemning the black marketing of liquor as a "great social evil," Justice Sir Percival Halse Rogers imposed the . maximum sentence of three years' imprisonment on two men convicted at the Central Criminal Court today of a conspiracy…

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No Solution Yet of Park Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 4

IT is now 21 days since the Centennial Park murder. Police say they have explored every known avenue which may lead them to the…

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No Solution Yet of Park Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 2

IT is now 21 days since the Centennial Park murder. Police say they have explored every known. avenue which may lead them to the…

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Court Story of Syndicate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 8

When the hearing was resumed in Central Police Court yesterday of cases against Gordon Leonard, 39, salesman, and John Thomas Tuck. 45,…

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