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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

13,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Cheque Book Theft Guilt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 2

A young man, who wrote a cheque for £100 and another for £7 as donations to charity, pleaded guilty at Parramatta…

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Cheque Beak Theft Guilt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 7

A young man, who wrote a cheque for £100 and another for £7 as donations to charity, pleaded guilty at Parramatta…

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Clergyman Charged Over Funds

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 11

ZURICH, Wednesday. -- An English clergyman, arrested in Switzerland yesterday on a charge of embezzlement…

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Clergyman Charged Over Funds

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 11

ZURICH, Wednesday. -- An English clergyman, arrested in Switzerland yesterday on a charge of embezzlement…

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Gaol for Men Who Stole Car

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 6

Caught by police in the act of "stripping" a car last night, two young men were gaoled when they appeared before Mr…

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Telegraphist On Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 13

The Burwood Coroner (Mr. J. H. Wright) yesterday committed Arthur Redvers Hayne, 47, telegraphist, for trial on a charge of having murdered his wife, Louie Elizabeth Hayne,…

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New Theory in Girl's Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 12

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday.--The police have made a complete about-face in their efforts to find the murderer of Elizabeth Short (22), and have begun an intensive search for a…

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New Theory in Girl's Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 12

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday.--The police have made a complete about-face in their efforts to find the murderer of Elizabeth Short (22), and have begun an intensive search for a…

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New Theory in Girl's Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 12

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday,--The police have made a complete about-face in their efforts to find the murderer of Elizabeth Short (22), and have begun an intensive search for a…

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New Theory in Girl's Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 3

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday.--The police have made a complete about-face in their efforts to find the murderer of Elizabeth Short (22), and have begun an intensive search for a…

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New Theory in Girl's Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 3

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday.--The police have made a complete about-face in their efforts to find the murderer of Elizabeth Short (22), and have begun an intensive search for a…

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New Theory in Girl's Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 12

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday.--The police have made a complete about-face in their efforts to find the murderer of Elizabeth Short (22), and have begun an intensive search for a…

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New Theory in Girl's Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 12

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday.--The police have made a complete about-face in their efforts to find the murderer of Elizabeth Short (22), and have begun an intensive search for a…

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Police Givers Wage Increase

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 2

Wages of non-commissioned officers and men of the police force were increased today when an application came…

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Police Given Wage Increase

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 2

Wages of non-commissioned officers and men of the police force were increased today when an application came be…

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Cycled While Police Searched

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday. -- Police spent 66 hours and travelled 176 miles, looking for Eric Dedrich, 38, of Kalgoorlie, who…

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Alleged Murder By 15-Years-Old Boy

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 5

PARIS, Wednesday.--A 15-years-old boy is alleged fro have strangled another boy aged five years and to have said he did it "because I thought he was mocking me."…

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Alleged Murder By 15-Years-Old Boy

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 5

PARIS, Wednesday.--A 15-years-old boy is alleged to have strangled another boy aged five years and to have said he did it "because I thought he was mocking me."…

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Mutilated Body: Police Seek Woman

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 5

LOS ANGELES, Tuesday.--Police think a woman was the mutilator and killer of Elizabeth…

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Police Get More Pay: New Award

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 2

Mr. E. I. Kilpatrick, Senior Conciliation Commissioner, announced today that an agreement on the pay and…

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