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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

11,126 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250

Police Check On Taxi Men's Past

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 5

Three members of the police traffic branch are checking the records of every man who holds a taxi licence in Sydney. The Minister for…

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Police Think Sharks Took Men Missing Off Collier

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 3

Police at The Entrance said yesterday they believed sharks must have attacked the three missing crew members of the collier Kiama, which foundered five miles from The Entrance early on Friday. The Kiama, carrying…

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Police treatment at Dr. causes outcry in France

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 12

Police, whose regard for their position as servants of the people and the guardians of civil liberties always have been suspect to Parisians, have blotted their copybook again…

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Plane Passenger Carried Explosives (Police stop take-off)

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 16

NEW YORK, Sat.--A plane passenger had a sensitive 8in. stick off explosive in his pocket when police, or rested him at Dallas, Texas, yesterday. In his luggage police…

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Police find naked body of girl drowned during swimming party

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 7

Police yesterday recovered the body of a woman who was drowned last Sunday while swimming in the Hawkesbury River at Windsor. She was Miss Valerie…

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Presenting Real Life a Pacific cruise that ended in divorce court

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 34

IN February, 1947, Marcus John de la Poer Beresford, now of Mackay, Queensland, but formerly of Melbourne and Sydney, did the thing he had wanted to do all his life. He packed his…

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Miner Charged with Murder

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--A 51-years-old miner was arrested last night and charged with the murder of Mrs. Marjorie Doreen…

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Miner Charged with Murder

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--A 51-years-old miner was arrested last night and charged with the murder of Mrs. Marjorie Doreen…

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Miner Charged with Murder

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--A 51-years-old miner was arrested last night and charged with the murder of Mrs. Marjorie Doreen…

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Miner Charged with Murder

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--A 51 years-old miner was arrested last night and charged with the murder of Mrs. Marjorie Doreen…

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Miner Charged with Murder

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--A 51-years-old miner was arrested last night and charged with the murder of Mrs. Marjorie Doreen…

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Miner Charged with Murder

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--A 51-years-old miner was arrested last night and charged with the murder of Mrs. Marjorie Doreen…

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Miner Charged with Murder

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--A 51-years-old miner was arrested, last night and charged with the murder of Mrs. Marjorie Doreen…

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Motorist given month's gaol

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 2

A motor mechanic arrested while allegedly under the influence of liquor was told by Mr. Soling, SM, in Paddington Court today, "The only thing to stop you is gaol."…

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Former. M.H.A. Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 5

BURNIE (Tas.), Sunday. —John Joseph McDonald, 46, a well-known Burnie bookmaker and sportsman,…

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Death in River: Man Charged

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 2

Sequel to a young woman's death, following a swimming party at Windsor on January 13, was heard…

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Tried To Prevent Theft Withs Toy Gun

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 2

A nightwatchman used a toy pistol to threaten four thieves who stole a refrigerator worth £100 from a tent at the Bondi Yulunga early today…

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Tried To Prevent Theft With Toy Gun

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 4

A nightwatchman used a toy pistol to threaten four thieves who stole a refrigerator worth £100 from a tent at the Bondi Yulunga early today…

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Tried To Prevent Theft With Toy Gun

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 4

A nightwatchman used a toy pistol to threaten four, thieves who stole a refrigerator worth £100 from a tent at the Bondi Yulunga early today…

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Tried To Prevent Theft With Toy Gun

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 4

A nightwatchman used a toy pistol to threaten four thieves who stole a refrigerator worth £100 from a tent at the Bondi Yulunga early today…

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