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Courts & crime, 1945

6,591 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

Sentenced Fight Manager To Second "Alabama Kid"

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- Although he has been sentenced to four months' gaol, well-known boxing showman Harry Johns, who is managing Alabama Kid, will not be barred by Stadiums Ltd, from going into the the Kid's corner when…

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Man Charged with Having 420lb. BUTTER

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 6

Ronald Walters, 31, shopkeeper, was charged at Central Court yesterday with possessing 420lb. of butter, reasonably suspected of having been stolen…

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Two Charges Of Attempted Murder

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 2

THE condition of Mrs. Alice Templeton (35) and her daughter, Brenda (9), who were taken to Canterbury District Hospital last night…

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Two Charges Of Attempted Murder

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 3

THE condition of Mrs. Alice Templeton (35) and her daughter, Brenda (9), who were taken to Canterbury District Hospital last night…

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Magistrate Inspects Scene of Alleged Cruelty at Rodeo

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 9

TWO-INCH PIPING alleged to have been bent when a horse crashed against it during a police rodeo, being examined…

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Gaol for Building Home of Bomb Relief Material

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.-- Welhelm Wiehardt, Berlin architect, has been sentenced to two years' gaol for building himself a country house near…

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Gaol for Building Home of Bomb Relief Material

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- Welhelm Wiehardt, Berlin architect, has been sentenced to two years' gaol for building himself a country house near…

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Gaol for Building Home of Bomb Relief Material

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.-- Welhelm Wichardt, Berlin architect, has been sentenced to two years' gaol for building himself a country house near…

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Gaol for Building Home of Bomb Relief Material

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.-- Welhelm Wiehardt, Berlin architect, has been sentenced to two years' gaol for building himself a country house near…

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Gaol for Building Home of Bomb Relief Material

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.-- Welhelm Wiehardt, Berlin architect, has been sentenced to two years' gaol for building himself a country house near…

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Man for Trial on Murder Charges

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Frederick William Everest, 34, breadcarter, was today committed for trial on two charges of having murdered an Allied…

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Disguised Police in Arrest

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday.-- Police disguised as drovers yesterday arrested Alfred Beutel, who, it was stated by his mother in…

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Sutherland Shire Court House

The Observer · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 1

The Hon. R. R. Downing, Minister of Justice, accompanied by Mr. A. J. Williams, M.L.A., and the Under Secretary of the Justice Department, Mr…

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Huge Racket in Coupons Smashed, Police Claim

The Sun · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A black market ring responsible for the leakage of at least 100,000 clothing coupons has been smashed by the arrest of two men, the police claimed today…

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Meat Strike Follows Police Search of Homes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 20

"THE management officially knew nothing of the whys and wherefores of the determination of the men to stage a general strike. It had nothing to do with the control of the abattoirs, the men merely informing us at 10 o'clock on…

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31 Rodeo Cruelty Charges In Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 9

Thirty-one charges of cruelty were made by the R.S.P.C.A. against two police officers and a rodeo assistant-ringmaster of Central Court yesterday. Those charged were Sergeants…

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Court Hears Grim Tale of Killings

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--Charges of double murder, triple attempted murder (including that of two detectives) and shooting with intent to do bodily harm, were preferred against Martin James Eyles (44), in the…

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Court Hears Grim Tale of Killings

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--Charges of double murder, triple attempted murder (including that of two detectives) and shooting with intent to do bodily harm, were preferred against Martin James Eyles (44), in the…

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Court Hears Grim Tale of Killings

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--Charges of doable murder, triple attempted murder (including that of two defectives) and shooting with intent to do bodily harm, were preferred against Martin James Eyles (44), in the…

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"You Are Requested To Attend The Traffic Court.... "

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 2

The first batch of "jay-walkers" netted by the police in a fortnight's intensive campaign against otherwise law-abiding citizens who persist…

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