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Courts & crime, 1946

13,343 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

Bail of £300 on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

Mr. Justice Street, in Chambers today, granted bail of £300 to Joseph Xuereb, who was remanded by Mr. Sargeson, S.M., at…

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Bail of £300 on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

Mr. Justice Street, in Chambers today, granted bail of £300 to Joseph Xuereb, who was remanded by Mr. Sargeson, S.M., at…

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Bail of £300 on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 14

Mr. Justice Street, in Chambers today, granted bail of £300 to Joseph Xuereb, who was remanded by Mr. Sargeson, S.M., at…

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Bail of £300 on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 14

Mr. Justice Street, in Chambers today, granted bail of £300 to Joseph Xuereb, who was remanded by Mr. Sargeson, S.M., at…

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Police Seek Truck After Collision

The Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

Police are searching for a red Ford V8 truck, which was not stopped after a collision with a bus on Fig Tree Bridge early…

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Control of Traffic New Police Unit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 4

A new traffic police force came into existence yesterday when 50 men, all except two disabled ex-Servicemen, were accepted as the…

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Bookie in Court Called 'Welsher'

The Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--When Simmering won at Mentone on May 19, last year, John Gerald Burke, bookmaker, operating at Ballarat racecourse, lost £310, and could not…

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Law Notices To-day High Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 5

Registrar.—In Chambers.—10.30: James Patrick Digger Dunn v C'wealth of Aust. and John Stanislaus Hanlon. BANKRUPTCY COURT…

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Police Chief Urges New Recruits to Form Union

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 7

The Police Commissioner (Mr. MacKay) yesterday urged 54 newly-appointed parking police to form a union. The men formed the Parking…

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Braces, Belts On Show As Court Tries To Cool Off

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 2

Removing his coat when he took his place on the dais in the Federal Arbitration Court today, Mr. G. A. Mooney, Conciliation Commissioner, invited others in court to follow his example…

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Charged With Manslaughter

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

Stanley Gordon Mitchell, 29, loborer, and a former POW, of Uther-street, Sydney, was committed for trial on a charge of…

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Judge Says Punching Worse Than Stealing a Judge Out of Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 9

Judge Markell said yesterday, he thought that the crime pf stealing was "not half as bad as giving a man a punch on the nose." He was commenting on an…

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Gaoled for Theft of Gelding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 7

Herbert Henry Finn (38), at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, was charged with having stolen a red roan gelding, the property of…

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50 "Litterers" to Be Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

More than 50 people, alleged to have littered Cronulla streets with prawn refuse, fruit skins, food scraps, and other rubbish during the past few…

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Soldier Must Pay £2 for Theft of "Nine"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 5

HENRY JAMES DONELLY, soldier, was fined £2 at Ryde Court today on a charge of stealing a nine- gallon keg of beer from a camp at…

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Soldier Must Pay £2 for Theft of "Nine"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 5

HENRY JAMES DONELLY, soldier, was fined £2 at Ryde Court today on a charge of stealing a gallon keg of beer from a camp at…

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Soldier Must Pay £2 for Theft of "Nine"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 5

HENRY JAMES DONELLY, soldier, was fined £2 at Ryde Court today on a charge of stealing a ninegallon keg of beer from a camp at…

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Soldier Must Pay £2 for Theft of "Nine"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 5

HENRY JAMES DONELLY, soldier, was fined £2 at Ryde Court today on a charge of stealing a ninegallon keg of beer from a camp at…

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Police Release Kidnap Suspect

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 5

CHICAGO, Wednesday.--Sidney Sherman (22), former marine, who was brought to Chicago for questioning in…

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