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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Mobile Police Station

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 3

The town of Emmen, in the north of the Netherlands, boasts a police station which is housed in a mobile van…

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Heavy Court List

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 8

Cases listed for hearing in the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court on Thursday are expected to take all day…

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Police Act on Church Hour Trading SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 1

State Cabinet may discuss police action in closing shops at King's Cross yesterday, the Chief…

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Licensing Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 1

In the Licensing Court this morning the magistrate, Mr. C. K. Ward, approved the transfer of the license of the…

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Bribery Alleged Against Police Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 1

An allegation that he [?]ld name at least 30 top C.I.B. detectives who had accepted bribes from "Joe…

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Poisoning Baffles Police Sydney, Thursday

The North Western Courier · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 1

Police continue to find the poisoning of attractive 31-years-old blonde housewife, Mrs. Nora Ball,…

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Black Police for U.N. Plan

The North Western Courier · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 11

London.—Mrs. Bessie Braddock, a Labour M.P., has suggested having coloured policemen in Britain…

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Police Residence Unsightly

The North Western Courier · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 2

Councillors at Tuesday's N.S.C. meeting strongly condemned the unsightly and dilapidated condition of…

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Lost Property at Police Station

North West Champion · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 1

A number of lost articles are awaiting owners at Moree Police Station. They include a pair of lady's…

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Police Under Fire SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 1

Senior police officers had heightened public suspicion of the force by questioning Sgt. K. J. Harvey on…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 3

A man who stole a mouth-organ was sentenced to three months' hard labour in yesterday's Court of Petty…

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Police Inspector Collapses: Dies Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 1

Police Inspector Michael ("Mick") O'Neill, 55, of Phillip St. Division, collapsed and died while on duty in…

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Police Court

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 6

A charge of apprehended violence was dismissed in the Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday…

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Commital Follows Stealing Charge

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 8

The hearing against Laurence Charles Bell and Cecil Kenneth Rainer on charges of breaking, entering, and…

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Judge Defends Police

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 2

The proportion of rogues in the police force was no higher than in the legal or medical processions, his Honor…

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Police Seek Identity of Dead Man Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 1

Hornsby Police are, trying to trace a man known only as "Bob", but who was a friend of "Bill"—a man found dead…

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U.S. Police Try T.V. on Law-Breakers

The North Western Courier · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 7

With the help of television and an alert citizenry, Los Angeles is rounding up wanted criminals, says Frank J…

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U.S. Police Try T.V. To Round Up Crooks

The North Western Courier · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 3

Sweden's air force is almost entirely equipped with jets, and comprises about 1500 first-line planes…

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Man on Murder Charge

North West Champion · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 4

A man has been charged with murder following the death in Goondiwiadi Hospital yesterday of Fred McGrady, a railway…

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Cooma Court Lights

The North Western Courier · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 3

The Shire Council will submit a quote to the Cooma Tennis Club for the lighting of the courts…

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