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Courts & crime, 1948

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

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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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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Guards Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Six Japanese who were civilian guards at the Naoetsu war prisoners' camp, Tokio, between…

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Jews Sentenced for Entering France Illegally 140 Court Cases in One Day

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 7

PARIS, Dec. 30th. (JTA). Concerted action to provide legal protection for Jewish refugees entering France without permission is…

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Citation of Murder

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 3

AUGUST HOEHM, assistant commander of the notorious Sachsenhausen concentration camp, stands to testify at the first mass trial of German war criminals before a Soviet Military Tribunal in the Russian sector of Berlin. Hoehm calmly told the court that he,…

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Trading in Embassy Moscow Woman Sentenced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 22 (A.A.P.). —A Moscow court yesterday sentenced a Russian woman formerly employed by the…

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Police Call Man Menace

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 5

A man who, police stated, had been convicted of rape at Mackay, Queensland, in 1939, appeared at Centra! Court today on several charges of having assaulted women in…

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Dublin Police Chief Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.). --Sean Gantly, Dublin police chief, was shot dead yesterday in a gun battle with three…

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Police Chief Dies Suddenly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 1

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. William John MacKay, collapsed at his Edgecliff home last night,…

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Police Call Man Menace

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 5

A man who, police stated, had been convicted off rape at Mackay, Queensland, in 1939, appeared at Central Court today on several charges of having assaulted women in…

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Police Call Man Menace

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 5

A man, whom police stated had been convicted of rape at Mackay, Queensland, in 1939, appeared at Central Court today on Several charges of having assaulted women in…

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Police Call Man Menace

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 5

A man, whom police stated had been convicted of rape at Mackay, Queensland, in 7939, appeared at Central Court today on several charges of having assaulted women in…

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Police Call Man Menace

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 5

A man who, police stated, had been convicted of rape at Mackay, Queensland, in 1939, appeared at Central Court today on several charges of having assaulted women in…

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Man attacked outside Court

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 3

A man charged with rape was attacked by another man outside Campsie Court today. James Murphy, 25…

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Chief Of N.S.W. Police Dies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 1

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. William John MacKay, died suddenly at his…

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Not Wholemeal. Engadine Baker Fined at Kogarah Court

The St George Call · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 1

Mr. George V. Miller has not that occupation but is closely allied thereto, being in fact a master baker. No doubts have hitherto been held against…

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Police Chief Dies Funeral Arrangements to Be Held in Morning

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 4

THE Commissioner of Police, Mr. William John MacKay, who died last night at his home in Rosemont Ave., Edgecliff, will be given a police…

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Police Chief Dies Funeral Arrangements to Be Held in Morning

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 4

THE Commissioner of Police, Mr. William John MacKay, who died last night at his home in Rosemont Ave., Edgecliff, will be given a police…

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Police Chief Dies Funeral Arrangements to Be Held in Morning

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 4

THE Commissioner of Police, Mr. William John MacKay, who died last night at his home in Rosemont Ave., Edgecliff, will be given a police…

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