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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Court holds up repairs to house

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 3

A RANDWICK landlord has been trying for sight months, to get possession of a Mascot house to…

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Police in search on roof tops ADELAIDE

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 28

Hundreds of people watched while detectives searched roof-tops tonight before arresting a man…

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Court Sequel to Hold-up at Arcadia Hotel

Truth · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 8

TWO youths appeared at Central Court on Thursday on charges relating to the sensational hold-up at…

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real life court dramas Wedded, but she became betrothed

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 17

ALTHOUGH still married, hoping for a divorce, Mrs. Abigail Eva Thomson, of King's Cross Road, published a notice of her engagement to a tenant in her flats, Mr…

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20,000 Jap police seek bank bandit who poisoned 16 TOKIO

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 3

TWENTY thousand Japanese police are hunting a bandit who killed 12 bank employees by poisoning. The bandit escaped with 182,000 yen (£ 1200) from a Teikoku bank…

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7 Children Removed From Verminous Humpy "Like Wild Animals," Say Police Baby "Slept on Dirty Bag Bed"

Truth · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Police raided a filthy, vermin-infested tin and hessign humpy at Frankston today and removed seven children, aged from 11 months to 13 years…

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£800 trick theft alleged

The Sun · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 3

DUBBO, Monday.--In the Police Court today, Laurence Quinlivan, builder, was charged with having stolen, by…

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Woman Screams At Gaol Sentence

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 5

LAUNCESTON, Monday.--Mrs. Lila May Fos.ter (48) screamed and pitched to the floor of the dock today when…

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Gaol "futile" in girls' case

The Sun · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 3

Re-committing wayward girls to gaol was futile and a "gross wastage of human material," Judge Studdert said in the Quarter Sessions Appeals Court today…

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4 charged With city robbery

The Sun · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 2

Four young men were charged in Central Court today with the robbery on January 19 of a…

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Alleged Theft Of £800; Dubbo Arrest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 4

A man was arrested at Dubbo at the week-end on a charge of having stolen £800 from a Sydney…

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Judge Sees Futility in Gaol Terms

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 3

"A gross wastage of human material," said Judge Studdert today when referring at the…

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Judge's View on Gaol for Girls

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 3

"A gross wastage of human material," said Judge Studdert today when referring at the Quarter Sessions to "the endless process" of sending wayward girls back to gaol as…

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Judge's View on Gaol for Girls

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 3

"A gross wastage of human material,"said Judge Studdert today when referring at the Quarter Sessions to "the endless process" of sending wayward girls back to gaol as…

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Judge's View on Gaol for Girls

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 3

"A gross wastage of human material' said Judge Studdert today when referring at the Quarter Sessions to "the endless process" of sending wayward girls back to gaol as…

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Judge Sees Futility in Gaol Terms

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 2

"A gross wastage of human material," said Judge Studdert today when referring at the…

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Police "Hunch" Brings Arrest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A "hunch" of two detectives—backed up by the astuteness of an Indian…

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Doubts on Fifth Test Since Gandhi Murder

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Although the Indian cricketers are not in a mood to play the fifth Test, or any other match in Australia, because of their grief over the death of Gandhi, there is little doubt…

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Shouts, Screams Heard At N.Z. Gaol For Five Hours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Sunday (A.A.P.-Reuters). —Every available constable in the city was sent…

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Police Search for Bold Thief

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 3

POLICE patrol cars in the Metropolitan area were flashed a message shortly after noon today to search for a man,…

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