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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

11,632 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Crown Abandons Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 2

THE Crown had abandoned proceedings against John McGrath, who had been charged with the murder of Herbert…

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Crown Abandons Murder Charge

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 5

THE Crown had abandoned proceedings against John McGrath, who had been charged with the murder of Herbert…

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Police Seek Dead Man's Relatives

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 6

Darlinghurst police are trying to contact relatives of William Chapman, about 55, who died in the Reception House on…

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Not in Court Case

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 5

Mr. John E. Hempsall and his son, John F. Hempsall, of Somerville Avenue, Ashfield, state that they are not…

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Matter for the Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

Alderman Chandler told them that the dispute was a matter for the Industrial Court. He pointed out that he…

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Play for Police Boys' Club Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 11

Members of the Australian Academy of Dramatic Art last night presented a performance of "Berkeley Square," at the…

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Police X-ray Hand Found In Shark

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

PERTH, Thursday.—Police to-day X-rayed a partly decomposed human hand found in the stomach of a shark…

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100 Cases Set for State Prices Court

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

First prosecutions by the State of NSW for alleged breaches of prices…

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Theft Charge

The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 2

Goulburn police early this morning charged three young men with having stolen a cash register containing £200…

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Sentenced to Death

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 5

PARIS, Saturday. -- Mathilde A Carre, who was known as "The Cat," was sentenced to death by a Paris court…

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Sentenced to Death

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 2

PARIS, Saturday. -- Mathilde Carre, who was known as "The Cat," was sentenced to death by a Paris court…

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Theft Of £62,500

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Gems worth £62,500 were stolen yesterday from wealthy textile broker…

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Theft Of £62,500

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday. --Gems worth £62,500 were stolen yesterday from wealthy textile broker…

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Theft Of £62,500

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday. --Gems worth £62,500 were stolen yesterday from wealthy textile broker…

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Assault Alleged in Taxi

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 4

A man said in Central Summons Court yesterday that a business associate had assaulted him in a…

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On Jewellery Premises Three Sentenced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 5

Three men were sentenced to six months' gaol at Central Court yesterday for having been found on the George…

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Murder Charge Abandoned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 12

The Attorney-General, Mr. C. E. Martin, yesterday announced that the Crown had abandoned proceedings against John…

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Theft Of £62,500 In Gems

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 2

NEW YORK, Saturday. --Gems worth £62,500 were stolen yesterday from wealthy textile broker…

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Theft Of 62,500 In Gems

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Gems worth £62,500 were stolen yesterday from wealthy textile broker…

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Police Capture Four Escapees

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- Four convicts who escaped from Castle Maine Reformatory yesterday were recaptured by police this morning after they had held up a farmer at Ravenswood, 12 miles away…

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