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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

6,591 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Out of Gaol-- Now in Again

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 6

The sequel to a series of robberies in Manly during the Christmas holiday was heard in Manly Court today, when Lloyd…

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Out of Gaol--now in Again

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 6

The sequel to a series of robberies in Manly during the Christmas holiday was heard in Manly Court today when Lloyd…

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Police Court The following cases were dealt with by Mr. R. Soiling P.M., at Penrith Police Court on Thursday, January 4: Betting Cases

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 4

Archie William Veness was fined £10 for using a pace in High Street, Penrith, for the purpose of betting, on December 30…

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No Trace Of Murder Weapon

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 12

C.I.B. detectives yesterday unsuccessfully combed the premises of Cowles and Dunn, gunsmiths, three times in an effort to find…

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Murder Charge; Man for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Harold Percival Stitt, 32, labourer, of Eden Street. Adelaide, was committed for trial to-day on 2 charge of having…

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Charged Too Much for Car; £50 Fine

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 6

For having, on October 4, sold a car at above the pegged price, John Thomas Gilday, of Hill Pine-avenue, Kogarah, was fined…

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Appeal To Man On Gunshop Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 3

Detectives investigating the killing of Maurice Joseph Hannigan (68), gunsmith, in a shop in King St., City, on Tuesday morning urgently require an interview with a young…

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Man Sought In City Murder Case

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

Detectives investigating the murder of Maurice Joseph Hannigan, 68, who was battered to death in a gunsmith's shop in King-street, City, today issued a description of a man they are…

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Appeal To Man On Gunshop Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 3

Detectives investigating the killing of Maurice Joseph Hannigan (68), gunsmith, in a shop in King St., City, on Tuesday morning urgently require an interview with a young…

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Appeal To Man On Gunshop Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 3

Detectives investigating the killing of Maurice Joseph Hannigan (68), gunsmith, in a shop in King St., City, on Tuesday morning urgently require an interview with a young…

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Appeal To Man On Gunshop Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 3

Detectives investigating the killing of Maurice Joseph Hannigan (68), gunsmith, in a shop in King St., City, on Tuesday morning urgently require an interview with a young…

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Police Seek £100 Notes

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 5

Detectives are trying to trace four £100 notes, numbered Z432719, Z425222. Z430399, and Z430919, and two £50 notes,…

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Stealing and Eating Alleged Burglarious Entry of Cottage at Glenbrook

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 1

EVIDENCE given in a case of alleged breaking and entering, at Penrith Police Court on Thursday, alleged that defendant had…

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Explosives Plot Feared Moyne Murder Trial Precautions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 3

CAIRO, Jan. 10 (A.A.P.).— British troops swept out the Egyptian Court buildings with mine-detectors to-day, when it…

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Court Order Evicts Tenant

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

A landlord told Manly Court today thai his tenant's dog and galah had scratched and gnawed the woodwork at his…

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Police Club Boy In Main Event

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 10

Danny Simmons, 19, former Leichhardt Police Boys' Club headliner, gains main event rank at Leichhardt Stadium tonight…

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"Killer Hid in Shop" Police Theory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 4

Detectives investigating the murder of Maurice Joseph Hannigan, 68, in a shop at 71 King Street, on Tuesday…

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Court-martial of Canadian Airman

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 15

MONTREAL, Thursday.--A U.S.-born airman who fought for the Spanish Loyalists and was captured and saved from a Franco firing squad by a blonde vaudeville actress is…

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Court-martial of Canadian Airman

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 15

MONTREAL, Thursday.--A U.S.-born airman who fought for the Spanish Loyalists and was captured and saved from a Franco firing squad by a blonde vaudeville actress is…

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Court-martial of Canadian Airman

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 15

MONTREAL, Thursday.--A U.S. born airman who fought for the Spanish Loyalists and was captured and saved from a Franco firing squad by a blonde vaudeville actress is…

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