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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

U.s. Police Capture Last of Escapees

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK, Saturday.—The last of the 12 convicts who escaped from Colorado State Penitentiary on Tuesday after a desperate gun battle with police, was arrested yesterday and returned to the…

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Burglars Call for Police Assistance London

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 2

TWO burglars doing a small job in Raglan Barracks, Devonport. reluctantly called in the police. One man fell off a ladder and broke his leg, so his…

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Police fly to probe man's fire death

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 3

ARSON Squad, detectives flew to West Wyalong yesterday to investigate the death of…

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Royal Court to run in Armidale Cup

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 11

Royal Court will be set for the Armidale Cup (7f.) on February 4 because of her win in yesterday's Peter Moore Handicap (1 14m.) at Moorefield…

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Plane Dash by Police to Probe Death Trapped In Blaze

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 1

Three Sydney detectives were rushed by plane to West Wyalong yesterday to investigate the mysterious death of the caretaker of West Wyalong Golf Club,…

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Armidale Cup run for Royal Court-- holiday for owners

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 1

Royal court, 25 to 1 winner of the Peter. Moore Handicap at Moorefield yesterday, will run…

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Nude films all in day's work Police swoop on fun parlor, seize peep-show

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 5

POLICE seized a peep-show at Glenelg (South Australia) fun parlor yesterday and made five others unusable. Parents of children who visited the show,…

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3 New Summonses Likely in Timber Case Allegations Against Garden Court Hearing Next

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 4

Three additional persons may be served with summonses in connection with the Hew Guinea timber lease case, it was learned yesterday…

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£2,443 Jewel Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.— Jewellery worth £2,443 was stolen on Saturday night from the proprietress of a Spring…

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Nevada "Stealing'' Snow From Utah

The Sun · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 1

SALT LAKE CITY, Sunday.--The Chamber of Commerce aims to sue the State of Nevada, if Nevada doesn't stop swiping show from the sky. Nevadans have been…

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Wild Chase Follows Truck Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 1

After a 10-mile chase by police cars and a sprint of 100 yards, two boys aged 16 were arrested…

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No Trace of Gaol Escapee

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 4

Although they have followed up many leads, police have found no trace of Crofton Edward Barnes…

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No Trace of Gaol Escapee

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 4

Although they have followed up many leads, police have found no trace of Crofton Edward Barnes…

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No Trace of Gaol Escapee

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 4

Although they have followed up many leads, police have found no trace of Crofton Edward Barnes…

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No Trace of Gaol Escapee

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 4

Although they have followed up many leads, police have found no trace of Crofton Edward Barnes…

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No Trace of Gaol Escapee

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 4

Although they have followed up many leads, police have found no trace of Crofton Edward Barnes…

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No Trace of Gaol Escapee

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 2

Although they have followed up many leads, police have found no trace of Crofton Edward Barnes…

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Custody of crippled boy; assault charge

The Sun · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 2

Dispute over custody of a crippled boy led to two young men being fined in Balmain Court today for assaulting the boy's father. Walter Frederick Seymour…

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Man to Face Murder Count

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 5

GOSFORD, Monday. -- When Robert John Murray (31), postal official, of Hardy's Bay, appears at…

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Man to Face Murder Count

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 5

GOSFORD, Monday. -- When Robert John Murray (31), postal official, of Hardy's Bay, appears at…

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