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Courts & crime, 1947

13,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250

11 to Die for Horror Atrocities "Black Angel" Reels In Dock Four Others Get Long Gaol Terms

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 5

HAMBURG, Tuesday.--Eleven ashen faced Germans--five women and six men--were sentenced to be hanged yesterday…

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11 to Die for Horror Atrocities "Black Angel" Reels In Dock Four Others Get Long Gaol Terms

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 5

HAMBURG, Tuesday.--Eleven ashen faced Germans--five women and six men--were sentenced to be hanged…

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London's Crime-wave Police Left Guessing Gangs Employ Female Decoys

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 11

LONDON, Tuesday.--London's reputation of being the world's most law-abiding large city has been blown-sky-high in the recent wave of organised crime that has left Scotland Yard…

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London's Crime-wave Police Left Guessing Gangs Employ Female Decoys

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 11

LONDON, Tuesday.--London's reputation of being the world's most law-abiding large city has been blown sky-high in the recent wave of organised crime that has left Scotland Yard…

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Dark Stains in Man's Office Detective's Evidence In Murder Case Gold-colored Chain Found

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 9

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--When he examined Reginald Wingfield Brown's office he found dark stains resembling bloodstains spattered about the room, said Det.-Sgt. Kerr in the…

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Dark Stains in Man's Office Detective's Evidence In Murder Case Gold-colored Chain Found

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 9

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--When he examined Reginald Wingfield Brown's office he found dark stains resembling bloodstains scattered about the room, said Det.-Sgt. Kerr in the…

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Dark Stains in Man's Office Detective's Evidence In Murder Case Gold-colored Chain Found

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 9

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--When he examined Reginald Wingfield Brown's office he found dark stains resembling bloodstains spattered about the room, said Det.-Sgt. Kerr in the…

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Dark Stains in Man's Office Detective's Evidence In Murder Case Gold-colored Chain Found

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 9

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--When he examined Reginald Wingfield Brown's office he found dark stains resembling bloodstains spattered about the room, said Det.-Sgt. Kerr in the…

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Park Stains in Man's Office Detective's Evidence In Murder Case Gold-colored Chain Found

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 9

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--When he examined Reginald Wingfiefd Brown's office he found dark stains resembling bloodstains spattered about the room, said Det.-Sgt. Kerr in the…

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Dark Stains in Man's Office Detective's Evidence In Murder Case Gold-colored Chain Found

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 9

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--When he examined Reginald Wingfield Brown's office he found dark stains resembling bloodstains spattered about the room, said Det.-Sgt. Kerr in the…

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Police Give Cue To End Fight: Bennell No Match For Burns

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 24

A direction by Police Inspector Magnay to referee Joe Wallis cut short the Australian welterweight championship fight between Hockey Bennell and Tommy Burns at Sydney Stadium last night. Burns was declared the winner on a technical knock-out in the fourth round, as…

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Law Court Reports (Before Judge Holt.) (Mr. J. E. O'Toole, Crown Prosecutor.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 8

James Henry McDonald, 38, whar[?]-labourer, of Crown Street. Sydney, successfully appealed against a conviction and sentence of two months' imprisonment imposed by Mr. Goldie,…

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Gaol for Theft of Car Tools

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 2

Two men, took a car from Campbell St., City, on September 27, used it to commit a robbery at Bronte and then…

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Man at Police Station When Murder Reported

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 11

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A police sergeant said in Brisbane Petty Sessions Court today that while a man was reporting to the police that he had Been assaulted, word arrived that…

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Second Man in Court Over Melbourne Murder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Chan Sin (25), a native of Jamaica, the second man arrested in connection with the Flinders St. Extension…

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Theft At Consulate

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday -- While the staff of the Netherlands Consulate was at lunch yesterday the office safe was…

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Theft At Consulate

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- While the staff of the Netherlands Consulate was at lunch yesterday the office safe was…

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Arrest Follows Theft

The Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 3

Detectives investigating a smash-and-grab robbery from a radio shop in Oxford-street, Bondi junction, early today…

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Theft At Consulate

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- While the staff of the Netherlands Consulate was at lunch yesterday the office safe was…

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Theft At Consulate

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- While the staff of the Netherlands Consulate was at lunch yesterday the office safe was…

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