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Courts & crime, 1948

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 250

Police Hunt Firebug In Victoria

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. --Police are searching for a firebug who started an extensive fire which is…

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Six arrested in police raid

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 1

Surrounding a cottage on the water's edge at Lime Kiln Bay, Lugarno, today, detectives arrested five men and a woman. The raid was a sequel to…

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Police Chief Shot Dead in Gunfight

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 14

DUBLIN, Thursday. -- Chief Superintendent Sean Gantly was killed yesterday in a gun battle in the…

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More Police To Counter Night Crime

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 1

Police patrols have been strengthened at night in Sydney to try to check the present wave of…

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Police Chief Shot Dead in Gunfight

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 14

DUBLIN, Thursday. -- Chief Superintendent Sean Gantly was killed yesterday in a gun battle in the…

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Police Chief Shot Dead in Gunfight

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 14

DUBLIN, Thursday. --Chief Superintendent Sean Gantly was killed yesterday in a gun battle in the…

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Police chief killed in running gunfight

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 6

DUBLIN, Thursday.--Sean Gantly, chief of the special political branch of the Eire CID, was shot dead yesterday in a running gunfight between police, troops and three gunmen…

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Police Chief Shot Dead in Gunfight

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 14

DUBLIN, Thursday. -- Chief Superintendent Sean Gantly was killed yesterday in a gun battle in the…

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Special Court Fines £106,7921

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 2

Fines totalling £106,792 were imposed by the Special Court in the last three years, according to figures released yesterday…

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Plot on Gandhi Misfired Police Hunt Ringleaders

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--All mobile police are combing Delhi for three Indians involved in the plot to kill Gandhi yesterday…

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Other Cable Items: Allowances Withheld Japs On Court Staff

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 3

HONG KONG, Jan. 21 (A.A.P.-Rcuters).—Ten Japanese defence counsel and interpreters employed by the…

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Heading 'Em in Cadden's Road Twenty Men Before the Court

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 3

Reginald Simmons, Joseph O'Brien, and James Wedesweiler appeared at Fenrith. Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday charged with playing…

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Ward Denies Garden Had Any Authority Minister At Court Evidence On Applications

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 1

THE Minister for External Territories (Mr. Ward) said in the Special Federal Court today that John Smith ("Jock") Garden had no authority to sign letters in his name…

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Alleged Statement on Body in Trunk "Killed Her To Avenge Parents " Police Story to Coroner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 5

A POLICEMAN said at the Coroner's Court today that a ship's steward, when questioned about a woman's murder, said "I killed her, and I have…

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Alleged Statement on Body in Trunk "Killed Her To Avenge Parents" Police Story to Coroner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 5

A POLICEMAN said at the Coroner's Court today that a ship's steward, when questioned about a woman's murder, said "I killed her, and I have…

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Alleged Statement on Body in Trunk "Killed Her To Avenge Parents" Police Story to Coroner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 5

A POLICEMAN said at the Coroner's Court today that a ship's steward, when questioned about a woman's murder, said "I killed her, and I have…

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Alleged Statement on Body in Trunk "Killed Her To Avenge Parents" Police Story to Coroner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 5

A POLICEMAN said at the Coroner's Court today that a ship's steward, when questioned about a woman's murder, said "I killed her, and I have…

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Alleged Statement on Body in Trunk "Killed Her To Avenge Parents" Police Story to Coroner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 5

A POLICEMAN said at the Coroner's Court today that a ship's steward, when questioned about a woman's murder, said "I killed her, and I have…

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English Clergyman Sentenced to Gaol

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The Rev. Edward Whitehorn was sentenced to 18 months' hard labor at Newcastle yesterday…

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English Clergyman Sentenced to Gaol

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The Rev. Edward Whitehorn was sentenced to 18 months' hard labor at Newcastle yesterday…

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