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Courts & crime, 1947

13,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 250

Police Seek Relatives

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 5

SGT. BROWN, of Darlinghurst police, is anxious to contact relatives of John Hobbs (56), who died yesterday. Hobbs lived at the…

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Police Seek Relatives

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 5

SGT. BROWN, of Darlinghurst police, is anxious to contact relatives of John Hobbs (56), who died yesterday. Hobbs lived at the…

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Police Seek Relatives

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 5

SGT. BROWN, of Darlinghurst police, is anxious to contact relatives of John Hobbs (56), who died yesterday Hobbs lived at the…

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Police Arrest Bus Drive

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 8

Rose Bay police last night arrest the driver of a double-decker motor [?] They charged him with having dr[?] under the influence of liquor, and…

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Police Hold Auction Sale

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 6

THE COBBLED YARD at Central Police Station looked like Paddy's Market, today when the police held an auction sale. Here a saddle is being sold. The goods included almost anything from a needle to an anchor and comprised articles stolen and recovered by the police, but still unclaimed. PAPER HATS were all the…

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Want Beds in Police Stations

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 12

SINCE "Smith's" (11147) referred to the heavy influx of visitors to Tasmania, following the keen competition in the…

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More Police To Hunt Chinese

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- More detectives, including interstate men on exchange duty, are combing Melbourne for the two Chinese gunmen suspected of having murdered Yeung Shing on…

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Caught In Act, Police Allege

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 3

A police wireless patrol car made a swift arrest today after Police Headquarters were informed that two men were breaking…

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Police Will Seize Poker Machines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 7

A police official said yesterday that police would seize poker machines being operated for private profit and would arrest people trolling them…

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Police Investigate New Occidental Recoveries

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 13

A HEAVY decline in gold recoveries by New Occidental's treatment plant in recent months is causing company officials concern. It's worrying the sharemarket, too…

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Early Morning Message Hoaxes Police Patrol

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 2

POLICE received a false report by telephone early this morning that a man armed with a revolver had been seen breaking into theatres at…

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Early Morning Message Hoaxes Police Patrol

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 6

POLICE received a false report by telephone early this morning that a man armed with a revolver had been seen breaking into theatres at…

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Woman Caught Playing 'Treys' in Police Raid

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 5

When police raided premises in Ivy St., Redfern, last night they found a number of people, including a woman, playing a…

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Woman Caught Playing 'Treys' in Police Raid

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 5

When police raided premises in Ivy St., Redfern, last night they found a number of people, including a woman, playing a…

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Police Say Youth Set Fire to Cat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A youth who told police that a cat had stolen his canaries will appear in Prahran Police Court on February 7…

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Woman Caught Playing 'Treys' in Police Raid

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 5

When police raided premises in Ivy. St., Redfern, last night they found a number of people, including a woman, playing a…

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Police Will Watch Hotels for Thug Gangs

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 3

Police are expected to be drafted into a special squad to combat pickpocket-basher gangs operating in hotels…

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Law Notices For[?] Monday Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 12

Registrar in Bankruptcy, Commonwealth Bank Building. Sydney.—10.30.—Examination under Section 68: Re Florence Elizabeth Ethel Livesey…

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Need For New Bible In Court

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 3

NOWRA, Saturday. -- "The Bible you have for swearing in witnesses needs replacing in the near future and I will send you…

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Beersheba Tribal Court. Kadis As “Judges of the Peace.”

Australian Jewish Forum · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 33

If you happen to be in Beersheba on a Tuesday, you will find the town very crowded. On this day, the weekly session of the Beduin Tribal Court is held,:and Beduins from the five main tribes in the district flock. to the town. The court is held at Government House, which once…

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