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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

6,591 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

Police Mystified By Butter Theft

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

How six tons of choice butter could, disappear from Darling Harbor goods yard and remain undiscovered has the police baffled. QUESTIONS that puzzle the police…

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Fined for Assault

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 1

Emil Allan Peterson (19), at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, was fined £4 with 5/- costs for having assaulted Henry Alfred Brown…

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Sentenced Over Petrol Tickets

The Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 5

A woman fainted in Paddington Court today when a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment with hard labor was imposed on Allan…

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"I Did the King Street Murder," Alleged Admission to Police

The Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

ORANGE, Wednesday.--"What company a man keeps--I did the King-street murder"--Detective William Williams said Cyril Norman, 32, charged with two murders, told him this when questioned about blood-stained clothing found in his suitcase…

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Constable On Theft Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 12

A police constable was charged at Central Court yesterday with having stolen, on January 12, a wallet containing £121 from…

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Gaol Sentence for Teacher

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

"I cannot treat the matter lightly. There is a black market for practically everything that is rationed," said Mr…

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Gaol Sentence for Teacher

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

"I cannot treat the matter lightly. There is a black market for practically everything that is rationed," said Mr…

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Gaol Sentence for Teacher

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

"I cannot treat the matter lightly. There is a black market for practically everything that is rationed," said Mr…

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Gaol Sentence for Teacher

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

"I cannot treat the matter lightly. There is a black market for practically everything that is rationed." said Mr…

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Girl Murder Confessed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Richard Bailey (25), of Brunswick, has confessed to slaying a two-years- old girl, whose partly-clothed body…

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Girl Murder Confessed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Richard Bailey (25), of Brunswick, has confessed to slaying a two-years-old girl, whose partly-clothed body…

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Girl Murder Confessed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Richard Bailey (25), of Brunswick, has confessed to slaying a two-years-old girl, whose partly-clothed body…

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Two Laborers Gaoled for Stealing Guitar

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 7

FRANCIS LORAINE KELLY (28) and Walter Thomas Daer (27), laborers, were each sentenced at Central Court today to three months'…

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Two Laborers Gaoled for Stealing Guitar

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 9

FRANCIS LORAINE KELLY (28) and Walter Thomas Daer (27). laborers, were each sentenced at Central Court today to three months'…

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Two Laborers Gaoled for Stealing Guitar

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 9

FRANCIS LORAINE KELLY (28) and Walter Thomas Daer (27) laborers, were each sentenced at Central Court today, to three months'…

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Two Laborers Gaoled for Stealing Guitar

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 9

FRANCIS LORAINE KELLY (28) and Walter Thomas Daer (27). laborers, were each sentenced at Central Court today to three months'…

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Butter Theft "Big Black-Market Coup"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 5

The theft on Monday of 14,000lb. of butter belonging to the Norco Butter Co. was the biggest black- marketing coup of the war, detectives state. They believe that the robbery…

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Girl Hoaxes Police

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 12

LONDON, Wednesday. -- "In future be careful what pictures she sees," the magistrate of a Cambridge Court warned the mother of a 12-years-old…

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Girl Hoaxes Police

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday. -- "In future be careful what pictures she sees," the magistrate of a Cambridge Court warned the mother of a 12-years-old…

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Girl Hoaxes Police

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday. -- "In future be careful what pictures she sees," the magistrate of a Cambridge Court warned the mother of a 12-years-old…

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