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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Judge on "Worst Case of Assault"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 2

DUBBO, Tuesday. -- "This is one of the worst cases of assault that I have ever had to deal with," said Judge Shortland at…

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Judge on "Worst Case of Assault"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 2

DUBBO, Tuesday. -- "This is one of the worst cases of assault that I have ever had to deal with," said Judge Shortland at…

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Man Gaoled for Theft From Elderly Woman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 4

WALTER JOHN MYERS (19), laborer, was sentenced by Mr. Arnold, S.M., at the Central Court today to six months' gaol on a charge…

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Man Gaoled for Theft From Elderly Woman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 4

WALTER JOHN MYERS (19), laborer, was sentenced by Mr. Arnold, S.M., at the Central Court today to six months' gaol on a charge…

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Police Chase Child Thieves

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 3

DUBBO, Tuesday. -- After committing three robberies which returned them £48 in cash, three juveniles in the…

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Police Chase Child Thieves

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 2

DUBBO, Tuesday. -- After committing three robberies which returned them £48 in cash, three juveniles in the…

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Police Chase Child Thieves

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 3

DUBBO, Tuesday. -- After committing three robberies which returned them £48 in cash, three juveniles in the…

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Mother Appealed To Police

The Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 3

Linda Agostini's mother read the "Pyjama Girl" story in an English paper eight years ago and told…

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Police Chase Child Thieves

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 3

DUBBO, Tuesday. -- After committing three robberies which returned them £48 in cash, three juveniles in the…

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Police Raid Room in City

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 7

Police and Customs officers yesterday raided a room in Castlereagh Street. At Central Police Station later Jack Cohen, 40, and Sidney Biber, 50, were…

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Police Search for Missing Children

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 4

FOR the second time in less than a fortnight the police are again searching for schoolchildren who are reported missing…

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Police Search for Missing Children

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 3

FOR the second time in less than a fortnight the police are again searching for schoolchildren who are reported missing…

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Letter to Police by Wounded Man

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 4

William Joseph McCarthy, wounded in Bourke Street on February 21, had written a letter to the police stating that…

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Letter to Police by Wounded Man

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 4

William Joseph McCarthy, wounded in Bourke Street on February 21, had written a letter to the police stating that…

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Letter to Police by Wounded Man

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 4

William Joseph McCarthy, wounded in Bourke Street on February 21, had written a letter to the police stating that…

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Scrip Forgery Alleged Woolcott Forbes in Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 7

John Woolcott Forbes, 40, appeared at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Street, yesterday on nine charges,…

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U.s. Air Corps Officers to Be Court-martialled

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 1

WASHINGTON. Tuesday -- The War Department announces that Colonel Frank Greulish, Major Walter Ryan and Major William…

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U.s. Air Corps Officers to Be Court-martialled

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. -- The War Department announces that Colonel Frank Greulish, Major Walter Ryan and Major William…

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Forbes' Defence Line Indicated Former Executive Blamed Court Told of Missing Scrip

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 5

LEADlNG counsel for John Woolcoft Forbes (Mr. J. W. Shand, K.C.) told the Central Criminal Court today that he would try to prove that Douglas J. Bush had corruptly…

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W. J. Smith Wins Appeal High Court Sets Aside Companies' Tax Assessments

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The High Court today allowed an appeal by Mr. W. J. Smith, of Sydney, against decisions in a claim by the Taxation Commissioner…

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