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Courts & crime, 1946

13,343 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Police probe woman's death

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 10

Police are investigating the death off Mary Buchanan Whitehead, 42, widow, of O'Sullivan Road, Rose Bay. Mrs. Whitehead's body was found in…

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Police Puzzled by Man's Injuries

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 25

DORRIGO, Saturday.—A 60-years-old man, who was found critically injured in Veech St., Dorrigo, last night, was unable to tell police what had…

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Police line up 1000 soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 6

A line-up of 1000 soldiers failed to locate the man who criminally assaulted a nine- year-old girl on Friday, police…

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Police Find Youth Hidden Under Roof

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 4

ORANGE, Sat. -- A 17-year-old youth, who escaped from Orange police station on Thursday, was…

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Australia's Nominee to World Court

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 26

Australia's nomination for the International Court of Justice, comprising 15 judges, will be Prof. Kenneth H. Bailey, the…

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Australian named for world court

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 1

PROFESSOR K. H. Bailey, Professor of Public Law at Melbourne University, will be nominated by…

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Five Suicide Attempts Before Lunch, Police Say

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 17

FIVE attempts at suicide by a 20-years-old girl all in one morning! Such were the ingredients of a remarkable story recounted by police at St. Kilda Court the other day, when comely, brown-eyed…

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Police seek murderer at funeral CHICAGO

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 2

DETECTIVES mingled with mourners today at the Funeral of six-year-old Suzanne Degnan on the…

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Gunman's Widow Menaces Mystery Woman in Court

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 20

WIDOW of Leslie Ernest "Scotland Yard" Walkerden, notorious underworld thug, whose activities as a gunman, standover man and protector of the late Henry Stokes, reached a peak during Melbourne's wartime baccarat racket, spat on the…

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Mrs. Livesey Becomes Ill: May Miss Court

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 25

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—Mrs. Ethel Livesey is unlikely to appear personally at Monday's hearing in the Criminal Court where she is due to answer a 12 years'-old imposition charge. Since her arrival in Adelaide she…

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TODAY... Bob Slessor's She wore a bedspread to greet the police

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 26

When Mrs. Kathleen Cunningham, of Albion Street, Sydney, appeared before Magistrate Farrington at Central Summons Court this week she wore a green, spotted frock…

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Royal Court's pluck praised by Mulley after half-head win

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 15

ROYAL COURT, winner of the Nursery Handicap at Randwick yesterday, was "beaten ten…

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Court to decide if Esquire legs "too long to be art"

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sat. -- U.S. Supreme Court judges have to decide whether the Varga Girl's legs in Esquire magazine are "too long to be art." The court is considering a…

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real life court dramas It was the drink that drove him crazy

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 27

A NICE, well-grown crayfish is popularly supposed to have more appeal to a drunk than Lauren Bacall, Lana Turner, or Betty Grable. But it was a nebulous cray…

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First Win to Smart Filly Would have protested if Royal Court lost

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 15

A. Mulley, rider of Royal Court, said that his mount may have wan yesterday's Randwick Nursery on protest if she had been beaten by Shining Vision. Royal Court won a last stride…

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Golf Pros, Charged With Flouting Rule

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 14

NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.).--The U.S.A Golf Association has charged American professionals with having flouted some of the rules of the game during the war…

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Near Riot, Say Police

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 13

Two men who incited a woman to resist arrest at Parramatta last Saturday nearly caused a riot, said a police…

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Near Riot, Say Police

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 13

Two men who incited a woman to resist arrest at Parramatta last Saturday nearly caused a riot, said a police…

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Near Riot, Say Police

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 13

Two men who incited a woman to resist arrest at Parramatta last Saturday nearly caused a riot, said a police…

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Near Riot, Say Police

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 13

Two men who incited a woman to resist arrest at Parramatta last Saturday nearly caused a riot, said a police…

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