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Courts & crime, 1947

13,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

Slain Beauty Mystery Deepens Police Hunt For "Black Dahlia's" Killer

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1947 · page 28

NEW YORK, Saturday.—When Robert Manley, once suspected slayer of Elizabeth Short, told police he had spent nights with "the Black Dahlia," but had not been intimate with her, he strengthened…

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'Never Without My Jewels' Mrs. Mulley's Claim in Court

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1947 · page 24

AUDREY JUNE MULLEY, wife of jockey Athol George Mulley, always wears her several costly rings, even when washing-up, sleeping or surfing, Central Police Court was…

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...real life court dramas She learned about Yanks from him

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 January 1947 · page 25

It seems a long time now since the American invasion of Sydney. But the divorce court was reminded…

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A husband and wife heard echoes of the things said in the Divorce Court

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1947 · page 8

THE tangled story of the divorce action of William John Thomson against his wife, Marjorie May Thomson, of Glen Bolda, Mullaley, became further complicated when Thomson was committed for trial from the Central Court this week on a…

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Life In Gaol--On Impulse

The Sun · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sunday.--Frank Sickles, 27, was given four life sentences, plus another 150 years, by an Illinois court--for giving way to an impulse. He broke into the house of Dr…

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Youths Charged with Breaking, Entering

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

ALEXANDER WILLIAM SHAW, Victoria Rd., Bellevue Hill, entered his shop on a routine inspection about 11.30 o'clock last night and…

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Youths Charged with Breaking, Entering

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

ALEXANDER WILLIAM SHAW, Victoria Rd., Bellevue Hill, entered his shop on a routine inspection about 11.30 o'clock last night and…

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New Witnesses In Murder Appeal

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Counsel for Walter Graham Rowland, who is under sentence of death, believes that the evidence of three new…

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New Witnesses In Murder Appeal

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Counsel for Walter Graham Rowland, who is under sentence of death, believes that the evidence of three new…

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New Witnesses In Murder Appeal

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Counsel for Walter Graham Rowland, who is under sentence of death, believes that the evidence of three new…

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New Witnesses In Murder Appeal

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Counsel for Walter Graham Rowland, who is under sentence of death, believes that the evidence of three new…

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New Witnesses In Murder Appeal

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Counsel for Walter Graham Rowland, who is under sentence of death, believes that the evidence of three new…

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New Witnesses In Murder Appeal

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Counsel for Walter Graham Rowland, who is under sentence of death, believes that the evidence of three new…

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Man Remanded on Charge of Girl Murder

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday. -- The charge of wilful murder against 49-years-old accountant, Reginald Wingfield Spence Brown,…

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Police Think Murderer Sent Letter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 2

LOS ANGELES, Sunday.--Police yesterday received a mysterious letter, author of which is believed…

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Raid by Police: 11 Arrests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 3

Four women and seven men were arrested last night when police raided a house in Palmer Lane, East Sydney. It is alleged that two-up was being…

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Police Search for Pyjama -Clad Man

The Sun · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 2

Police are searching for George Bowden, 57, who has been missing from his home in Austral -street, Kogarah, since last night…

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Upsurge Of Murder, Theft In Japan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 3

TOKYO, Jan. 27 (A.A.P.).—The newspaper "Mainichi" says the upsurge of murders and thefts now sweeping Japan is due to the "terrible…

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Police Reject Story Of 'Dahlia's' Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.--Los Angeles police yesterday released from custody a girl who claimed to know who murdered Elizabeth Short, 22 ("The Black Dahlia")…

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Tribute to Magistrate

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 2

The mutual respect between the magistrate and lawyers at Parramatta had saved litigants time and money, said Mr…

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