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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

11,126 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

Four Men Face Assault Charge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 3

Four men charged with assault and robbery were, remanded on bail at Burwood Court today until February 22…

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News in brief BOY (15) CHARGED

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 7

Melbourne detectives last night arrested and charged a 15-years-old boy…

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Body in water; murder feared

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 5

Detectives will visit overseas ships in Sydney today to try to identify the body of a man whom they believe was…

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Man gets 2½ years gaol for £878 fraud

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 2

A man who accepted £878 for a car which he did not supply was sent to gaol for 2½ years at the Quarter…

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Youth Floors Two Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 7

A youth who knocked down two detectives was fined a total of £7 at Paddington Court today and…

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Youth Floors Two Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 7

A youth who knocked down two detectives was fined a total of £7 at Paddington Court today and…

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Youth Floors Two Police

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 7

A youth who knocked down two detectives was fined a total of £7 at Paddington Court today and…

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Police Seeking Teen-age Girls

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 16

Police are still searching for two 14-years-old girls who are reported to have wandered from their homes…

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Police Seeking Teen-age Girls

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 16

Police are still searching for two 14-years-pld girls who are reported to have wandered from their homes…

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Police Seeking Teen-age Girls

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 16

Police are still searching for two 14-years-old girls who are reported to have wandered from their homes…

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Police Seeking Teen-age Girls

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 3

Police are still searching for two 14-years-old girls who are reported to have wandered from their homes…

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Comic Court Doing Well

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.— Comic Court is doing well in his preparation for the Sydney Cup (2m) on March 26…

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Purtell off Comic Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Adelaide jockey Pat Glennon will replace Melbourne's leading jockey, Jac Purtell, as Comic Court's rider in Sydney races this autumn. Glennon rode Comic…

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Purtell in Comic Court riding plans

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--J. Purtell, who will be replaced by Adelaide jockey, P…

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Court Action Against Miners' Leaders: Summonses Taken Out

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 1

Summonses were issued from the Federal Arbitration Court late yesterday afternoon against the general president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. I. Williams, the general secretary, Mr. G. W. S. Grant,…

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Law Court Reports Challenge To Election Of Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 7

The Court challenge to the election of the State Minister for Labour and Industry, Mr. F. J. Finnan, will not be heard…

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Owner of Hospital on Serious Charge Police Claim Of Operation

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 2

The proprietress of a maternity hospital was remanded at Central Court today on a charge of having unlawfully used an instrument on a young…

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Drama, costing many millions, lives in old Supreme Court

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 13

Millions of pounds in civil suits plus human life and broken marriages are at stake in the new Law Term which opened today in our newly-renovated Supreme Court in King Street. There is an acute shortage…

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3 charged with diamond theft

The Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 2

GOULBURN, Wednesday. -- Police claimed that three people charged today with the thef of diamond rings were…

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Three Charged with Theft of £1000 in Rings

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 3

GOULBURN, Wednesday.--Two women and a man were remanded at Goulburn Court today to…

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