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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

6,591 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Constable Charged with Wallet Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 10

Described on the charge sheet as a police constable. Albert George Strudwick, 43, was charged at Central Court yesterday with having on January 12…

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Three Wharfies Sent To Gaol

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Three wharflaborers who admitted to the police that they had stolen cigarettes intended…

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Germans Gaol B.b.c. Listener

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--At Vienna, Ewald Reche was sentenced to five years' gaol for listening to the B.B.C…

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Germans Gaol B.b.c. Listener

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--At Vienna, Ewald Reche was sentenced to five years' gaol for listening to the B.B.C…

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Founder of Temple on Car Theft Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.--A man who claims he is the immortal father of Abraham Lincoln has been charged in a Miami (Florida) court with having stolen his wife's car…

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Dramatic Letter In Murder Trial

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--The trial at the Old Bailey of a strip-tease dancer and an American paratrooper for the murder of a taxi-driver named Heath is fast approaching…

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Police Seek Missing Child

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 2

A nine-years-old girl, last seen boarding a city-bound tram in the company of a soldier, near Marrickville, is…

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Police Seek Missing Child

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 2

A nine-years-old girl, last seen boarding a city-bound tram in the company of a soldier, near Marrickville, is…

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Coalcliff Sabotage Charged Miners' Attack On Management: Resumption Move

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 9

WOLLONGONG, Monday. -- Allegations that the management of Coalcliff Colliery was sabotaging coal production were made today at a meeting of the Delegate Board of the…

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Joy-Walkers Few, Police Report

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 7

Pedestrians had responded well to the Police Department's request to eliminate jay-walking, Superintendent McKenzie, of the Police Traffic Branch,…

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Farm Murder Theory Mau Mad After Wife's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday.—A letter which, it is believed, was written by Arthur Bruce Cork, 50, grazier, of Woleebee, who…

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Police Investigating Iron-Bar Assault

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 3

Detectives are investigating a report that a man, armed with an iron bar, attacked Mrs. Sadie Walker, 56, at her home in…

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Stealing Charge

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 1

Stealing 14 sheets of fibro and 100 feet of flooring, boards from Clyde St., Granville where the State Housing Commission is erecting a…

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Gosford Home Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 4

GOSFORD, Tuesday.—Dissatisfaction among instructors at the Gosford Boys' Home with their salaries and conditions has…

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Alleged Gosford Assault Inquiry

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 6

An enquiry will be held immediately into the alleged assault on an instructor by an inmate of the Gosford Boys' Home,…

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Robbery Charged Against Woman

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 2

A WOMAN, charged with a £1000 robbery, was committed for trial at Central Court today. She was Norma Isobel Keenan (27),…

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£1000 Theft, Woman For Trial

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 3

Norma Isobel Keenan (27), married, Jersey-road, Woollahra, was today committed for trial by Mr. Balmain, SM, at Central…

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Employee's Lapse Theft From State Hospital

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 1

Henry John McAlister (37), at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen seven shirts, 14 pairs of socks,…

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Theft of Film Got Girl He Loved Afar

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 14

NEW YORK. -- The popular song of some years ago, "If I Had a Talking Picture of You," must have run through the brain of Allen…

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Theft of Film Got Girl He Loved Afar

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 14

NEW YORK. --The popular song of some years ago, "If I Had a Talking Picture of You," must have run through the brain of Allen…

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