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Courts & crime, 1947

13,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

3 Men In Boat: Police Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 3

Water police suspected smuggling when they were told last night that a parcel had been thrown from the ship Hindustan into a…

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Ear In Matchbox As Court Evidence

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 3

The upper portion of a man's ear in a matchbox was tendered as evidence before a magistrate today when a man was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm…

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Aust. Sailor in U.s. Court

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 8

SAN FRANCISCO, Friday. -- The trial of Fianz Peterson, a Melbourne sailor with three U.S. War Hero citations, charged…

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Aust. Sailor in U.s. Court

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 8

SAN FRANCISCO, Friday. -- The trial of Fianz Peterson, a Melbourne sailor with three U.S. War Hero citations, charged…

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"Guilty" Husband Freed By Court; Wife's Insanity

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 3

To free a husband from an insane wife and enable him to marry again and give his son a suitable stepmother, Mr. Acting-Justice Moffitt today granted a divorce decree to the…

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Mulley Hold-up Case; 3 In Court

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

Charged with armed robbery at the home of Athol (George Mulley, well-known jockey, two young men were remanded at Central Court today, one on £1000 bail and the other without bail. The mother, of one of them was…

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Federal Court Move in Gas Dispute Meeting Ordered

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

REPRESENTATIVE of the gas unions and companies are meeting in Melbourne this afternoon, called together by the Federal Arbitration…

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Federal Court Move in Gas Dispute Meeting Ordered

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

REPRESENTATIVES of the gas unions and companies are meeting in Melbourne this afternoon, called together by the Federal Arbitration…

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Federal Court Move in Gas Dispute Meeting Ordered

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

REPRESENTATIVES of the gas unions and companies are meeting in Melbourne this afternoon, called together by the Federal Arbitration…

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Federal Court Move in Gas Dispute Meeting Ordered

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

REPRESENTATIVES of the gas unions and companies are meeting in Melbourne this afternoon, called together by the Federal Arbitration…

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Millionaire Swindler. Police Allege Scotland Yard Men On Company Probe

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Two Scotland Yard detectives were inquiring into large-scale frauds, allegedly involving Western Australian mining millionaire, Claude Albo de…

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Elderly Woman And Son Arrested; Swift Police Action In Mulley Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

A man and his 62-year-old mother were arrested early this morning by detectives in connection with the armed robbery at the…

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Federal Court Move in Gas Dispute 3 O'Clock Meeting

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

THE Commonwealth Arbitration Court has called a conference in Melbourne of trade union representatives and gas companies to begin at…

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Russia once had a way of dealing with the men it called renegades Secret police used to eliminate "traitors." Is Soviet revenge now becoming civilised, more respectable?

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 6

BY asking the United States Government to extradite Kyril Alexeiev, 37, former Soviet assistant…

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Assaults On Police Charged

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 3

Two men assaulted a police constable yesterday, one holding him down while the other viciously kicked him, police alleged in…

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Armed Theft Charges Mulley Robbery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 4

Charged with armed robbery at the home of Jockey A. G. Mulley on January 7, Jack Charles Adams, 28, packer, and Francis…

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Ear Exhibit In Assault Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 8

The top half of a man's ear, resting on wadding in a matchbox, was an exhibit at Newtown Court yesterday…

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Australian Charged China Relief Loss

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (A.A.P.). —Charges have been filed against Hubert R. Heath, an Australian, in connection with the alleged…

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"Toy Boat" Murder Alleged

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.-- Police allege that Mrs. Rosina Ann Cornock, 34, of Bristol, murdered her…

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Court Wisdom

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 5

CHRISTMAS gathering that brought together in Sydney a number of members of the legal profession resulted in the citing…

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