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Courts & crime, 1946

13,343 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

Woman On Charge Of Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- Ann Gourley (58), charged with the murder of her husband, Henry McCluskey Gourley, at…

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Sentences Doubled. For "A Brutal and Cowardly Assault."

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 10

Two men who appealed against the severity of sentences of three months' jail for what was described as "a…

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Jap Suspects Sweep Gaol On Eve of Trial

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--390 Australians died from maltreatment at the hands of Jap guards in the famous Tantoei prison camp at Ambon between the time of surrender in 1942 and the end of the war…

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Police Tell Baccarat Raid

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

Eight men and seven women were: fined at Central Court today on a charge of being found in a common gaming house.-at…

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Police Transfers And Promotions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 4

Many police changes were announced yesterday. Superintendent T. Courtney is relinquishing the position of…

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Police Campaign Against Traffic Offenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 3

Strong police action is to be taken to reduce the steadily mounting loss of life caused by road accidents…

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Wife Visited Police, Coroner Told

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 3

Three days before her death, a middle-aged woman called at Chatswood police station seeking advice because her husband,…

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Wife Visited Police, Coroner Told

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

Three days before her death, a middle-aged woman called at Chatswood police station seeking advice because her husband,…

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Got Police Advice, Then Suicided

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 3

Three days before she died, a married woman had sought his advice because, she said, her husband was infatuated with a young girl, a police sergeant told the City Coroner…

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Wife Visited Police, Coroner Told

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 3

Three days before her death, a middle-aged woman called at Chatswood police station seeking advice because her husband…

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Police Tell Of Baccarat Raid

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

Eight men and seven women were fined at Central Court today on a charge of being found in a common gaming house at…

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Police Tell Of Baccarat Raid

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

Eight men and seven women were fined at Central Court today on a charge of being found in a common gaming house at…

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Wife Visited Police, Coroner Told

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 3

Three days before her death, a middle-aged woman called at Chatswood police station seeking advice because her husband,…

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Reckless Drivers Warned by Court

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

"The court must do what it can to protect the public from the reckless motorist," Mr. Grugeon, S.M., said at the Traffic Court today, when he fined Maxwell Herbert Millington £10 for riding a motor cycle…

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Move to Ease Court Congestion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 5

To case the heavy pressure, of work on the Sydney Quarter Sessions, the Attorney-General, Mr. C. E. Marlin, has directed that all committal cases…

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Reckless Drivers Warned by Court

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

"The court must do what it can to protect the public from the reckless motorist," Mr. Grugeon, S.M., sard at the Traffic Court today, when he fined Max well Herbert. Millington £10 for riding a motor cycle…

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Reckless Drivers Warned by Court

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

"The court .must do what if can to protect the public from the reckless motorist' Mr. Grugeon, S.M., said at the Traffic Court today, when he fined Maxwell Herbert Millington £10 for riding a motor evele…

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Reckless Drivers Warned by Court

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

"The court must do what it can to protect the public from the reckless motorist," Mr. Grugeon, S.M., said at the Traffic Court today, when he fined Maxwell Herbert Millington £10 for riding a motor cycle…

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"Willing to Die," Woman Tells Court

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--Mrs. Marie Atkins (27), who has been charged with murdering her son, Leslie (9 months), and attempting…

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"Willing to Die," Woman Tells Court

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Mrs. Marie Atkins (27), who has been charged with murdering her son, Leslie (9 months), and attempting…

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