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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

11,632 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Wed Countess--In Gaol Now

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Norman Philip Oldfield (25), who married a countess during the war, was…

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Wed Countess--In Gaol Now

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Norman Philip Oldfield (25), who married a countess during the war, was…

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Father and Son to Face Theft Charges

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Wednesday.--A father and son were committed for trial at Katoomba Court yesterday on nine charges…

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Father and Son to Face Theft Charges

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Wednesday.--A father and son were committed for trial at Katoomba Court yesterday on nine charges…

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Father and Son to Face Theft Charges

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

KATOOMBA, Wednesday.--A father and son were committed for trial at Katoomba Court yesterday on nine charges…

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Police Theory On Body

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

Police believe that the nude decomposed body washed up yesterday on Fairlight Beach, Manly…

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Police recapture escaped youth

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

After an all-night search, Douglas F. Hardie, 22, who escaped from Macksville lock-up, was recaptured…

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Police Station For Settlement

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 5

A police station will be opened next week at Hargraye Park Housing Settlement. A sergeant and three constables will man the…

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Police Theory On Body

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

Police believe that the nude decomposed body washed up yesterday on Fairlight Beach, Manly,…

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Water Police Rescue Youth

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 7

Water police yesterday rescued a youth whose sailing boat had capsized on Lane Cove River…

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Police Theory On Body

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

Police believe that the nude decomposed body washed up yesterday on Fairlight Beach, Manly,…

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Yanks Plan To Police World

Tribune · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

NEW YORK. — A demand for conscription was smuggled into the Rooseveltian rehash of social reforms which Truman calls his “Fair Deal.” TRUMAN apparently thinks…

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Police Blitz on Noisy Cyclists

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 1

About fifty motor cyclists were "booked" for traffic offences in Parramatta during the Christmas-New Year…

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Police Theory On Mystery Of Body

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 6

POLICE believe that the nude decomposed body washed up yesterday on Fairlight Beach, Manly, may be that of a woman reported missing from Chatswood. THE only clues to…

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Police Theory On Mystery Of Body

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 6

POLICE believe that the nude decomposed body washed up yesterday on Fairlight Beach, Manly, may be that of a woman reported missing from Chatswood. THE only clues to…

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Catapults, Kites, Airguns, Go In Police Drive

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 1

Merrylands police have so far confiscated more than 100 catapults, many kites and airguns from holidaying…

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Attendant Says Stout to Police Was Untrue

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 6

A Callan Park Mental Hospital attendant said yesterday that he had told the police untruths about an after which a patient died. The attendant, Carleton…

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Police "frighten" greengrocers; no march on Parlt

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

Greengrocers who planned to march from the City Markets to Parliament House today, as a protest against potato distribution, were frightened away by police…

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Mental Attendants to Stand Trial Charged With Staying Patient Callan Park Inquest Ends

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 5

TWO Gallon Park attendants, William Ternan and Carleton Howard Shadlow, were committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter by the…

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Mental Attendants to Stand Trial Charged With Slaying Patient Callan Park Inquest Ends

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 5

TWO Callan Park attendants, William Tertian and Carleton Howard Shadlow, were committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter by the…

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