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Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

Clue Sought in Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Police today made, a public appeal for information likely to end the mystery surrounding the…

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Police Essay Competition

The Propeller · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 6

Two students of the St. George Girls' High School, Kogarah, were the only local ones whose names appeared in the list of awards for the New South Wales…

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Police Hunt For Children

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 3

Two Granville children responsible for remarkable escapades when they ran away from home some time ago, are again…

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Police Hunt For Children

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 3

Two Granville children responsible for remarkable escapades when they ran away from home some time ago, are again…

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Police Hunt For Children

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 3

Two Granville children responsible for remarkable escapades when they ran away from home some time ago, are again…

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Police Carnival at Moorefield

The Propeller · Thursday 2 March 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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Police Hunt For Children

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 3

Two Granville children responsible for remarkable escapades when they ran away from home some time ago, are again…

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Court-martial Gaols Negro

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Twenty-five-years-old American negro Elmore J. Mittleton was found guilty by court-martial this morning of…

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Court-martial Gaols Negro

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- Twenty-five-years-old American negro,, Elmore J. Mittleton, was found guilty by…

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Court-martial Gaols Negro

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tbursday.-- Twenty-five-years-old American negro, Elmore J. Mittleton, was found guilty by…

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Man in Court for Accosting Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 4

WILLIAM ANDREW RIDING (40), clerk, 6 Miller Street, Drummoyne, was given a suspended sentence of three months' gaol by Mr. Sheridan,…

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Man in Court for Accosting Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 4

WILLIAM ANDREW RIDING (40), clerk, 6 Miller Street, Drummoyne, was given a suspended sentence of three months' gaol by Mr. Sheridan,…

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Man in Court for Accosting Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 4

WILLIAM ANDREW RIDING (40), clerk, 6 Miller Street, Drummoyne, was given a suspended sentence of three months' gaol by Mr. Sheridan,…

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Man in Court for Accosting Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 5

WILLIAM ANDREW RIDING (40), clerk, 6 Miller Street. Drummoyne, Was given a suspended sentence of three months' gaol by Mr. Sheridan…

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Police Trap Interstate Bootleg Gang Sydney-Melbourne 'Hooch-Car' Traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 9

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--An organised traffic in black-market liquor operated between Melbourne and Sydney, the Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) said today…

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Alleged Theft of Taxation Stamps

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 5

IT was alleged at North Sydney Court today that Francis John Adams (laborer) had admitted selling £17 10s worth of taxation stamps for…

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Alleged Theft of Taxation Stamps

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 5

IT was alleged at North Sydney Court today that Francis John Adams (laborer) had admitted selling £17 10s worth of taxation stamps for…

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Murder in Cathedral

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Friday.--The battered body of Catherine Reardon, clad only in a flimsy slip, has been found in the basement of the…

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Murder in Cathedral

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Friday.--The battered body of Catherine Reardon, clad only in a flimsy slip, has been found in the basement of the…

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Murder in Cathedral

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Friday.--The battered body of Catherine Reardon, clad only in a flimsy slip, has been found in the basement of the…

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