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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

11,370 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Police tale of alleged drug peddling

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1954 · page 52

When detectives questioned Geoffery Robinson, 41-years-old dealer, about a quantity of cocaine…

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Punter Lives Off Woman, Police Say

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 January 1954 · page 46

DESCRIBED as a professional punter, 50-year-old Norman John Keats got his real income in the form of handouts from a prostitute, police alleged in Central Court on Thursday…

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Mystery murder preys on mothers mind (Killer's Search Goes On)

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 January 1954 · page 7

A broken-hearted woman is still praying that police will find the man who brutally killed her 21-year-old daughter on Christmas Day, 1952. BODY BATTERED AND STRANGLED The mother is Mrs…

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Leichhardt M.L.A. dies suddenly (Investigation by Police)

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 January 1954 · page 5

The State member for Leichhardt, Mr. Claude Matthews, 54, died suddenly last night in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Police said he died…

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Real Life Court Dramas Divorced, they still share a home

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 January 1954 · page 46

IT'S a tense set-up in the Porter household in Victoria Road, Marrickville. The desire of Mrs. Jessie Porter, who lives…

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Butcher Knifed Lover, Court Told Fatal end to three weeks love affair

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1954 · page 49

BRISBANE, Saturday—One afternoon in November a Brisbane newspaper published an advertisement reading, "German woman (38), wants to…

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Hoad Swept Off the Court Trabert Gets Square In S.A. Singles

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1954 · page 30

ADELAIDE, Sat.— Today's straight sets slaughter of Australia's Davis Cup hero Lewis Hoad by American ace Tony Trabert, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2, in the final of the South Australian singles…

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Youth for Trial on Charge of Murdering His Father Court story of shooting in the moonlight

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1954 · page 52

The midnight moon of December 17 shone brightly down on the pleasant countryside of Calleen, a thriving…

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Six Months for Theft

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 2

Edward Anthony Conroy (49), laborer, Burren St., Erskineville, was sentenced at Paddington…

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Six Months for Theft

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 2

Edward Anthony Conroy (49), laborer, Burren St., Erskineville, was sentenced at Paddington…

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Police Award for Valor

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.-- A constable who attempted to arrest the two Geelong "hacksaw"…

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Police find counterfeit sovereigns

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- A 35-years-old Fitzroy taxi driver has been charged on three…

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Police Award for Valor

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.-- A constable who attempted to arrest the two Geelong "hacksaw"…

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Police Find 2 Bodies

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 9

Police yesterday recovered the bodies of two men who drowned at the weekend…

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Golden Haul by Police

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Detectives seized 800 counterfeit gold sovereigns and equipment in a raid on a Fitzroy house at 8 am today. Police allege that only…

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Police Award for Valor

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.-- A constable who attempted to arrest the two Geelong "hacksaw"…

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Police find counterfeit sovereigns

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- A 35-years-old Fitzroy taxi driver has been charged on three…

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Police Award for Valor

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.-- A constable who attempted to arrest the two Geelong "hacksaw"…

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Police Award for Valor

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Mon.-- A constable who attempted to arrest the two Geelong "hacksaw"…

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Constable in tears, say police

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Mon.-- A former police constable burst into tears while being questioned about…

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