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Courts & crime, 1946

13,343 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Motor "Murder"

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 4

The sooner the Law regards the death of men and women brought about by drunken and reckless motorists as "murder,"…

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Hungarian Dictator Freed From Gaol

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 7

NUREMBERG, Thursday. -- Admiral Horthy, former Regent and dictator of Hungary, has been freed from Nuremberg gaol after being under arrest since last May. Horthy (78) was being held as…

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Man Charged Over Unlicensed Pistol

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

DOUGLAS RONALD MORRIS (26), journalist, appeared at Central Court today on a charge of having on January 3. at Rose Bay, been in…

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Man Charged Over Unlicensed Pistol

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

DOUGLAS RONALD MORRIS (26), journalist, appeared at Central Court today on a charge of having en January 3, at Rose Bay been in…

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Man Charged Over Unlicensed Pistol

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

DOUGLAS RONALD MORRIS (26), journalist, appeared at Central Court today on a charge of having on January 3, at Rose Bay, been in…

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93 Jap Navy Men Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 2

AMBON, Wednesday.--Ninety- three Japanese naval officers and men were charged before the War Crimes Court today with…

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Murder in City Kiosk

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 5

TOBACCO KIOSK in York Street, City, where the battered body of Mrs. Jean Wicks, 45, of Macleay Street, Potts Point, was found last night…

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Russians Arrested on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

BERLIN, Thursday.--Several Russian soldiers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a U.S. private on New Year's Eve. They…

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Russians Arrested on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

BERLIN, Thursday.--Several Russian soldiers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a U.S. private on New Year's Eve. They…

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Russians Arrested on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

BERLIN, Thursday.--Several Russian soldiers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a U.S. private on New Year's Eve. They…

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Russians Arrested on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

BERLIN, Thursday.--Several Russian soldiers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a U.S. private on New Year's Eve, They…

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Russians Arrested on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

BERLIN, Thursday.--Several Russian soldiers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a U.S. private on New Year's Eve. They…

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City Kiosk Murder Woman Owner Battered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

Mrs. Jean Wicks. 45, of Macleay Street, Potts Point, was found murdered in her tobacco kiosk in York Street, city, last…

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Not The Man Before Court

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 7

Flight-Lieut. Peter Fowler, RAAF, 28, of Kareela-road, Cremorne, wishes it known that he is not the Peter Fowler, 32, who…

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Murder Order by Hitler Commandos Were to Be Wiped Out

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 2 (A.A.P.).—An order issued by Hitler on October 18,1942, which virtually commanded the murder of British Commandos, was produced in evidence…

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Iron Union Registration Refused By Court

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 3

The Industrial Commission this afternoon refused an application for re-registration of the N.S.W. branch of the Federated Ironworkers' Association. Mr. Justice Cantor, delivering…

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Policewomen Kicked By Man, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 3

Policewoman Grace Hopkins was brutally assaulted when she and other police raided a house in Balmain this morning, said the Police Prosecutor (Sgt. Maizey) at Balmain Court today. "MISS HOPKINS was taken to…

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Policewoman Kicked By Man, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 3

Policewoman Grace Hopkins was brutally assaulted when she and other police raided a house in Balmain this morning, said the Police Prosecutor (Sgt. Maizey) at Balmain Court today. MISS HOPKINS was taken to…

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Policewoman Kicked By Man, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 3

Policewoman Grace Hopkins was brutally assaulted when she and other police raided a house in Balmain this morning, said the Police Prosecutor (Sgt. Maizey) at Balmain Court today. MISS HOPKINS was taken to…

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Application By Ironworkers Request Rejected by Court

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 2

The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission, in a judgement today, refused the present application of the…

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