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Courts & crime, 1954

11,370 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Police discovery on drunk Battery Sensation Ex- jockey probed

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sat.-- A tiny battery allegedly for use on racehorses, was found by police last night when they arrested a former…

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Woman was at wheel, police solve mystery Body Found After Car's Dive

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 1

Police found in a Northmead quarry today the body of a woman who had been…

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The Moombi Way Me thought his murder plan urns foolproof, but he forgot one thing A Short Story

The World's News · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 19

JACKIDAB squatted with his back to the wall of the poiice station at Moontibar. Apart from the threestall, horse stable, with his own…

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The Terror of the Valley Police and homesteaders were buttled by the fiendish killings, it looked as if some fantastic wild animal was... A true story of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, told by Constable William Broekie to C. V. TENCH

The World's News · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 25

THERE murders in three months, Brockie, and although I've had my men working day and night on the case, we haven't unearthed the…

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A Deserter Turned Killer The French slayer brazenly served as a witness when an innocent man faced the charge of double murder. True Crime Story

The World's News · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 6

THE old man screamed with pain, rubbed frantically at his burning eyes and tottered around the kitchen. Instinctively, he groped…

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The bushranger who went alone Henry Hunter and the police called a truce while they discussed a surrender —then started their rifle duel again

The World's News · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 23

AUSTRALIAN bushrangers and their sworn enemies, the police, often, made some strange pacts and truces in their battles with each…

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Back to gaol in a stolen car

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 17 January 1954 · page 62

After having served a term of imprisonment at Salem, Oregon, for the theft of a motor car, Joseph…

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Find By Police

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 17 January 1954 · page 3

Constable W. G. Leaman, who charged the man, searched him before taking him to the cells…

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Police Recover Tragedy Car

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 17 January 1954 · page 3

These pictures tell the story of the Northmead quarry tragedy (see below). ABOVE LEFT: Sgt. Harry Ware, of the Police Cliff Rescue Squad climbing up the cliff face. ABOVE RIGHT: The station-wagon being dragged up the cliff…

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Police theory on car death

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1954 · page 7

Police yesterday recovered the body of a woman in 30 feet of water about 12 feet from where her station wagon plunged into the…

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Doctor wanted to die, police say

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 January 1954 · page 47

WHEN Rosemary Theresa Diane de Dassel, secretary to 55-year-old Macquarie Street specialist Dr. Robert Alexander de Casto Basto, let herself into his Elizabeth Bay flat on December 13 she found him lying on his bed…

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Police Find "Shocker" for Racehorses Warning in Melbourne

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 17 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. — All Melbourne racing clubs were warned to-day that detectives had found a battery "horse shocker."…

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Police Bribery Scandal Grave Disclosures Of "Hush Money"

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 17 January 1954 · page 1

Disclosures of the utmost gravity, involving the administration of the Police Force, have been made to "The Sun-Herald." A police car driver who admitted that both he and…

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Three Chinese admitted on forged papers, court told

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1954 · page 52

A modern Chinese puzzle, with allegations of for- gery and suggestions that illegal methods were used to…

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10 Charged with Theft of Wool

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

Twelve men appeared at Central Court today on charges of the theft and receiving of large quantities of wool in June and July 1952 and November 1953…

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10 Charged with Theft of Wool

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

Twelve men appeared af Central Court today on charges of the theft and receiving of large quantities of wool in June and July 1952 and November 1953…

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10 Charged with Theft of Wool

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

Twelve men appeared at Central Court today on charges of the theft and receiving of large quantities of wool in June and July 1952 and November 1953…

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Milk Bar Theft

The Sun · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 6

Thieves last night stole about £55 and £30 worth of English cigarettes from Lou's milk bar, Ware St.,…

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Gaoled for Yacht Theft

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

A 21-years-old laborer, who took and used a £7000 motor yacht without the owner's consent…

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Gaoled Fog Yacht Theft

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

A 21-years-old laborer, who took and used a £7000 motor yacht without the owner's consent,…

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