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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

6,591 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

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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Police Commended Good Work at River Search

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 1

At the inquest held by the Acting Coroner, Mr C. J. Welch, into the accidental drowning of Pte. Gabriel Smith, a coloured member of the…

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Search For Land Mines In Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday.--British sappers equipped with mine detectors today searched a Cairo courthouse before the opening of the trial of two men charged with having…

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Kogarah Police Court. Health Foods

The St George Call · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 2

For some strange reason the law allows 3.5 p.c. adulteration (by use of sulphur dioxide) in, sausages, but in mincemeal addition of this colouring matter is…

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Assault Case Is Dismissed

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 5

Allegations that John Cole, manager of the Strand Theatre, Leichhardt, had dragged her along an aisle and pushed her…

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Constable Found Guilty Of Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 4

Constable Rupert Kenneth Bodel, 41, was sentenced to three months' jail yesterday at the Central Court for having stolen a British seaman's wallet…

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Stop-press Murder Finding

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 1

Melbourne.--Concluding inquest on negro Combs, Coroner committed Leo Clinton Cartledge for trial on a charge of…

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Soldier Faces Murder Trial

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 6

BRISBANE, Friday. -- The name of a well-known boxing personality, Nick Black, who fights under the name of Dal…

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Man Sought in City Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 4

Many offers of assistance from the public have been received by detectives investigating the murder of Maurice Joseph Han…

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"Secret Orders" for Moyne Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 1

CAIRO, Jan. 11 (A.A.P.).—Aliaho Ben Souri told the Court to-day that he and Eliaho Hakim had come to Cairo under instructions from a secret…

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Police Query Double Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Police are not prepared to accept the theory of double suicide as the only possible…

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Police Seeking Six Banknotes

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 3

THE Criminal Investigation Branch, Sydney, is attempting to trace six large denomination bank notes, which may assist in an urgent…

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Police Seeking Six Banknotes

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 4

THE Criminal Investigation Branch, Sydney, is attempting to trace six large denomination bank notes, which may assist in an urgent…

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Police Seeking Six Banknotes

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 4

THE Criminal Investigation Branch, Sydney, is attempting to trace six large denomination bank notes, which may assist in an urgent…

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Police Seeking Killer Suspect

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday.--A citywide dragnet is out for a tall, athletic civilian, who was seen to board a tram after the fatal…

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Police Seeking Six Banknotes

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 4

THE Criminal Investigation Branch, Sydney, is attempting to trace six large denomination bank notes, which may assist in an urgent…

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Police Seeking Six Banknotes

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 4

THE Criminal Investigation Branch, Sydney, is attempting to trace six large denomination bank notes, which may assist in an urgent…

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Sydney's Court Parade Waterside "Pickings"

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 3

"Pilfering from wharves is sabotaging the war effort," said Mr. Kelly, SM, at Paddington Court today, when sentencing…

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Law Notices Supreme Court. in Chambers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 7

Mr. Justice Nichclas.—No. 1 Equity Court—10: R. B. Davies Pty., Ltd., v Eico Manufacturing Co., Ltd. IN DIVORCE…

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Trouble Over Divorcee Doctor States Tells Court Shot By Ex-Husband

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 7

Dr. Reginald Stuart Jones said yesterday at Central Police Court he had been shot because of an argument about a divorcee. The woman, Fay Thompson, was the ex-wife…

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