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Courts & crime, 1946

13,343 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250

Alleged Theft of Royal Navy Car

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 15

THREE young men, said to have A been employed at the Royal Navy car park, Bunnerong, were charged at Paddington Court today with having…

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Five Years Gaol For City Escapee

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 2

GOULBURN, Wednesday. -- Peter John Rhall, who escaped from Darlinghurst Police Station recently by posing as a…

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Coroner Probing Alleged Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 2

Edward James White (65), wharf laborer, was present in custody, charged with murder, at the inquest today into the death of Elizabeth Rose Wilson (52)…

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Firebug Sent to Gaol for Three Years

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 14

GOULBURN, Wednesday. -- Because he liked excitement of crowds and fire brigade activity and derived pleasure from…

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Firebug Sent to Gaol for Three Years

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 14

GOULBURN, Wednesday. -- Because he liked excitement of crowds and fire brigade activity and derived pleasure from…

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Firebug Sent to Gaol for Three Years

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 14

GOULBURN, Wednesday. -- Because he liked excitement of crowds and fire brigade activity and derived pleasure from…

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Firebug Sent to Gaol for Three Years

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 14

GOULBURN, Wednesday. -- Because he liked excitement of crowds and fire brigade activity and derived pleasure from…

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Man On Two Murder Charges

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 2

CAIRNS, Wednesday.--William Leslie Fitzgerald. 28. orer, appeared in the police court this morning before C. R. Noyes…

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Man On 2 Charges Of Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 15

CAIRNS, Wednesday. --"I never threw that bomb" said William Leslie Fitzgerald (29), laborer, when charged in Cairns…

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Man On 2 Charges Of Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 2

CAIRNS, Wednesday. -- "I never threw that bomb" said William Leslie Fitzgerald (29), laborer, when charged in Cairns…

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New Traffic Police Begin Duty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 4

Fifty returned soldiers, some with one arm, others with one leg, 01 suffering other war disabilities, began duty in the city…

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Murder Trial Was Gala Day For Hill-Billies

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Entire population of 438 of the hamlet of Vienna (Missouri) turned out to hear the conviction of a mother, her son, and a neighbor for murder. Vienna is a hill-billy town in…

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Police Arrest Gang Of Expert Robbers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 2

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Police have arrested 11 members of a gang called "Burglary, Incorporated," which was responsible for more than 200 robberies…

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Police Force Back to Full Strength Soon

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

THE N.S.W. Police Force would shortly be restored to prewar strength, the Premier (Mr. McKell) said today…

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Police Force Back to Full Strength Soon

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

THE N.S.W. Police Force would shortly be restored to prewar strength, the Premier (Mr. McKell) said today…

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Police Force Back to Full Strength Soon

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

THE N.S.W. Police Force would shortly be restored to prewar strength, the Premier (Mr. McKell) said today…

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Police Force Back to Full Strength Soon

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

THE N.S.W. Police Force would shortly be restored to prewar strength, the Premier (Mr. McKell) said today…

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Union Prisoners of 91 Shearers' Representatives, who were sentenced to three years' imprisonment in Queensland

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 8

J. SMITH-BARRY, W. FOTHERGILL, A. FORRESTER, J. A. STUART, G. TAYLOR, P. F. GRIFFIN, E. H. MURPHY, H. D. BLACKWELL, A. J. BROWN, R. PRINCE, W. J. BENNETT, D. MURPHY, Wm. HAMILTON…

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New Yorker Gets Job of Reorganising Jap Police

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 8

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Lewis Valentine, former Commissioner of Police in New York, said today that General MacArthur had asked…

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New Yorker Gets Job of Reorganising Jap Police

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 8

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Lewis Valentine, former Commissioner of Police in New York, said today that General MacArthur had asked…

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