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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

13,343 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Confession In Murder Case

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 8

CAIRO, Friday.--A confession that he murdered an Egyptian senator because of his pro-British leanings is alleged to have…

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Negro, 16, Charged With Killing Infant

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 12

NEW YORK, Friday.--A 16-yearsold negro has been charged with murder, following a brutal attack on a woman and her two children in…

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Daughter, 19, Charged With Shooting Father

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A young woman used a pistol which an American had given her to shoot her father, police alleged at an inquest today…

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Hans Frank's Diary Of Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

NUREMBERG, Jan. 10. (A.A.P.).—The diary of Hans Frank, Nazi Governor of occupied Poland, was produced in…

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Laborer Police Declare

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 7

A YOUNG man, who was alleged to have threatened to shoot his father with a revolver, had been certified as insane, the Police…

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International Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.— Nominations by New Zealand for the International Court of Justice are: Sir Michael Myers, Chief Justice of New…

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Sex Fiend Sought for Kidnap Murder

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- In their search for the fiendish killer of little Susanne Degnan, Chicago police ore now concentrating on suspected sex offenders. They have had to release…

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Lie Detector Used Chicago Murder Suspects

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

CHICAGO, Jan. 10 (A.A.P.).— Desere Smet, 35, and Hector Verburgh, 65, have been given a "liedetector" lest. Smet passed the…

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Laborer Insane Police Declare

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 7

A YOUNG man, who was alleged to have threatened. to shoot his father with a revolver, had been certified as insane, the Police…

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Laborer Insane Police Declare

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 7

A YOUNG man, who was alleged to have threatened to shoot his father with a revolver, had been certified as insane, the Police…

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Laborer Insane Police Reclame

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 7

A YOUNG man, who was alleged to have threatened to shoot his father with a revolver, had been certified as insane, the Police…

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Police Hunt for Escaped Prisoner

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 7

A LARGE squad of police is combing the Orange district for a 17-years-old prisoner who escaped from the Orange lock-up last night…

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Police Fight For New Deal

Tribune · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 7

FOUR hundred Glasgow policemen defied a ban on mass meetings imposed by the Chief Constable and carried a resolution demanding…

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Police Hunt for Escaped Prisoner

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

A LARGE squad of police is combing the Orange district for a 17-years-old prisoner who escaped from the Orange lock-up last night…

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Police Seek Fourth Kidnapping Suspect

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

CHICAGO, Thursday.--Detectives investigating the brutal mutilation and killing of six-year-old Suzanne Degnan are seeking a fourth major suspect…

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Resignations By Police 'Not Abnormal'

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 5

The number of resignations from the police force was not abnormal, in view of the fact that there had been none during the…

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Police Hunt for Escaped Prisoner

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

A LARGE squad of police is combing the Orange district for a 17-years-old prisoner who escaped from the Orange lock-up last night…

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Police Search For Missing House

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Melbourne police have been asked to find a missing house. Mr. Harold Oliver Norton, of…

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Law Notices Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 9

Registrar.—7th floor, C'weath Hank Building, 112 Pitt St.—2.30.—Appin, for substituted service of petition: Re George Edward Coober, ex parte John Wallace Eggleton…

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Basic Wage Court Inquiries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Government is prepared to amend Economic Security Regulations to prevent them from interfering with…

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