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Courts & crime, 1945

6,591 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

Young Mother on Trial for Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 14

LAUNCESTON, Thursday.--Mrs. Ivy May Stokes (22), mother of three children, the eldest of whom is aged four, is being tried in Launceston on a charge of having murdered her…

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Surry Hills Murder Man For Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 7

John Frederick Hayes, 31, was committed for trial yesterday by the City Coroner, Mr, Cookson, on a charge of having murdered…

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Young Mother on Trial for Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3

LAUNCESTON, Thursday.--Mrs. Ivy May Stokes (22), mother of three children, the eldest of whom is aged four, is being tried in Launceston on a charge of having murdered her…

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Fair Rents Court

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 2

At the Penrith Fair Rents Court on Thursday, Nicholas and Peter Kepreotis applied for consent of the Court to Rive notice to quit to Constantine…

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Petrol from the Area Charges of Stealing and Goods in Possession

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 1

COMMONWEALTH petrol was again a subject of charges at Penrith Police Court on Thursday, 2[?]th ult., when a defendant, who…

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Police Seeking Hit-run Driver

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

A hit-run driver who drove on after running down a cyclist in Railway Pde., Erskineville, last night, is being sought by…

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Police Seeking Hit-run Driver

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

A hit-run driver who drove on after running down a cyclist in Railway Pde., Erskineville last night, is being sought by…

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Police Seeking Hit-run Driver

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

A hit-run driver who drove on after running down a cyclist in Railway Pde., Erskineville, last night, is being sought by…

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Police Seeking Hit-run Driver

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

A hit-run driver who drove on after running down a cyclist in Railway Pde., Erskineville last night, is being sought by…

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Joker Calls Out Police, Ambulance

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 5

A practical joker last night locked the door of a billiard saloon and then reported that a man had been shot there…

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Police Seeking Hit-run Driver

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

A hit-run driver who drove on after running down a cyclist in Railway Pde., Erskineville, last night, is being sought by…

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Police Seeking Hit-run Driver

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

A hit-run driver who drove on after running down a cyclist in Railway Pde., Erskineville, last night, is being sought by…

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Police Seeking Hit-run Driver

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

A hit-run driver who drove on after running down a cyclist in Railway Pde., Erskineville last night, is being sought by…

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Only Shot Was by Cue Police Break Into Billiard Saloon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3

Police and an ambulance crew had their time wasted last night by a practical joker who telephoned detectives that a man…

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Soldier Charged with Stealing Hotel Beer

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

ROBERT ATHOL LOWE (21), soldier, pleaded guilty at Central Court today to a Charge of having stolen a nine-gallon keg of beer…

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Soldier Charged with Stealing Hotel Beer

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

ROBERT ATHOL LOWE (21), soldier, pleaded guilty at Central Court today to a charge of having stolen a nine-gallon keg of beer…

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Soldier Charged with Stealing Hotel Beer

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

ROBERT ATHOL LOWE (21), soldier, pleaded guilty at Central Court today to a charge' of having stolen a nine-gallon keg of beer…

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Magistrate Retires

The Sun · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

Magistrates, Government officials, police, and members of the legal profession gathered at the Water Police Court yesterday to…

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Kogarah Police Court. Railway Offences

The St George Call · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

Insp. Case produced a crop of charges which brought grist to the Railway Department’s mill, mostly the usual “failed to pay fare; trespassed (I.e., left the…

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Retirement of Chamber Magistrate

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 9

THE Small Debts Court yesterday afternoon lost its customary solemn, judicial atmosphere when magistrates, policemen and lawyers…

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