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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Police Hunt Maniac Women Scared

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 3

Police are hunting for a sex maniac who wears rubber-soled shoes, and who has been terrorising women in the Googee-Maroubra area. Women Have been attacked at Coogee and Maroubra in the…

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Land Of Free, Or Police State?

Tribune · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK.—A St. Louis Post -Despatch reporter found a microphone hidden near, a seat in Lafayette…

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Police Arrest Two Boys With Rifles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 3

Police yesterday arrested two boys at Drummoyne after they were told the boys had shot the mast off a…

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Court Order on £22,000 Tax

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 3

Order for the sequestration of the estate of George Frank, of Brady-street, Croydon, was made by Mr. Justice Clyne in…

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Police Story Of Assault

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 10

A YOUNG mother had been threatened with a gun and then criminally assaulted near Canterbury railway station on Monday night, the prosecutor (Constable Pym) said at…

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Police Story Of Assault

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 10

A YOUNG mother had been threatened with a gun and then criminally assaulted near Canterbury railway station on Monday night, the prosecutor (Constable Pym) said at…

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Police Story Of Assault

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 10

A YOUNG mother had been threatened with a gun and then criminally assaulted near Canterbury railway station on Monday night, the prosecutor (Constable Pym) said at…

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Police Story Of Assault

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 10

A YOUNG mother had been threatened with a gun and then criminally assaulted near Canterbury railway station on Monday night, the prosecutor (Constable Pym) said at…

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Police Story Of Assault

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 10

A YOUNG mother had been threatened with a gun and then criminally assaulted near Canterbury railway station on Monday night, the prosecutor (Constable Pym) said at…

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An Adventure at "Ravenspur" Wan Charged with Break- ' Ing, Entering, Stealing Soap

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 7

About I a.m., on December 22, Mr. Bruce Spence, picture show manager, was disturbed at his riverside home, "Ravenspur", by a noise and on…

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Gaol for Consorting

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 5

SAID to be schoolmates, Michael Maroney (23), was sentenced to four months' gaol, and Alfred Michael Laffy (24),…

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Gaol for Consorting

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 5

SAID to be schoolmates, Michael Maroney (23), was sentenced to four months' gaol, and Alfred Michael Laffy (24),…

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Gaol for Consorting

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 5

SAID to be schoolmates, Michael Maroney (23), was sentenced to four months' gaol, and Alfred Michael Laffy (24),…

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Gaol for Consorting

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 5

SAID to be schoolmates, Michael Maroney (23), was sentenced to four months' gaol, and Alfred Michael Laffy (24)…

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Drunk, Drove Horse Cruelty Charged

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 7

Driving a bay mare In a sulky on Park Road, Luddenham, on December 20, Frederick Alexander Lewin was approached by Sgt. Bills, of Penrith, who…

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Murder Suspect Shoots Himself

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--Himo Schneider, a young Austrian, shot himself dead at Geita (Tanganyika) yesterday, after police had questioned him about the murder of Mrs…

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Charge Of Murder After Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 9

WEST WYALONG, Wednesday. --Lloyd Fleming, 39, laborer, was today…

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Penrith Court

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 3

Mr. A. E, Stonham, S.M., dealt with the following cases at Penrith Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday, January 8: Jack Doyle was fined 52/-, costs 8/-,…

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Incident at Garage Fine for Stealing Coat, Pouch, Watch

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

Raymond Reynold Bailey pleaded not guilty at Penrith Court on Thursday, 8th inst., to a charge of stealing, at Penrith, on December 30, a gent's…

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Police Arrest Vic. Escapee

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Police today recaptured David Thomas. McCauley, alias McCaulley, 30, who escaped from…

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