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Courts & crime, 1949

11,632 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Constable Had To Charge Pal With Murder

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 12

ABOUT the end of 1942, when the A.I.F. was pushing the Japs back over the Owen Stanley Ranges, a friendship sprang up between Sgt. Jim Ritchie, of Geelong (Vic.),…

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Even the police were fooled

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 9

Hairdresser Harold Bradbury walked to a fancy dress ball at Hinckley, Leicestershire, dressed…

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Woman Married Five Times, Police Claim

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 12

MARY TIERNAN (33), of 3 Wairoa Ave., Bondi, went to see the police at Darlinghurst in September to help straighten out her matrimonial entanglements…

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Court Hustled for Erring Wife

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 13

HUSTLE was the order of the day at the Divorce Court on Wednesday, when Mr. Acting Justice Marked, within the space of four hours, granted a Campsie milkman a decree nisi and decree absolute,…

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Nos & Ell Murder on a Platter Week-end Short Story

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 37

The storm was over now and the crowds were streaming towards the wet city pavements, but the little man with the stooped shoulders still stood in front of the radio accessories shop, listening to the radio announcement. He wetted his thin lips incredulously…

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Fighting hill-billy went to court

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 36

"POLICE call us the fighting hill-billies," 37-year-old John Thomas Fuller, of Kingdom Parade, in the old colonial settlement of Macquarie Fields, amiably told…

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Arms, for the Love of Allah! Lifer Seeks Test with Truth Drug in Gaol

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 4

A MAN serving a life sentence at Long Bay gaol for murder wants authorities to test his innocence with a truth drug. He is Frederick Lincoln McDermott, 38, who was…

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Skip Court's Rider Cautioned Interference in straight

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 15

STEWARDS reprimanded apprentice W. Hughes for being too eager and causing interfere nee in the straight when he won the Sefton Handicap on…

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Police fire on mob in fresh African race riot

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 2

CAPETOWN, Sat. -- Police today opened fire on frenzied mobs of Negro rioters who renewed their attacks on the Indian quarter of Durban…

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Two Youths Charged with Church Theft

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 19

POLICE yesterday charged two youths with stealing Is 3d from the Catholic Church at Malabar…

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Theft From Church Youth And Boy Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 4

A youth of 20 and a boy of 15 were yesterday charged with stealing 1/3 from a church…

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Bus Driver Charged

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

A bus driver, Keith Eric Hill (27), appeared at Kogarah Court today on charges of speeding, driving in a negligent…

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£20,000 Picture Theft

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 7

PARIS, Monday.--A self-portrait by Goya, said to be worth £20,000, was stolen from the museum at Agen…

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Woman's Train Assault Story

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 8

LOS ANGELES, Monday. -- Two sailors travelling in the Southern Pacific Railroad's West Coast Limited…

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Woman's Train Assault Story

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 8

LOS ANGELES, Monday. -- Two sailors travelling in the Southern Pacific Railroad's West Coast Limited…

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Woman's Train Assault Story

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 8

LOS ANGELES, Monday.-- Two sailors travelling in the Southern Pacific Railroad's West Coast Limited…

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Shilling Fine for Key Theft

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 7

NORMAN AHEARN (51), who pleaded guilty at Central Court today to charges of maliciously breaking a window at…

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Shilling Fine for Key Theft

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 7

NORMAN AHEARN (51), who pleaded guilty at Central Court today to charges of maliciously breaking a window at…

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Shilling Fine for Key Theft

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 7

NORMAN AHEARN (51), Who pleaded guilty at Central Court today to charges of maliciously breaking a window at…

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Shilling Fine for Key Theft

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 7

NORMAN AHEARN (51), Who pleaded guilty at Central Court today to charges cf maliciously breaking a window at…

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