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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 250

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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17 Charged with Treason

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 7

LONDON, March 21 (A.A.P.).—A new series of trials of 17 alleged members of the African Falange (Fascist organisation) was opened in…

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Woman Tells of £60 Theft

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--Two men who attacked Mrs. Mona Marjorie Hawkins, wife of a Wollombi storekeeper, early this…

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Men Not Guilty of Theft

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 4

AT the Quarter Sessions today a jury, without waiting for the addresses of counsel, acquitted Frederick George Smith (27) and Ronald…

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Men Not Guilty of Theft

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 4

AT the Quarter Sessions today a jury, without waiting for the addresses of counsel, acquitted Frederick George Smith (27) and Ronald…

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Men Not Guilty of Theft

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 4

AT the Quarter Sessions today a jury, without waiting for the addresses of counsel, acquitted Frederick George Smith (27) and Ronald…

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Woman Tells of £60 Theft

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--Two men who attacked Mrs. Mona Marjorie Hawkins, wife of a Wollombi storekeeper, early this…

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Men Not Guilty of Theft

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 4

AT the Quarter Sessions today a jury, without waiting for the addresses of counsel, acquitted Frederick George Smith (27) and Ronald…

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Gaol Term On Bribery Charge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 7

On a charge of giving a bribe of £50 to an officer of the A.M.F. to induce him to neglect his duty, Demitrios Zantiotis (49)…

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Gaol Term On Bribery Charge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 7

On a charge of giving a bribe of £50 to an officer of the A.M.F. to induce him to neglect his duty, Demitrios Zantiotis (49)…

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Two Policemen Charged Conspiracy Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 10

LISMORE, Tuesday.—Ernest Harold Fletcher, 41, officer in charge of Nimbin police station, and Harold Douglas Kenny, 43,…

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Assault Charge Against Colored Man Dismissed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 2

A CHARGE against Oseman Said (26), colored seaman, of having assaulted Heather Buffrey and May Smith at Milson's Point on March 15…

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Assault Charge Against Colored Man Dismissed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 2

A CHARGE against Oseman Said (26), colored seaman, of having assaulted Heather Buffrey and May Smith at Milson's Point on March 15…

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Meeting insists On Murder Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 4

A deputation of Newtown residents will ask the Premier (Mr. McKell) that Boyd Sinclair be allowed to stand trial on a murder charge…

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Chaplin In Court Today

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 7

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday.-- A hundred and fifty persons jostled and struggled outside the Federal Court to get a…

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Chaplin In Court Today

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 7

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday.--A hundred and fifty persons jostled and struggled outside the Federal Court to get a…

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Chaplin In Court Today

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 2

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday.-- A hundred and fifty persons jostled and struggled outside the Federal Court to get a…

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Chaplin In Court Today

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 7

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday.-- A hundred and fifty persons jostled and struggled outside the Federal Court to get a…

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Sisters' Quarrel Led to Assault Charge Young Man Bound Over "Jealousy Behind This"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 8

A quarrel between two sisters at Guildford on March 13 resulted in the appearance of Albert Monk (23) at the Parramatta…

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Took Poison In Error, Court Told

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 8

BLAYNEY, Tuesday.--A 17-year-old girl, who believed she was pregnant, died after drinking…

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