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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

13,343 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

Prisoner's Daring Bid for Freedom Struggle At Central Court Floored in Tackle, Manacled

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 2

MAKING a daring bid for liberty at Central Court today, a man was brought down by a flying…

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Jockey Charged with Car Theft

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 2

Ronald James Donnelly, 20, jockey, was charged at Central Court today, with stealing a motor car valued at £300, the property of Brindley Hatfield. Mr. Farrington, SM…

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12 Months' Gaol for Stealing 23 Bicycles

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 17

ON 23 charges of stealing bicycles valued at £200, Walter Cyril Alexander Harwood (24),. Smart St., Fairfield, was gaoled for 12 months…

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12 Months' Gaol for Stealing 23 Bicycles

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 17

ON 23 charges of stealing bicycles valued at £200, Walter Cyril Alexander Harwood (24), Smart St., Fairfield, was gaoled for 12 months…

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12 Months' Gaol for Stealing 23 Bicycles

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 17

ON 23 charges of stealing bicycles valued at £200, Walter Cyril Alexander Harwood (24), Smart St., Fairfield, was gaoled for 12 months…

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12 Months' Gaol for Stealing 23 Bicycles

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 17

ON 23 charges of stealing bicycles valued at £200, Walter Cyril Alexander Harwood (24), Smart St., Fairfield, was gaoled for 12 months…

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Dash To Escape From Police Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 9

A prisoner at Central Police Court yesterday made a bold but unsuccessful bid to escape from custody. When the door leading from the…

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Examination of Gaol Remissions

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 15

THE Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) said today he was examining the question of the remission of prisoners' sentences in N.S.W…

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Examination of Gaol Remissions

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 15

THE Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) said today he was examining the question of the remission of prisoners' sentences in N.S.W…

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Examination of Gaol Remissions

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 15

THE Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) said today he was examining the question of the remission of prisoners' sentences in N.S.W…

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Examination of Gaol Remissions

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 5

THE Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) said today he was examining the question of the remission of prisoners' sentences in N.S.W…

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Examination of Gaol Remissions

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 15

THE Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) said today he was examining the question of the remission of prisoners' sentences in N.S.W…

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3 Months Gaol for Consorting

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 18

FOR consorting with reputed criminals, Thomas O'Brien (37), wharflaborer, was sentenced at Glebe Court today to three months' gaol…

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3 Months Gaol for Consorting

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 18

FOR consorting with reputed criminals, Thomas O'Brien (37), wharflaborer, was sentenced at Glebe Court today to three months' gaol…

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3 Months Gaol for Consorting

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 18

FOR consorting with reputed criminals, Thomas O'Brien (37), wharf laborer, was sentenced at Glebe Court today to three months' gaol…

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3 Months Gaol for Consorting

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 18

FOR consorting with reputed criminals, Thomas O'Brien (37), wharflaborer, was sentenced at Glebe Court today to three months' gaol…

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Radio in Gaol for Prisoners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

Three officers were in control when a number of prisoners at Bathurst Gaol listened in to a radio programme on Saturday afternoon, the Minister…

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Year for Theft of 23 Bicycles

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 7

For having stolen 23 bicycles, valued at about £200, from a locked shop at Fairfield, Walter Cyril Alexander Harwood, 24, of…

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Soldier Fined £4 for Tram Assault

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 14

A soldier twice mentioned in despatches, with four and a half years war service in Timor, New Guinea, and New Britain,…

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Reasons Why Gaol Releases Not Explained

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

The practice of refraining from making public announcements as to the reasons or grounds upon which remission…

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