Two Charges of Murder
Melbourne: Two men, charged with the murder on Saturday night of John Willoughby (27), of Kew,…
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Courts & crime, 1954
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Gaol Escapee Arrested
Sydney: The 19-years-old escapee from the Bendigo (Vic.) gaol, Robert Henry Cox, was recaptured in Darlinghurst early today…
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London, Tuesday: A ladder thief stole furs and jewellery worth £4000 from the first floor bedroom at the…
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Melbourne: Two bandits, each sent to gaol for eight years last Friday for robbery under arms, were sentenced yesterday to another nominal eight years'…
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Sydney, February 23.—A vital new clue in the search for the murderer of Olaf Perkman, who was found…
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Mr. J. T. Ross of the Administrative staff of Police Headquarters arrived here on Monday night on official…
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Sydney: A District Court jury awarded Eric Gamble, spray painter, of Botany Street, Kingsford, £185…
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A motor-cycle was stolen from outside Ozone Theatre on Tuesday night. It is a 194[?] cream and green BSA…
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Sydney, Feb. 25: Detectives investigating the murder of CSIRO chemist Olaf Perkman on the South West…
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London: "Every policeman his own detective" will be the new motto of the British police force when revolutionary changes are introduced soon…
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Melbourne: Mounted police had to drive their horses into the crowd of more than 5000 people who broke the barricades outside Parliament House…
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Sydney: Mrs. Mary Dunton collapsed in Burwood Coroner's Court while giving evidence of seeing a close…
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Sydney, February 25.—Trade union leaders tonight said the Arbitration Court's decision to take no action on wage margin claims for another nine months "would seriously undermine the confidence of workers in the Arbitration system."…
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Sydney, Feb. 25: Police will begin diving tomorrow to try and locate the body of a young Lithuanian woman…
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Sydney: Detectives late last night arrested a Sydney man and charged him with the murder of the scientist, Olaf Perkman, who was shot through the head on a…
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Helsinki, Friday: An unsolved murder mystery has so angered the Finns that they are demanding the reintroduction of the death penalty. One hundred thousand people attended the funeral of the victim; a 17-year-old girl, whose body had been missing…
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Helsinki, Friday: An unsolved murder mystery has so angered the Finns that they are demanding the reintroduction of the death penalty. One hundred thousand people attended the funeral of the victim; a 17-year-old girl, whose body had been missing…
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Sydney: Detectives late last night arrested a Sydney man and charged him with the murder of the scientist, Olaf Perkman, who was shot through the head on a…
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Sydney: A boxer (Alfie Sands, 24) failed to appear in the Newcastle Police Court today on charges of…
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Sydney: A boxer (Alfie Sands, 24) failed to appear in the Newcastle Police Court today on charges of…
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