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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

13,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Police arrest man in yacht

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 5

Water police arrested a man aboard the 40ft. yacht Titania in Lavender Bay last night…

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Suicide's Letter To Police, Press

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 32

STANDING immobile in the witness box at the Coroner's Court last Wednesday, Mrs. Albina…

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Divorce court aside- lights

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 8

ASIDES on the drama of divorce which took front stage in the courts this week when four special judges…

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Police Take Over Yacht on Harbor

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 29

The police launch Osiris and a dinghy manned by the owner and two of his employees last night intercepted the 43-foot yacht, Titania, valued at £2500, as it was sailing under full canvas and showing no navigation lights out of…

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Acting Judges Break Divorce Court Record

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 27

Divorce court records were broken last week when four acting Supreme Court judges between them decided 332 cases. As their appointments have another three weeks to run, and…

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Wife on trial for murder Husband Called a Pervert London

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 5

CHARGED with murdering her husband by hitting him on the head with a toy boat and drowning him in a…

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real life court dramas Policeman Sound a barmaid dying

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 25

Taxi-driver Kevin Leahy, 49, who entered the Coroner's Court one morning this week charged with murder, left it in the…

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Half- dressed girl, 19, dead in office Married Man Arrested on Charge of Murder Brisbane

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 1

A HALF- DRESSED girl of 19 was found dead in a city building at 8.30 am today. She had an anaesthetic-atomiser clutched in one hand. Reginald Spence…

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Charged with Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 7

DETECTIVE (left) escorting Reginald Spence Wingfield Brown, 49, to a police station at Brisbane on Saturday. Police later…

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Curious Crowd Hears Murder Charge Brisbane Accountant In Court Police Evidence on Girl's Death

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday. -- There was standing room only at the City Police Court today, when Reginald Wingfield Spence Brown (49), accountant, appeared on a charge of having…

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Child Charged with Sedition

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 9

MONTREAL, Monday. -- Lucille Boucher (12), has spent two days and a night, in gaol at St. Joseph de Beauce (Quebec)…

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Child Charged with Sedition

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 9

MONTREAL, Monday. -- Lucille Boucher (12), has spent two days and a night in gaol at St. Joseph de Beauce (Quebec)…

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Child Charged with Sedition

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 9

MONTREAL, Monday. -- Lucille Boucher (12), has spent two days and a night in gaol at St. Joseph de Beauce (Quebec)…

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Child Charged with Sedition

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 9

MONTREAL, Monday. -- Lucille Boucher (12), has spent two days and a night in gaol at St. Joseph de Beauce (Quebec)…

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Broken Hill Theft of £4000

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 5

Breaking into a pawnbroker's shop at Broken Hill last night, thieves stole £4000 in negotiable bonds and cash…

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Brisbane Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 15

BRISBANE, Monday.--There was standing room only at the City Police Court today, when Reginald Wingfield Spence…

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Brisbane Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 7

BRISBANE, Monday.--There was standing room only at the City Police Court today, when Reginald Wingfield Spence…

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Brisbane Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 15

BRISBANE, Monday.--There was standing room only at the City Police Court today, when Reginald Wingfield Spence…

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Brisbane Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 7

BRISBANE, Monday.--There was standing room only at the City Police Court today, when Reginald Wing field Spence…

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Brisbane Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 15

BRISBANE, Monday.--There was standing room only at the City Police Court today, when Reginald Wingfield Spence…

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