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Courts & crime, 1948

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 250

Korea Called "Police State"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK, Friday (A.A.P.).--The Australian member of U.N.O.'s Korean Commission (Mr. S. J. Jackson) has…

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German High Court

The Sun · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 1

FRANKFURT, Saturday.--British and US authorities have issued a proclamation establishing the German High,…

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Fugitives in Adelaide Child In Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Friday. — A 10-year-old girl, who, in company with another girl of 15½ and the latter's brother, 14,…

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Letters to the Editor Police Methods Special Squad

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 2

Sir,—The portion of your leading article dealing with the officious and domineering attitude of the members of the Special…

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Amazing Mix-up After Radio Theft Shotgun Fired At Owner's Relative Confusion at Dead of Night

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 2

IN an amazing mix-up at Randwick early today, a man guarding a shop which had just been burgled was fired at by a second man who thought he was…

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Too Many Police Chasing Crooks Real Answer to the Crime Wave Taming of a "Tough Guy" and His "Push"

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 1

As in medicine, so in crime: prevention is better than cure. A Smith's Commonwealth-wide survey, prompted by the present serious outbreak of crime, reveals that lawlessness among juveniles is a major factor in these periodic upsurges of assaults, robberies, and murders…

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Safe-stealer Sent to Gaol

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 8

THE trouble with John Bruce Martin (25), turner, of Annandale, when he began his latest series of escapades…

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Woman Fined for Assault on Provost

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 7

A woman who, it was alleged, had kicked a member of the Provost Corps so hard that he had to receive medical attention, appeared at Central Court on…

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Bail Plea Granted; Story of Assault

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 6

A YOUNG man who was committed for trial at Campsie Court on Wednesday on a charge of having criminally assaulted a married woman (24), was granted bail of £500 by Mr. Justice Sugerman…

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Body Snatcher In Gaol For Crimes

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 32

WELLINGTON, Saturday.—The New Zealand body-snatcher, Robert Perry (24), single, will spend the next four and a half years in gaol where the authorities will have the opportunity of studying his mental condition…

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Jury Acquits Man Charged with Shooting

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 7

THE unique spectacle of Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Kidston) disowning the chief Crown witness and asking the jury to disbelieve some of her evidence occurred at Judge Holt's…

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Gaoled for Assault on U.s. Sailor

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 24

A WOMAN decoyed a young U.S. Navyman to a house in Crown St., Surry Hills, where he was assaulted…

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Girl Tells of Hotel Assault West Wyalong

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 28

A YOUNG hotel domestic told the court today that a man entered her bedroom this morning and indecently assaulted her. Roy Antram, farmhand, of…

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He was framed for a murder

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 6

Ketti Frings, who was responsible for the scripts Of HOLD BACK THE DAWN, JANE EYRE, and…

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Police with Drawn Guns Arrest Boy

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 28

POLICE with guns drawn entered Killara Golf Clubhouse last night and arrested a 15-year-old boy found…

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real life court dramas They talked of coppers' narks

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 17

MRS. KATE LEIGH, redoubtable citizen of Surry Hills, is a teetotaller. That interesting family information was given in…

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Smash-Grab Jewel Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 7
Also in Daily Mirror

A thief, at 11.50 last night, smashed a quarter-inch plateglass window of Laurelle Jewellers and…

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4 "dangerous" men get gaol

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 6

Four men who were each sentenced to two years' gaol by judge Shortland at Paramatta Quarter Sessions today were "dangerous," police said…

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1000 Pathans Slaughtered in Kashmir Assault Attackers Repulsed

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Monday.--A bid by 1100 Pathans and other tribesmen to storm Indian Army positions in Western Kashmir yesterday was bloodily…

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