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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

U.S. Hitch - Hiking Convict Suspected Of Car Murder

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday. -- A hitch-hiker, believed by police to be the only one of 12 escapees from the Colorado State Penitentiary still at liberty, yesterday shot Robert Hutchins dead and critically wounded Hutchins' wife. IF the killer is the escaped…

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Struggle By Boy In Court

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 2

A 13-years-old boy kicked and struggled and had to be held by three policemen during the hearing of…

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Struggle By Boy In Court

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 2

A 13-years-old boy kicked and struggled and had to be held by three policemen during the hearing of…

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Police draw guns in bush home raid

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 1

Ten detectives, led by Sgt. J. Flint, of the CIB, and Detective- Sergeant Gee, of Kogarah, all with revolvers drawn, raided a lonely bush house at Cronulla today in the belief that Long Bay escapee,…

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Boy truant kicks, fights in court

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 3

Three policemen had to struggle violently with a 13-year-old boy at Parramatta Court today to bring him before the magistrate on a truancy charge…

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Huge American Campaign for Funds Police Intervene Against Jews

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 6

ATLANTIC CITY, Dec. 19th.—The National Conference of the United Jewish Appeal decided to set 250 million dollars as the…

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Hitch-hiker Kills Good Samaritan Hurts Woman, Wrecks Car Police After Gaolbreaker

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 5

NEW YORK, Friday. -- A hitch-hiker, believed by police to be an escapee from the Colorado State Penitentiary, yesterday shot Robert Hutchins dead…

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Summonses Against Garden Forgery Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 1

Two Commonwealth investigation officers last night served Mr. J. S. Garden with three summonses at his…

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Police Inspector Farewelled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 4

Inspector E. M. Nye, who is retiring from the Police Force after 36 years' service, was farewelled by colleagues and citizens of Redfern…

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38 years in police

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 2

After 38 years of service in the NSW Police Force, Inspector Robert Coleman to-day commences long service…

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Police hold boy after shooting

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday.--A 15-year-old boy is being detained by Landsborough police following the shooting…

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Got lift--to police station

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 3

At 5 am today a milkman's cart was damaged by an allegedly stolen car, from which three men made off…

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Police tell of triple bashing

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 3

Two taxi drivers were bashed by hooligans and another man was left unconscious in a gutter at Waverley last night, police claimed in Central Court today…

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Truant's Fight in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 6

A powerfully-built 13-year-old schoolboy struggled violently against three men at Parramatta…

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Search for Escapee Raids By Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 3

Although police made three raids yesterday, they failed to find Crofton Edward Barnes, 26, who…

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Books' Court Move On Tax

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 18

Paddock bookmakers decided unanimously at a meeting yesterday to test in court the right of the A.J.C. and S.T.C. to…

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Old Man Burned to Death Police Fear Arson

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 3

Members of the CIB Arson Squad were flown in the police plane today to West Wyalong, when the body of Hugh MacKnight, 72, caretaker, was…

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Take Court Action to Bare Homes Muddle

Tribune · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 7

To bring into the open “the whole sorry mess into which Housing Commission administration has brought State homebuilding,” a Sydney builder will fight in the Court the commission’s decision to take over his…

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Man Burned to Death on Links Police Suspect Arson

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 2

Sydney detectives are investigating the death of an old man who was incinerated by a fire which…

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Man Burned to Death on Links Police Suspect Arson

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 2

Sydney detectives are investigating, the death of an old. man who was incinerated by a fire which…

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