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Courts & crime, 1952

11,550 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Escapees From Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 2

From top: Robert Donald Armour (22), Alan Black (35) and Donald Luke (22), who escaped…

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Murder Victim Tried Suicide

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 15

EWCASTLE, Monday. --A German migrant woman had tried to commit suicide by…

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Murder Victim Tried Suicide

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 15

NEWCASTLE, Monday. --A German migrant woman had tried to commit suicide by…

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Murder Victim Tried Suicide

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 15

NEWCASTLE, Monday. --A German migrant woman had tried to commit suicide by…

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Police with Sweet Tooth

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 6

TOKIO (B.U.P.).--Three U.S. military policemen, each with a sweet tooth, have been reduced in rank…

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Police with Sweet Tooth

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 6

TOKIO (B.U.P.) -- Three U.S. military policemen, each with a sweet tooth, have been reduced in rank…

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Underworld 'Boss' in Court

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 5

A New York jury failed to reach a verdict last Wednesday when Frank Costello (right), notorious boss of the American underworld, was tried on criminal charges for the first time since he was convicted…

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Underworld 'Boss' in Court

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 5

A New York jury failed to reach a verdict last Wednesday when Frank Costello (right), notorious boss of the American underworld, was tried on criminal charges for the first time since he was convicted…

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Underworld 'Boss' in Court

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 5

A New York jury failed to reach a verdict last Wednesday when Frank Costello (right), notorious boss of the American underworld, was tried on criminal charges for the first time since he was convicted…

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Police Hold Woman On Charge Of Arson

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Mon.-- Detectives in - investigating a fire in a Wallsend house early yesterday morning later charged a woman with having maliciously set fire to the…

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Police Hold Woman On Charge Of Arson

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 7

N E W C A S T L E, Mon. -- Detectives investigating a fire in a Wallsend house early yesterday morning later charged a woman with having maliciously set fire to the…

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Police Hold Woman On Charge Of Arson

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Mon. - -Detectives in - investigating a fire in a Wallsend house early yesterday morning later charged a woman with having maliciously set fire to the…

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Police Hold Woman On Charge Of Arson

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 7

N E W C A S T L E, Mon. -- Detectives investigating a fire in a Wallsend house early yesterday morning later charged a woman with having maliciously set fire to the…

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Witness claims SP belling has been put down by police

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 10

BRISBANE, Monday.-- Rockhampton police have almost entirely suppressed illegal SP bookmakers. President of…

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Police try hard as teachers but jay-walkers don't learn

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 11

Fifteen hundred men and women currently being fined for jay-walking during the pre-Christmas shopping rush may well look around Sydney streets and say "How unlucky I was to be caught!" For Sydney Dedestrians…

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'Death Pact' Theory Based on Letter Sent to Police Elderly Couple Found Poisoned

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 4

An elderly couple found dead today in a house in Alison Rd., Randwick, are believed to have taken poison in a death pact. Police found the bodies when they raced to the house…

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'Death Pact' Theory Based on Letter Sent to Police Elderly Couple Found Poisoned

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 4

An elderly couple found dead today in a house on Alison Rd., Randwick, are believed to have taken poison in a death pact. Police found the bodies when they raced to the house…

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'Death Pact' Theory Based on Letter Sent to Police Elderly Couple Found Poisoned

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 4

An elderly couple found dead today in a house in Alison Rd., Randwick, are believed to have taken poison in a death pact. Police found the bodies when they raced to the house…

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'Death Pact' Theory Based on Letter Sent to Police Elderly Couple Found Poisoned

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 4

An elderly couple found dead today in a house in Alison Rd., Randwick, are believed to have taken poison in a death pact. Police found the bodies when they raced to the house…

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'Death Pact' Theory Based on Letter Sent to Police Elderly Couple Found Poisoned

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 4

An elderly couple found dead today in a house in Alison Rd., Randwick, are believed to have taken poison in a death pact. Police found the bodies when they raced to the house…

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