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Courts & crime, 1948

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 250

Man Bleeding to Death in Car Chased by Police

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 February 1948 · page 5

Eight police cars last night chased an allegedly stolen car at high speed through heavy suburban traffic, while a man in the fugitive car bled almost to death. The chase began just…

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real life court dramas He fought with his daughter's lover

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 February 1948 · page 17

ESTRANGED from her husband, slim, pretty Joyce Norma Oliver took up with William Keith Todd, a married man living apart from his wife and two children…

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Gaol for Racket

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Monday. --The prison sentence for a black market property deal in New Zealand was…

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Gaol for Racket

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Monday. -- The first prison sentence a black market property deal in New Zealand was…

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Gaol for Racket

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Monday. -- The first prison sentence on a black market property deal in New Zealand was…

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Murder Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 4

Charged with murdering his wife at Lilyfield on Friday night, Reginald James Kitching, 27, baker, will appear in Central…

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Men Gaoled for Assault

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY EDWARD HILLIARD (32),laborer, and Cecil Anderson (23), seaman, were sentenced at Central Court…

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Men Gaoler for Assault

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY EDWARD HILLIARD (32), laborer, and Cecil Anderson (23), seaman, were sentenced at Central Court…

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Men Gaoled for Assault

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY EDWARD HILLIARD (32), laborer, and Cecil Anderson (23), seaman, were sentenced at Central Court…

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Blackmarket led him to gaol

The Sun · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 6

AUCKLAND, Monday.-- For the first time in New Zealand a man was imprisoned for a blackmarket property…

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Gaol for attack on policeman

The Sun · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 2

Sydney Edward Hilliard, 32, laborer, and Cecil Anderson, 23, seaman, were sentenced to one month's hard…

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Year in Gaol for Car Thief

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 2

Sequel to a wild police chase after a stolen car through Annandale on Saturday night occurred at Glebe Court today when Joseph Andrew Doyle (25), laborer, was…

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Year in Gaol for Car Thief

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 2

Sequel to a wild police chase after a stolen car through Annandale on Saturday night occurred at Glebe Court today when Joseph Andrew Doyle (25), laborer, was…

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Year in Gaol for Car Thief

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 2

Sequel to a wild police chase after a stolen car through Annandale on Saturday night occurred at Glebe Court, today when Joseph Andrew Doyle (25), laborer, was…

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Aborigines on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 5

DARWIN, Monday. -- Two full-blood native prisoners were brought to Darwin last night on the patrol boat Kuru, from the Wessel Islands, 350 miles east of Darwin, on a…

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Aborigines on Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 5

DARWIN, Monday. -- Two full-blood native prisoners were brought to Darwin last night on the patrol boat Kuru, from the Wessel Islands, 350 miles east of Darwin, on a…

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Police Allege Manslaughter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 8

Sidney George Jackson, 67, of Narrandera, died in Narrandera District Hospital on Saturday night from injuries…

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Shot at Son. Say Police

The Sun · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 7

Charged with having shot at his 18-year-old son on Saturday with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm,…

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Pearls Deal Led to Court

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 5

It was difficult to suggest that in buying a quantity of illegally imported pearls, Prouds Limited, jewellers, Pitt St., had done anythnig "hostile to the law," Mr. Justice Clyne said in the Bankruptcy…

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Pearls Deal Led to Court

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 2

IT was difficult suggest that in buying a quantity of illegally imported pearls, Prouds Limited, jewellers, Pitt St., had…

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