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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

6,591 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Mines officer "aided" theft

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 February 1945 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Sat. -- A Mines Department officer had unwittingly given a young gold thief and his…

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Pair Embrace in Court After Man's a Cquittal of Murder

Truth · Sunday 25 February 1945 · page 16

TENSE, drama-charged moments marked the final stage of the Olinda mountainside murder trial in the Criminal Court this week. For three days during the stern legal battle for the life of 19-years-old…

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A woman goes to gaol

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1945 · page 1

[In search of material for a future book, a leading Australian woman novelist "breaks into" Long Bay Gaol, spends a week there, gives you this unique social study. IT is easy to sit in Central Police Court…

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Life in Gaol for Slasher; Judge Caustic

Truth · Sunday 25 February 1945 · page 11

"THE act of which you stand condemned was one of hideous cruelty; I doubt whether ever before there has been a…

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Gaoled for theft of £1900 in gold PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1945 · page 11

When Carmelo Foti was charged in the Kalgoorlie Police Court with unlawful possession of gold, it was stated that…

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Police Officer Sent for Trial

Truth · Sunday 25 February 1945 · page 23

ALBERT GEORGE STRUDWICK (43), police constable, who pleaded not guilty, was committed for trial last week at Central Court…

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U.S. forces keyed up for assault Tense moments before drive across Roer

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 February 1945 · page 2

INSIDE GERMANY, Sat.--American assault troops who smashed across the Roer River on to the Cologne Plain yesterday were keyed up to a point of recklessness…

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TODAY: Court Dramas New South Wales Daily drinks didn't shock the court

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 February 1945 · page 18

Once a drinker, Clifton Allen Alexander, 37, of Myall, Avenue, Vaucluse, became a total abstainer four years…

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Police Say Man Bored Spy Holes in Bathroom Door

Truth · Sunday 25 February 1945 · page 13

DESCRIBED by police as "The Menace," a man who allegedly bored holes in the bathroom door of a Milson's Pt. residential to watch women bathing was fined £5 at…

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TODAY: Court Dramas The judge favored honeymoon leave

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 February 1945 · page 19

Suggestion by the Judge in Divorce, Mr. Justice Bonney, to save some marriages: Give servicemen substantial…

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"Saddened, But Not Upset' by Death of Animals at Police Rodeo

Truth · Sunday 25 February 1945 · page 22

HE had felt "sad but not upset" when a horse was killed and a steer, eventually destroyed, broke its leg at the Police Boys' Club Rodeo at the…

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Three jobs the A.I.F. may be given next: Burma & Dutch Assault 1 Malaya 2 East Indies 3 on Japan MacArthur's directive ending: Washington awaits new set-up WASHINGTON

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1945 · page 3

ALLIED military observers in Washington are awaiting with mounting interest what many Australians regard as overdue news of Australian military participation in General MacArthur's fast-moving Pacific campaign…

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Gaol Escapees Recaptured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 3

The two prisoners who escaped from Goulburn Gaol on Friday were recaptured early on Saturday near Bungonia, about 30 miles from Goulburn…

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Motor Driver Sent to Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 4

At Quarter Sessions today Judge Stacy sentenced Harold Sterling (47), Beresford Rd., Rose Bay, to nine months' gaol for wanton…

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Motor Driver Sent to Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 4

At Quarter Sessions today Judge Stacy sentenced Harold Sterling (47), Beresford Rd., Rose Bay, to nine months' gaol for wanton…

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Motor Driver Sent to Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 4

At Quarter Sessions today Judge Stacy sentenced Harold Sterling (47), Beresford Rd., Rose Bay, to nine months' gaol for wanton…

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Motor Driver Sent to Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 2

At Quarter Sessions today Judge Stacy sentenced Harold Sterling (47), Beresford Rd., Rose Bay, to nine months' gaol for wanton…

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Motor Driver Sent to Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 2

At Quarter Sessions today Judge Stacy sentenced Harold Sterling (47), Beresford Rd., Rose Bay, to nine months' gaol for wanton…

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Motor Driver Sent to Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 4

At Quarter Sessions today Judge Stacy sentenced Harold Sterling (47), Beresford Rd., Rose Bay, to nine months' gaol for wanton…

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Might Meet Bad Friends Inside Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 3

Because he feared Henry Vincent Monzetti (35), plumber, might renew bad acquaintances in gaol. Judge Holt, in the…

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