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Courts & crime, 1948

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250

Police set trap for smugglers on N.T. airstrip DARWIN

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1948 · page 3

POLICE and Customs officers have had a trap set on Batchelor airstrip; 50 mile s south of Darwin, for three days to catch a suspected gold and arms smuggling plane…

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real life court dramas A small boy told of a shooting

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 January 1948 · page 17

AT Central Court this week, Magistrate Pickup inquired earnestly into the religious convictions of Terry Martyr, aged 7. It was important that…

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Three Accused of Forging Woman's Will Police Probing Undertaker's Past Sinister Sequel to Poison Death

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1948 · page 4

NEW YORK, Saturday.—Three men have been indicted for the alleged forgery of the will of a wealthy, 80-years-old spinster, whose exhumed body was found to contain a lethal…

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Assault Upon Woman Charged

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 10

POLICE alleged that a woman's underclothing had been torn in a struggle with a man at Alexandria on…

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Assault Upon Woman Charged

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 10

POLICE alleged that a woman's underclothing had been torn in a struggle with a man at Alexandria on…

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Assault Upon Woman Charged

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 10

POLICE alleged that a woman's underclothing had been torn in a struggle with a man at Alexandria on…

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Assault Upon Woman Charged

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 10

POLICE alleged that a woman's underclothing had been torn in a struggle with a man at Alexandria on…

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Assault Upon Woman Charged

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 10

POLICE alleged that a woman's underclothing had been torn in a struggle with a man at Alexandria on…

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Story Of TaxiAssault

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 3

Constable R. R. Moon told Mr. Cookson, S.M., at Paddington Court today that a taxi-driver who…

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Story Of Taxi Assault

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 3

Constable R. R. Moon told Mr. Cookson, S.M., at Paddington Court today that a taxi-driver- who…

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Man Charged with Indecency

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 5

ERIC FORSYTH-EVANS (48), architect, Grosvenor St., City, was charged at Central Court today with having…

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Man Charged with Indecency

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 5

ERIC FORSYTH-EVANS (48), architect, Grosvenor St., City, was charged at Central Court today with having…

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Man Charged with Indecency

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 5

ERIC FORSYTH-EVANS (48), architect, Grosvenor St., City, was charged at Central Court today with having…

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Man Charged with Indecency

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 5

ERIC FORSYTH-EVANS (48), architect, Grosvenor St., City, was charged at Central Court today with having…

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Woman's Story of Hut Assault

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

A young married woman fold Redfern police today she was held captive in a fisherman's deserted hut near Ascot Bridge, Cook's River, last night, by four men who criminally…

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Woman's Story of Hut Assault

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 4

A young married woman told Redfern police today she was held captive in a fisherman's deserted hut near Ascot Bridge, Cook's River, last night, by four men who criminally assaulted her…

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Woman's Story of Hut Assault

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 4

A young married woman told Redfern police today she was held captive in a fisherman's deserted hut near Ascot Bridge, Cook's River, last night, by four men who criminally assaulted her…

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Policeman's Story Of Taxi Assault

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

Constable R. R. Moon told Mr. Cookson, S.M., at Paddington Court today that a taxi-driver who…

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Woman's Story of Hut Assault

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 4

A young married woman fold Redfern police today she was held captive in a fisherman's deserted hut near Ascot Bridge, Cook's River, last night, by four men who criminally…

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Woman's Story of Hut Assault

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 4

A young married woman told Redfern police today she was held captive in a fisherman's deserted hut near Ascot Bridge, Cook's River, last night, by four men who criminally assaulted her…

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