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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

11,632 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Police Probe Death of Man

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 1

Following the discovery of the body of a man in a blood-spattered bedroom in Taylor St., Darlinghurst today, C.I.B. defectives were rushed to the scene…

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Police Find "Wanted" Men in Jury Canvass

The Sun · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 2

Police interviewing householders for jury service have discovered people for whom warrants were issued many years ago, and a number of interstate criminals. The warrants, which have now been served, were for…

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Murder with a rope gives a new life to screen

The World's News · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 15

PRODUCER Alfred Hitchcock's "rope trick" has been called by experts the most outstanding achievement of the film world in…

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Dope Claim in Court Slander Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 5

Cecil Clement Rolls, racehorse trainer, claimed in the Supreme Court yesterday that Joseph Jeffrey,…

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Melbourne Tracks Comic Court for Gisborne

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The track regulars at Caulfield would not hear of Comic Court's possible defeat in…

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Comic Court Downs Unlucky Carbon Copy

The Sun · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Comic Court (5 to 2), with the luck of the race, beat Carbon Copy (7 to 4) by a length in their eagerly-awaited clash the Gisborne Handicap at Moonee Valley today…

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Dam Workers Defy Court. Stay Out WARRAGAMBA. —

Tribune · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 6

BWIU men and plumbers on the dam here this week rejected a Court order to return to work and decided to remain…

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Melbourne Tracks Comic Court Fit for Gisborne Run

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The track regulars at Caulfield would not hear of Comic Court's possible defeat in…

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Nude Body Found in Bedroom Police Probe Into Pensioner's Death Big Cut in Left Ankle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 2

THE death of a mon whose nude body was found in a blood-bespattered bedroom in Taylor St., Darlinghurst, today, is being investigated by detectives…

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Nude Body Found in Bedroom Police Probe Into Pensioner's Death Big Cut in Left Ankle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 2

THE death of a man whose nude body was found in a blood-bespattered bedroom in Taylor St., Darlinghurst, today, is being investigated by detectives…

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Nude Body Found in Bedroom Police Probe Into Pensioner's Death Big Cut in Left Ankle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 2

THE death of a man whose nude body Was found in a blood-bespattered bedroom in Taylor St., Darlinghurst, today, is being investigated by detectives…

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Nude Body Found in Bedroom Police Probe Into Pensioner's Death Big Cut in Left Ankle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 2

THE death of a man whose nude body was found in a blood-bespattered bedroom in Taylor St., Darlinghurst, today, is being investigated by defectives…

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Reports From the Law Courts Supreme Court Causes (Before Mr. Justice Owen.) Ballard v SINCLAIR

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 5

A juryman in this case, which was part heard on Thursday, was certified too sick to attend the court yesterday, and his Honor…

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Girl Alleges Assault Search For Man

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 20 February 1949 · page 3

Police early this morning were searching for a young man who is alleged to have attempted to assault a 15-year-old girl in a…

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Rice Theft Racket Big profits from sales

The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1949 · page 5

AN enormous blackmarket is being operated in Sydney in Australian-grown rice. The blackmarket is supplied from hundreds of bags of rice stolen each week…

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Chaplain Says Lifer Innocent of Murder

The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1949 · page 4

LONG BAY gaol chaplain Charles Sumner is convinced that a lifer sentenced for murder a year ago is innocent. Mr. Sumner will do all he can to have the man…

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Police believe pensioner was murdered

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 February 1949 · page 1

Police believe that Oscar Augustus Whalley, 67, war pensioner, was hit on the head and left to die in a house in Taylor Street, Darlinghurst, yesterday…

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Police Hope To Solve Hotel Crime

Truth · Sunday 20 February 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The mystery of the shooting of 48-years-old Stawell publican, Thomas…

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Police Patrol Cars in Hunt for Men

Truth · Sunday 20 February 1949 · page 2

Three police wireless cars late last night were combing the Alexandria district for at least two men alleged to have…

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Wrecked After Collision Police dash to restore ear after car crash

The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1949 · page 3

A POLICE motor cyclist carried a severed ear five miles from Pendle Hill to Parramatta last night. The ear was torn from a man in a…

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