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Courts & crime, 1945

6,591 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250

Police "Party" Held As Trap

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.--There is no doubt that if one is prepared to pay the price, bottled beer can easily be…

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Horses Hit with Stick, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

Horses being driven from the yard into the race at the Police Boys' Club Rodeo held at the Showground on December 30 . last year had been hit with sticks and lumps of wood and poked with a long bamboo…

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Girl Got Out of River, But Police Puzzled

The Sun · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday.--Twenty-three-year-old Heather Doreen Collins fell into Brisbane River from Grey-street bridge at 11.30 last night. She swam out and went home…

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Martial Law in Norway Security Police Chief Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 11 (A.A.P.).— The Germans have proclaimed martial law throughout Norway, following the execution by them…

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Eight Police to Guard Unrra Visitors Last Guests Leave Lapstone Today

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 7

Eight policemen will guard 70 delegates to the United Nations' Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Conference, which opens at the Lapstone Hotel on Thursday…

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Woman Fatally Shot in Street Lives 15 Minutes; Refuses To Give Police Information

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 5

A woman was fatally shot in the street near a Woolloomooloo sly-grog shop early yesterday morning. She lived for 15 minutes after a bullet had…

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Gaol For Wharfies

The Sun · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 6

PERTH, Tuesday.--Thomas Adolphus Morris (53) and Tom Bennett (42), wharflaborers, were sentenced in…

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Big Sum Mentioned in Stealing Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 3

NANCY O'NEILL (36), domestic, 48 Darlinghurst Rd., Darlinghurst, was again remanded at Central Court today until March 1 on a charge of…

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Big Sum Mentioned in Stealing Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 3

NANCY O'NEILL (36), domestic, 48 Darlinghurst Rd., Darlinghurst, was again remanded at Central Court today until March on a charge of…

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Big Sum Mentioned in Stealing Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 3

NANCY O'NEILL (36), domestic, 48 Darlinghurst Rd., Darlinghurst, was again remanded at Central Court today until March 1 on a charge of…

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Big Sum Mentioned in Stealing Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 3

NANCY O'NEILL (36), domestic, 48 Darlinghurst Rd., Darlinghurst, was again remanded at Central Court today until March 1 on a charge of…

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Police Whistles

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 8

WHY is it that our police do not carry whistles for use in an…

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Police Whistles

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 8

WHY is it that our police do not carry whistles for use in an…

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Police Whistles

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 8

WHY is it that our police do not carry whistles for use in an…

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Police Whistles

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 8

WHY is that our police do not carry whistles for use in an…

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Police Whistles

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 8

WHY is it that our police do not carry whistles for use in an…

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Police Whistles

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 8

WHY is it that our police do not carry whistles for use in an…

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Letters to the Editor Wharf Pillaging a Magistrate on Penalties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

Sir,—The Government has at last taken steps to put a check on wharf pillaging by making the penalties more stringent. The magistrate could, under the Crimes…

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Police Inquire Into Death Of Officer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 5

Police and naval authorities are investigating the death of a British surgeon-commander, who was found dead at a Service camp yesterday…

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Grigg Appeal in Full Court

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 5

Constable Neville William Grigg today appealed to the State Full Court against the verdict of a Supreme Court…

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