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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

9,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Court warning in airline row

The Sun · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--If ''pestered further," Australian National Airways will seek a Court injunction to restrain 'Commonwealth representatives from trying to…

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Pearls Deal Led to Court

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 2

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

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Court Story Of Man's 150 Whiskies

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 3

A commercial traveller, when asked how many drinks he had had that day, replied "One hundred and fifty whiskies," Constable Stewart stated at Central Court today. THE traveller, Guiseppe Lupica (36). pleaded guilty to…

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Barrowman Objects to Magistrate

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 2

Leslie Newman (39), a barrowman charged with obstructing traffic in Pitt St. on February 10 by…

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Theft of Food at Air Base

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 3

TWO ground stewards employed by Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. were each fined £5 at Paddington Court today…

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Theft of Food at Air Base

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 1

TWO ground stewards employed by Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. were each fined £5 at Paddington Court today…

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Theft of Food at Air Base

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 1

TWO ground stewards employed by Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. were each fined £5 at Paddington Court today…

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Stepfather on Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--Christchurch police today arrested William Eric Cooper and charged him with having…

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Three Men Charged In Garden Case

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 1

The Commonwealth Crown Solicitor's Department last night preferred…

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Boy, 13, Faces Murder Trial

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 3

CHICAGO, Tuesday.--Howard Lang (13), the youngest defendant in a murder trial in the history of Chicago,…

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Step-father on Murder Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 3

CHRISTCHURCH. Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuters).—William Eric Cooper was arrested to-day on a charge of having murdered his…

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Two Arrests in Gandhi Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 2

BOMBAY, Monday (A.A.P.). -- Police have arrested two more men suspected of complicity in the murder of Gandhi, bringing the number of suspects in custody to 10…

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J. Garden Case Surprise Three Others Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 1

Summonses were issued late yesterday against three other men in what has become known as the "Jock" Garden case…

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Cabinet on police head

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 3

The acting Police Commissioner (Superintendent J. F. Scott) it is expected, will be appointed Commissioner of…

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Police Story of House Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 2

Using a duplicate key a woman had entered a home and started a fire, it was alleged at Parramatta Court today. Gwendoline Florence Wilkins (20), married,…

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Garden and Son Before Court

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 5

John Smith ("Jock") Garden, former liaison officer in the Department of Labor and Industry, and three other men appeared in the Special Federal Court today charged with…

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Man Throws Chair In Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 9

A man jumped out of the dock at Glebe Court yesterday and threw a chair at two policemen. The man, James Thearle, 38, laborer, had just been…

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Defendants in New Guinea Court Case

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 5

RAY PARER (left), Edward Farrell (centre) and Harcourt. Garden, photographed at the Special Federal Court…

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Court flays union for action threat

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 3

Members of the Boilermakers' Union, who have threatened mass resignations unless the Federal Arbitration Court agrees to their demands, were sternly rebuked by the Conciliation Commissioner…

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Three More Charged in Garden Case Attempted fraud Alleged Timber Deal in N. GUINEA

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 2

THE "Jock" Garden case took a dramatic turn in the Special Federal Court today. Four men, including veteran ace…

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