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Courts & crime, 1949

11,632 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250

Charge Of Will Theft

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

William Percy Wagg (41), King St., Newtown, described by his counsel' (Mr. Blatchford) as a…

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Charge Of Will Theft

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

William Percy Wagg (41), King St., Newtown, described by his counsel (Mr. ' Blatchford) as a…

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Gaol Warning Over Buildings

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 4

Gaol was the only thing to act as a deterrent to people who set out to break the building materials permit law, said the Minister for Building Materials (Mr. Dickson) today…

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Gaol Warning Over Buildings

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 4

Gaol was the only thing to act as a deterrent to people who set out to break the building materials permit law, said the Minister for Building Materials (Mr. Dickson)…

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Gaol Warning Over Buildings

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 4

Gaol was the only thing to act as a deterrent to people who set out to break the building materials permit law, said the Minister for Building Materials (Mr, Dickson)…

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Gaol Warning Over Buildings

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 4

Gaol was the only thing to act as a deterrent to people who set out to break the building materials permit law, said the Minister for Building Materials (Mr. Dickson)…

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Gaol Warning Over Buildings

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 4

Gaol was the only thing to act as a deterrent' to people who set out to break the building materials permit law, said the Minister for Building .Materials (Mr. Dickson)…

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Gaol Warning Over Buildings

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 4

Gaol was the only thing to act as a deterrent to people who set out to break the building materials permit law, said the Minister for Building Materials (Mr. Dickson)…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Gaol Warning Over Buildings

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 4

Gaol was the only thing to act as a deterrent to people who set out to break the building materials permit law, said the Minister for Building Materials (Mr. Dickson)…

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Truck - Stealing Gang At Work

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 3

A high-speed "truck snatching" gang, operating in the city, has netted £1300 worth of loot in four days. POLICE warned truck-drivers…

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Truck stealing gang's £900 robbery

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 9

A highly-organised gang is believed to have been responsible for stealing a motor truck containing 11 electric refrigerators, valued at more than £900, in the city…

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£5,000 Theft From Chinese

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday.—An 80-year-old Chinese gardener has been robbed of £5,000 and some gold sovereigns at…

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Gaol For Ex-Public Schoolboy

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 14

LONDON.-- An ex-public schoolboy, who was stated to be inheriting £4600 out of the will of his…

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Editorial Luxury-building Should Mean Gaol

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 3

That heartbroken army of Australians whose lives are darkened by the lack of housing will certainly agree with the move to have luxury-building punished with gaol instead…

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Minister favors gaol for bad breaches

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 5

Only a gaol sentence will deter some people who break the building materials permit law, said the Minister for Building Materials (Mr. Dickson) today…

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Truck-stealing Rife Gang's £ 1300 Loot in City's Streets

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 12

A HIGH-SPEED "truck snatching" gang, operating in the city, has netted £1300 worth of loot in four days. POLICE warned truck-drivers A today against leaving their…

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Truck-stealing Rife Gang's £.1300 Loot in City's Streets

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 12

A HIGH-SPEED "truck snatching" gang, operating in the city, has netted £1300 worth of loot in four days. POLICE warned truck-drivers today against leaving their…

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Truck-stealing Rife Gang's £1300 Loot in City's Streets

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 12

A HIGH-SPEED "truck snatching" gang, operating in the city, has netted £1300 worth of loot in four days. POLICE warned truck-drivers today against leaving their…

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Truck-stealing Rife Gang's £1300 Loot in City's Streets

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 12

A HIGH-SPEED "truck snatching" gang, operating in the city, has netted £1300 worth of loot in four days. POLICE warned truck-drivers today against leaving their…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Truck-stealing Rife Gang's £ 1300 Loot in City's Streets

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 12

A HIGH-SPEED "truck snatching" gang, operating in the city, has netted £1300 worth of loot in four days. POLICE warned truck-drivers today against leaving their…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →