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Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 71 of 250

Police Tribute to Dead Journalist

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

A SQUAD of 16 police officers, headed by Inspector. Dein, today paid tribute at the funeral of Mr. Jack Gell, well-known Sydney…

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Man on Theft Charge Handed Over to R.a.a.f

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 7

WHEN Corp. Robert Tait (47), an airman, was charged at Central Court today with having stolen musical instruments valued at £35, the…

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Man on Theft Charge Handed Over to R.a.a.f

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 7

WHEN Corp. Robert Tait (47), an airman, was charged at Central Court today with having stolen musical instruments valued at £35, the…

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Forbes an Impostor, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

Attacking the United States' activities of John Woolcott Forbes, the Senior Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Crawford, K.C.) said…

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Forbes an Impostor, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

Attacking the 'United States' activities of John Woolcott Forbes, the Senior Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Crawford, K.C.) said…

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Trafalgar Hero's Grandson in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday.--George Frederick Hardy, 72, grandson of Captain Hardy, of Trafalgar fame, appeared in Bendigo Court today on a charge of…

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Forbes an Impostor, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

Attacking the United States' activities of John Woolcott Forbes, the Senior Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Crawford. K.C.) said…

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Clinic Preferred To Tennis Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 9

Redfern Council was prepared to sacrifice a tennis court in Redfern Park as a site for a baby health centre, the Mayor of Redfern (Alderman T…

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Forbes an Impostor, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

Attacking the United States' activities of John Woolcott Forbes, the Senior Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Crawford. K.C.) said…

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Court Remands Laborer on Killing Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 8

WALLACE WILLEY (28), laborer, was remanded until March 29 at Central Court today on a charge of having feloniously slain Rah Chong…

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Court Remands Laborer on Killing Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 8

WALLACE WILLEY (28), laborer, was remanded until March 29 at Central Court today on a charge of having feloniously slain Rah Chong…

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Court Remands Laborer on Killing Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 8

WALLACE WILLEY (28), laborer, was remanded until March 29 at Central Court today on a charge of having feloniously slain Rah Chong…

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Court Remands Laborer on Killing Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 8

WALLACE WILLEY (28), laborer, was remanded until March 29 at Central Court today on a charge of having feloniously slain Rah Chong…

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Police Seeking Owner Of Car Parked In Street

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 7

Police are endeavoring to find the owner of an Olds-mobile sedan which has been standing outside Adams Hotel, Pitt Street, since Saturday morning. The car has a Victorian…

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Illicit Liquor Charge Court Piled With Exhibits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 7

More than 50 cases and packages of liquor bottles, empty or full, six demijohns, and a variety of equipment were exhibits in the…

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Alleged Illegal Spirit Cache As Court Exhibit

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 10

Sixty coses of bottled liquor, bearing labels of well-known imported brands of whisky, were produced as exhibits in the Special Federal Court yesterday…

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Police Search for Owner of Car Left in Street

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

Unless police today find the owner of a sedan car which has been parked outside Adams Hotel in Pitt Street since Saturday morning, it will be towed to a police garage. THE car, an Oldsmobile sedan, has…

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Police Search for Owner of Car Left in Street

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

Unless police today find the owner of a sedan car which has been parked outside Adams Hotel in Pitt Street since Saturday morning, it will be towed to a police garage. THE car, an Oldsmobile sedan, has…

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Police Search for Owner of Car Left in City Street

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

A car which has been parked outside Adams Hotel in Pitt Street since Saturday morning was recently sold to a soldier who lives in Gippsland, according to the Victorian C.I.B…

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Probe of Girl's Mystery Death Analyst's Report Of Poison Jar Witness Enters Court in Irons

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 5

BLAYNEY, Tuesday. -- An inquest witness today said that Edith May Battye (17), believing she was going to have a child, took what she…

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