Theft From U.S. MINT Had Their Choice From 700 Million
Washington, Jan. 6: Thieves stole 160,000 dollars (£71,430) in newly printed 20-dollar bills from…
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Courts & crime, 1954
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Triumph in A.E.U. Over Court Ballot
Sydney: Amalgamated Engineering Union members throughout Australia have shown their contempt for the Communist Party's "smear campaign" against court-controlled ballots, the secretary of the N.S.W. A.L.P. industrial groups (Mr. J. Kane) said today…
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Brisbane: A butcher had admitted killing a woman whom he met through an advertisement…
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Brisbane, Jan. [?] A detective told the Brisbane Police Court today that a 35 years old butcher charged…
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Melbourne—An unsuspecting agent for one of Melbourne's few remaining baccarat schools last night led gaming branch police to the gambling room…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →German Police Find Mystery in Car Crash
Berlin: German police and rescue squads, called to a road, accident at Dortmund, started looking over the wreckage of a battered "People's Car" which had…
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Sydney: The Attorney-General (Mr. Sheahan) has ordered the prosecution of two men over graft allegations made by a Sydney City Council former alderman (Dr. R. J…
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Brisbane. Jan. 8: John Ernest Watts (25), butcher, who was charged with the murder of Margarete…
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Sydney, January 8.—A Supreme Court judge today granted £500 bail to a youth who is in gaol on remand on a charge of having murdered his grazier father…
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Auckland (N.Z.): Margaret Murphy (15), from the window of her home last night, saw two men acting suspiciously in a shop…
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San Francisco: Sugar millionaire Adolph Spreckels was sentenced to 30 days' gaol today for beating his…
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Melbourne: Arthur James Newman, 38, was committed for trial by Moonee Ponds Court on a charge of having stolen from a punter a betting ticket worth £260…
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Melbourne—A 56-years-old widow was charged with murder today after the body of Lewis Probert, proprietor of the Waldorf Hotel at St. Kilda, had been found dead on a bed in a room at the back of the hotel…
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London, January 10.— Lord Montagu, of Bcaulicu, 27 years old bachelor, was charged yesterday with…
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Sydney—A youth charged with the murder of his father was granted £500 bail by Mr. Justice Richardson in the Supreme Court. The youth is Samuel…
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George Henry Crisp. Sergeant of Police at Broken Hill, collapsed early yesterday morning and died at the…
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Melbourne: Murray Smith, a 39-year-old bank officer of Albert Park, was charged in the City Court today with having…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Funeral for Sgt. G. Crisp
Broken Hill members of the N.S.W. Police Force paid their last respects to a former colleague, Sergt. George Crisp, when they marched in front of his funeral…
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Paris, Tuesday: Fairground worker Jacques Velge became tired of having things stolen from his stall on the…
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London, Tues.: Five men, said to have switched two racehorses in an attempt…
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