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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

12,710 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

British police heroes rewarded

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 11

LONDON, Wednesday. -- A George Cross, two George Medals, a British Empire Medal, and the…

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Police hampered by busybodies

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 2

Busybodies are hampering detectives trying to find the man who murdered Shirley Butler at Waverton on Christmas Day…

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Court Sheriff Drowns

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 2

HOBART, Tues.--The Sheriff of Tasmania's Supreme Court (Mr. R. W. Foale)…

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Police rescue youths in Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 6

Yesterday's southerly capsized two sailing boats on the Harbor and swept a luxury motor yacht from its moorings at Watson's…

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Sedgman masters new court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 20

LOS ANGELES, Tues.--Frank Sedgman has surprised observers with the…

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Nude Men and Women; Police Story

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 2

Unmarried men and women, some nude and others in a state of undress, were found by…

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Awards to Police in Rooftop Gun Battle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Wed. (Extel, Kemsley). -- Police Sgt. Frederick Fairfax has been…

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Awards to Police in Rooftop Gun Battle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Wed. (Extel, Kemsley). -- Police Sgt. Frederick Fairfax has been…

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Awards to Police in Rooftop Gun Battle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Wed. (Extel, Kemsley). -- Police Sgt. Frederick Fairfax has been…

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Awards to Police in Rooftop Gun Battle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Wed. -- (Extel, Kemsley). -- Police Sgt. Frederick Fairfax has been…

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Awards to Police in Rooftop Gun Battle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 7

LONDON, Wed. (Extel, Kemsley). -- Police Sgt. Frederick Fairfax has been…

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Awards to Police in Rooftop Gun Battle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON Wed. (Exile, Kemsley). -- Police Sgt. Frederick Fairfax has been…

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Awards to Police in Rooftop Gun Battle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 7

LONDON, Wed. (Extel, Kemsley). -- Police Sgt. Frederick Fairfax has been…

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Drug Theory in Murder Trial Army Man Stabbed In Bedroom

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 5

TOKIO, Wed. (I.N.S.).-- Mrs. Dorothy Smith was under the influence of drugs when she allegedly murdered her U.S. Army officer husband, her…

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Drug Theory in Murder Trial Army Man Stabbed In Bedroom

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 5

TOKIO, Wed. (I.N.S.). -- Mrs. Dorothy Smith was under the influence of drugs when she allegedly murdered her U.S. Army officer husband, her…

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Drug Theory in Murder Trial Army Man Stabbed In Bedroom

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 7

TOKIO, Wed. (I.N.S.). -- Mrs. Dorothy Smith was under the influence of drugs when she allegedly murdered her U.S. Army officer husband, her…

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Drug Theory in Murder Trial Army Man Stabbed In Bedroom

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 7

TOKIO, Wed. (I.N.S.).-- Mrs. Dorothy Smith was under the influence of drugs when she allegedly murdered her U.S. Army officer husband, her…

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Drug Theory in Murder Trial Army Man Stabbed In Bedroom

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 5

TOKIO, Wed. (I.N.S.).--Mrs. Dorothy Smith was under the influence of drugs when she allegedly murdered her U.S. Army officer husband, her…

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POW murder fruits of India resolution Menzies Government’s Silent Approval

Tribune · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 9

The December 14 massacre of POWs in South Korea by the US was the first fruits of the illegal Indian resolution on Korea which was strongly opposed by the Soviet Union as being a means for continuing, not ending the war…

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Ex-weather Clerk Tried to Kill Wife, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wed. -- A man who had been employed as an assistant to Mr. Inigo…

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