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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250

Police Investigating Finding of Skeletons

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 7

Two skeletons were found in New South Wales yesterday. One skeleton was found in a cave at The Blue Pool near…

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Color Question Raised in Court

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 7

WHEN white-skinned, red-headed George McKenzie (28), truck driver, was charged today at Central Court with being under the influence…

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Color Question Raised in Court

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 7

WHEN white-skinned, red-headed George McKenzie (28), truck driver', was charged today at Central Court with being under the influence…

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Color Question Raised in Court

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 7

WHEN white-skinned, red-headed George McKenzie (28), truck driver, was charged today at Central Court with being under the influence…

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Color Question Raised in Court

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 7

WHEN white-skinned, red-headed George McKenzie (28), truck driver, was charged today at Central Court with being under the influence…

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Mother Thanks Police for Killing Gunman Son

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 2

CHICAGO, Friday.--Mrs. Doris Russell publicly thanked a policeman who killed her ex-convict son in a gun fight last Monday. At the Coroner's inquest today…

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Appeal to Magistrate by Woman Saves Man From Gaol Attacked In Her Bedroom

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 20

FINALE of a case packed with drama was staged outside Ryde Court last Wednesday, when a young man tearfully expressed gratitude and shook the hand…

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Gaol Poison—Solicitor

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 15

"SCENDING a man to gaol for consorting is like giving poison to a man already suffering from poison," said Mr. Jack Thom,…

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Patriots sentenced a film star

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 2

Fighting French sources received word this week that the Underground has passed sentence of death on 26-year-old French…

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Woman Charged with Exposure

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 6

TOWNSVILLE, Sat.--A woman forfeited £5 bail in court today when she failed to appear on a charge of wilful exposure…

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Germans expect big assault in Italy

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Sat.--Both the 5th and 8th Armies in Italy have been reinforced, the German news agency says. Present attacks are a…

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Gaol Sentences for Two Northern Miners

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 18

CESSNOCK, Saturday.—"To my way of thinking Hie action of this minority is analogous to black marketing," said Mr. Atkinson, S.M., today, when sending two miners to gaol on charges of absenting themselves from work without reasonable…

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Police Association Meeting

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 18

THE special co[?]ence of [?] Police Association tomorrow will be held in the Teachers' Federation Hall, Phillip Street, and not in the…

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Police Hurt During Brawl

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 18

BLOOD flowed freely, beer glasses were smashed and police injured in a free-for-all brawl at Crow's Nest Hotel late…

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Gaol for two miners on absenteeism charges CESSNOCK

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 3

DESCRIBING the action of Some coalminers before the Court as "analogous to black marketing," Mr. Atkinson, SM, today fined an absentee miner £15 and sentenced him to a…

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2 Police Injured in Brawl

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 2

GLASSES were thrown and blood flowed freely in a brawl, involving about 20 civilians and nine police,…

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Amazing Story Of £1000 Theft Victim Denies Boast of "Touching Mugs"

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 14

"AS Hammond drove us in his car, he said, 'I touched a mug for a grand this morning. He kept boasting to us about touching mugs and making thousands every year. He said he had been touching mugs for 20 years…

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From the Four Corners Gaol study didn't save a slaver

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 4

Nearly 10 years ago Thomas Robinson was sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and murder of Mrs. Alice Stoll,…

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Mother, 13, Problem for Court

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 2

A 13-YEAR-OLD girl, who had become pregnant, was before the Children's Court recently, said…

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Death Of K.C. Recalls Brutal Murder Of Young Girl

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 9

DEAD at 77 is Thomas Cornelius Brennan, K.C., L.L.D., and, with his death providing a tragic reminder, has been revived interest in what was perhaps the most sensational trial in Victorian criminal history…

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