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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

13,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250

Police Arrest Chinese

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday. — A Chinese, aged 31, of Gore Street, Fitzroy, was arrested yesterday and charged with the murder of a…

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Police Find Paintings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 4

Police early yesterday morning found two stolen oil-paintings by Arthur Streeton, valued at about £425, under a seat on a small…

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Police Locate Stolen Oil Paintings

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 8

Two oil paintings valued at £425 were found by police yesterday under a seat on a garden plot off Campbell Parade…

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Police Locate Stolen Oil Paintings

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 16

Two oil paintings valued at £425 were found by police yesterday under a seat on a garden plot off Campbell Parade…

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Police Locate Stolen Oil Paintings

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 16

Two oil paintings valued at £425 were found by police yesterday under a seat on a garden plot off Campbell Parade…

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Distressed Wife's Court Cry

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 16

"Oh my God, don't say that," screamed a woman at Parramatta Quarter Sessions this afternoon when her husband…

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Distressed Wife's Court Cry

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 16

"Oh my God, don't say that," screamed a woman at Parramatta Quarter Sessions this afternoon when her husband…

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Distressed Wife's Court Cry

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 16

Oh my God, don't say that screamed a woman at Parramatta Quarter Sessions this afternoon when her husband…

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Man Said Hand "Bitten in Hold-up" Police Allegation At Murder Trial Death of 19 Years-old Girl in Brisbane Office

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.--Detective Sergeant Kerr said in court today that when he spoke to Reginald Wingfield Brown (49), accountant, the day after a girl's body Was found in a Brisbane office, he noticed that Brown had several fresh lacerations on his left hand,…

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Police Chary Of "Arresting" Diamond Snake

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 4

Police who think nothing of arresting violent men went cautiously last night when a diamond snake was found in Hall…

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Busy Weekend for Police; 793 Arrests

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 1

By 9 o'clock lost night police hod mode 793 arrests in the metropolitan area at the weekend--the greatest number for several months. The increase was due mainly…

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Court Story Of Man Under Couch

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 20

Stated to have been found hiding under a couch, Brian Sidney Beal (21), laborer, was committed for trial at…

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Court Story Of Man Under Couch

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 20

Stated to have been found hiding under a couch, Brian Sidney Beal (21), laborer, was committed for trial at…

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Court Story Of Man Under Couch

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 20

Stated to have been found hiding, under a couch, Brian Sidney. Beal (21), laborer, was committed for trial at…

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Court Story Of Man Under Couch

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 20

Stated to have been found hiding under a couch, Brian Sidney Beal (21), laborer, was committed for trial at…

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Court Story Of Man Under Couch

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 20

Stated to have been found hiding under a couch, Brian Sidney Beal (21), laborer, was committed for trial at…

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Court Story Of Man Under Couch

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 20

Stated to have been found hiding under a couch, Brian Sidney Beal (21), laborer, was committed for trial at…

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Crime Upsurge in U.S. Week-End Toll Of Violence Savage Stiletto Murder of Girl

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 7

NEW YORK, Monday.--Shootings and stabbings highlighted a weekend crime wave which broke with the sudden violence of a tropical storm, and swept across practically the…

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MRS. LiVESEY Tells Court Hopes to Be Solvent Soon

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 9

MRS. Florence Elizabeth Ethel Livesey today told the Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. Kearney) that she expects to be "pretty well solvent" soon…

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Postal Workers Reject Stoppage Plan Awaiting Court Ruling On Claims

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 9

Melbourne postal workers rejected yesterday their union executive's recommendation that they take direct action to gain improved wage and working standards…

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