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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Penrith Court

Nepean Times · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 3

Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M., dealt with the following cases at Penrith Court of Petty Sessions on December 24: Mabel Truran (35), was fined £3 for…

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£50,000 Timber Deal Claim Garden Charged With Forgery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 4

When John Smith Carden appeared before the Special Federal Court yesterday, Mr. Shand, K.C. (for the Crown) said it was alleged that £50,000 had been paid by a Queensland…

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Police Seeking Hold-up Gang

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 7

Police seeking three men who kidnapped hire-car driver Nelson Green on Tuesday night and later…

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Police Seeking Hold-up. Gong

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 7

Police seeking three men who kidnapped hire-car driver Nelson Green on Tuesday night and later…

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Police Seeking Hold-up Gang

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 2

Police seeking three men who kidnapped hire-car driver Nelson Green on Tuesday night and later…

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Police break up protest meeting

The Sun · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 5

A protest meeting against the eviction of Charles Morton from his cubicle at the Salvation Army Hostel,…

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Police Seeking Hold-up Gang

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 2

Police seeking three men who kidnapped hire-car driver Nelson Green on Tuesday night and later…

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Escapee Sends Letter Police Still Search

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 1

Crofton Edward Barnes, for whom police have been searching since he escaped from Long Bay…

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Man Kisses Bulldog In Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 7

A man kissed his bulldog in Central Court yesterday to prove it was friendly and would not bite. He is Joseph Green, 52, burner, Burnell Place, East…

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"Jock" Garden Leaves Special Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 4

John Smith ("Jock") Garden (extreme left) leaving the Special Federal Court in Sydney yesterday after he had been granted bail and remanded until January 21 on three summonses alleging forgery and falsification of a Commonwealth Government document. He was accompanied by his solicitor, Mr. D. B. Moloney (centre), and preceded by Commonwealth Investigation Service officers. They are Detective Inspector A. A. Wilkes (right) and Inquiry…

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Acting Judge for Divorce Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 3

Another acting Divorce Court judge was appointed yesterday to help clear up the big lag in divorce case hearings…

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Stealing Car Alleged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 4

A Prices officer and a dealer yesterday appeared in Central Court on a charge of having stolen a…

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"Kiss Of Death" Slayer Sentenced

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

NEVADA CITY, Friday.—Ex-waitress and thrice married Lois Hunt Hardy smiled fixedly as she was sentenced yesterday to die in San Quentin lethal gas chamber for the "kiss of death" slaying of a California motorist last July. THE judge overruled a motion…

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"Kiss Of Death" Slayer Sentenced

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

NEVADA CITY, Friday.-- Ex-waitress and thrice married Lois Hunt Hardy smiled fixedly as she was sentenced yesterday to die in San Quentin lethal gas chamber for the "kiss of death" slaying of a California motorist last July. THE judge overruled a motion…

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"Kiss Of Death" Slayer Sentenced

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

NEVADA CITY, Friday.--Ex-waitress and thrice married Lois Hunt Hardy smiled fixedly as she was sentenced yesterday to die in San Quentin lethal gas chamber for the "kiss of death" slaying of a California motorist last July. THE judge overruled a motion…

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"Kiss Of Death" Slayer Sentenced

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

NEVADA CITY, Friday.—Ex -waitress and thrice married Lois Hunt Hardy smiled fixedly as she was sentenced yesterday to die in San Quentin lethal gas chamber for the "kiss of death" slaying of a California motorist last July. THE judge overruled a motion…

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"Kiss Of Death" Slayer Sentenced

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

NEVADA CITY, Friday.—Ex-waitress and thrice married Lois Hunt Hardy smiled fixedly as she was sentenced yesterday to die in San Quentin lethal gas chamber for the "kiss of death" slaying of a California motorist last July. THE judge overruled a motion…

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"Kiss Of Death" Slayer Sentenced

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

NEVADA CITY, Friday.—Ex-waitress and thrice married Lois Hunt Hardy smiled fixedly as she was sentenced yesterday to die in San Quentin lethal gas chamber for the "kiss of death" slaying of a California motorist last July. THE judge overruled a motion…

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Fatal Shooting After Kiss Alleged Man On Murder Charge Police Story of Struggle

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 5

A POSTMAN was alleged at Central Court today to have fatally shot a man whose wife he had been found kissing…

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Fatal Shooting After Kiss Alleged Man On Murder Charge Police Story of Struggle

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 5

A POSTMAN was alleged at Central Court tod cay to have fatally shot a man whose wife he had been found kissing…

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