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Courts & crime, 1949

11,632 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

Reds arm German police for Berlin coup

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 9

In this article, the second of his revelations on what goes on Behind-The-Russian-Curtain, Lieut.-Colonel Tokaev says the arming of German police and militia in the Soviet zone of Germany is an ominous sign…

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Politics sway High Court, says lawyer

The Sun · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 5

HIGH COURT judges could not escape having a political attitude on constitutional matters, said Professor Geoffrey Sawer yesterday. Professor Sawer, who is Associate Professor of Law at…

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Supreme Court judges at a racketeer's banquet

The Sun · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 10

Eight New York judges were among the socially elite who attended the recent extravagant (£31 a plate) banquet at the famous Copacabana nigh club in aid of the Salvation Army…

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Woman's Gun Threat to Bankrupt at Court

Truth · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 34

THE voice of Lillian Jane Charlton Vogwell rang through the Bankruptcy Court on Thursday and echoed along the corridors outside when she…

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St. Razzle And Comic Court Show Good Form

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 18

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—St. Razzle, a five-year-old gelding, became the likely favourite for the Newmarket Handicap by outclassing his opponents in the…

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Race News From Ale Sources Change in Luck for Joy Court

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 18

Joy Court's win in the Sledmere Handicap at Randwick yesterday compensated for her unlucky defeat by Ambitious at her last start…

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Court Clogged by Huge List of Divorce Cases Pouring In At Rate Of 100 A Week By A Special Reporter

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 4

Divorce Court Judges will face a New Year carry-over of nearly 2,000 petitions when the first law term of 1949 begins next week…

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Bid To Cut Stealing On Trains

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 4

LONDON.--In a bid to cut Railway thefts, now running at a rate of nearly £4,000,000 a year, British…

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Police Seek Witnesses

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 6

Sutherland police are anxious to contact anyone who witnessed a serious road accident on Saturday night…

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Police Battle with Gunman

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.--A gun battle in the heart of Manhattan yesterday led to the wounding and capture of a suspect wanted by the police fallowing the shooting of a…

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Police Battle with Gunman

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.--A gun battle in the heart of Manhattan yesterday led to the wounding and capture of a suspect wanted by the police fallowing the shooting of a…

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Police Battle with Gunman

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.--A gun battle in the heart off Manhattan yesterday Bed to the wounding and capture of a suspect wanted by the police fallowing the shooting off…

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Police Battle with Gunman

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday.--A gun battle in the hearf of Manhattan yesterday led fo fhe wounding and capture of a suspect wanted by the police fallowing fhe shooting of a…

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Police Battle with Gunman

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.--A gun battle in the heart of Manhattan yesterday led to the wounding and capture of a suspect wanted by the police fallowing the shooting off a…

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Police Intervene In Big Protest Meetings In Domain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

Sections of a large crowd at a Roman Catholic protest meeting in the Sydney Domain yesterday tried to break up two other meetings—one of Communists and the other called by a number…

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Kravchenko Libel Case "Like a Circus" Constant Commotion In French Court Gallery Joins Wordy Battle

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 3

PARIS, Monday.--Through the eyes of anyone accustomed to the quietness and dignity of a British court, the Kravchenko libel hearing in Paris is like a…

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Kravchenko Libel Case "Like a Circus" Constant Commotion In French Court Gallery Joins Wordy Battle

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 3

PARIS, Monday.--Through the eyes of anyone accustomed to the quietness and dignity of British court, the Kravchenko libel hearing in Paris is like a…

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Court Told Of Assault At Saloon

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 3

Some people were "afraid to walk the streets of Sydney," said Judge Holden in the Quarter Sessions today…

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Court Told Of Assault At Saloon

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 3

Some people were "afraid to walk the streets of Sydney," said Judge Holden in the Quarter Sessions today…

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Taxi-driver charged

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 2

Keith Donald Johnston, 23, taxi-driver, of Thomson Street, Darlinghurst, was remanded in Central Court…

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