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Courts & crime, 1945

6,591 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

Air Assault On Formosa

The Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 1

Three hundred carrier planes hit Formosa (525 miles north of Manila) yesterday. This was reported today by…

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Policeman On Charge Of Stealing

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 3

Some hours after a man had accused a police car driver of stealing a wallet containing £123, another constable found…

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Policeman On Charge Of Stealing

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 3

Some hours after a man had accused a police car driver of stealing a wallet containing £123, another constable found…

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Policeman On Charge Of Stealing

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 3

Some hours after a man had accused a police car driver of stealing a wallet containing £123. another constable found…

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Policeman On Charge Of Stealing

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 3

Some hours after a man had accused a police car driver of stealing a wallet containing £123, another constable found…

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University Man Bound Over for Paper Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

For stealing a newspaper, a graduate of the Royal Hungarian University was bound over for 12 months on a £10 good behavior bond at Burwood Court yesterday…

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Police and Gambling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 2

Sir,—One cannot help thinking of hypocrisy when reading of the concern that has been expressed by the Chief Secretary as well as by police officials…

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Gaol for Setting C.O.'s Tent Ablaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Philip Murray (23), an A.I.F. private found guilty of having twice set fire to his…

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Gaol for Setting C.O.'s Tent Ablaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Philip Murray (23), an A.I.F. private found guilty of having twice set fire to his…

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Seven Hours' Gaol for A.w.c. Alien

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 4

EVASIO TIBALDI (23), laborer in the Civil Alien Corps of the A.W.C., was sentenced at Kogarah Court today to seven hours' hard…

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Seven Hours' Gaol for A.w.c. Alien

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 4

EVASIO TIBALDI (23), laborer in the Civil Alien Corps of the A.W.C., was sentenced at Kogarah Court today to seven hours' 'hard…

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Increase in Wharf Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

Arrangements are being made for the release from the Services of 24 former police officers to augment the police…

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Increase in Wharf Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

Arrangements are being made for the release from the Services of 24 former police officers to augment the police…

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Increase in Wharf Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

Arrangements are being made for the release from the Services of 24 former police officers to augment the police…

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Assault on Berlin Near Soviet Armies Prepare For United Attack

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.--Soviet troops east and south-east of Berlin are preparing for a huge joint assault on the city, Moscow reports say. Reuter's Moscow correspondent says German…

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Final Assault at Manila Near Japanese Confined To Walled City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 3

MANILA, Feb. 19.—With the capture of the Philippines General Hospital the Japanese have lost their last major strong-point in Manila outside the ancient Walled City. The final assault on this bastion…

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Limits to Rowers of Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

Declaring that the people still had some civil liberties left, appearances to the contrary, Mr. Justice Maxwell said in the…

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Limits to Powers of Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

Declaring that the people still had some civil liberties left, appearances to the contrary, Mr. Justice Maxwell said in the…

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Limits to Powers of Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

Declaring that the people still had some civil liberties left, appearances to the contrary, Mr. Justice Maxwell said in the…

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No Police Right To Hold For Questioning

The Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 7

Police have no right to detain a man for questioning unless he has been charged with an offence, said Mr. Justice Maxwell in the Supreme Court today…

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