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Courts & crime, 1949

11,632 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Theft Of Van; Men For Trial

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 14

At Central Court today John Benjamin Bennett (30), Rosehill St., Redfern, and Michael Mahoney…

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Theft Of Van; Men For Trial

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

At Central Court today John Benjamin Bennett (30), Rosehill St., Redfern, and Michael Mahoney…

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Gaol For Soldiers On Bribery Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 9

MUNICH.--In what is described as the first major bribery case involving military personnel in Europe, two American military policemen have been gaoled on charges of accepting a £312 bribe from cigarette…

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Gaol Sentence for Possession of Gold

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.-- Charles Edmund Brown (42). miner, was sentenced in the Police Court today to three…

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Crimes Act Summons "Herald" Man Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 3

John Harold William Farland, a member of the "Herald" reporting staff, was charged by summons…

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33 Charged; Sequel to Club Raid

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 9

Paddington Court was packed today, mostly with defendants, when 33 men and women were charged…

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Court Clash On Subpoena

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 10

Counsel for a youth charged in the Liverpool Children's Court yesterday clashed with the president of the Hargrave Park Progress Association…

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400 police at trial of Reds

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 8

NEW YORK, Monday.-- Twelve leaders of the Communist Party in the US went on trial here today on charges of working for the forcible overthrow of the…

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Police Out in Paris Action Against Strikers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 17 (A.A.P.).—French police went into action early yesterday to clear sit-down…

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400 Police Guard Trial of U.s. Reds

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--Four hundred police guarded the Federal Court building when Judge H. Medina opened the trial yesterday of 12 leaders of the United States Communist Party…

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Courts, Shipping, Planes Today's Courts District Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 17

Deputy Registrar.--10.15: Shiskin v. Auto Auctions Pty., Ltd.; Auto Auctions Pty., Ltd., ats. Shishkin. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION…

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Fourth Day of Race Riots Police Say "Trouble Just Starting"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 17 (A.A.P.).— Indians and Africans again clashed yesterday at points in Natal and the Transvaal…

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£200 Theft At Rozelle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 4

Thieves early this morning smashed a window of Mick Simmons Ltd., Darling St., Rozelle, and…

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£200 Theft At Rozelle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 4

Thieves early this morning smashed a window of Mick Simmons Ltd., Darling St., Rozelle, and…

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Two Sentenced Over Car Sets

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 2

Joseph Bernard McCaulay (27), laborer, was sentenced at Central Court today to 18 months' gaol on nine charges of stealing radio sets from cars, valued at £85…

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Man Dead, Son Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tues.--A magistrate in the City Court today committed a 16-years-old boy for trial on a charge of…

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Two Sentenced Over Car Sets

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 2

Joseph Bernard McCaulay (27), laborer, was sentenced at Central Court today to 18 months' gaol on nine charges of stealing radio sets from cars, valued at £85…

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Buried £205; Two Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 10

Two men were committed for trial at Ryde Court yesterday on charges of having stolen £205 in…

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Murderer Reprieved Gaol For Life

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 11

State Cabinet yesterday commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence passed on Tames Michael…

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Stop Press Gaol Terms for Thefts

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 20

Joseph Bernard McCaulay (27), laborer, was sentenced at Central Court today to 18 months' gaol on nine charges of stealing radio sts.,…

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