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Courts & crime, 1954

11,370 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Week's gaol for widow

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 9

HOBART, Wed.--The widowed mother of seven children was sent to gaol for a week yesterday for…

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Week's gaol for widow

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 9

HOBART, Wed.--The widowed mother of seven children was sent to gaol for a week yesterday for…

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Week's gaol for widow

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 9

HOBART, Wed.--The widowed mother of seven children was sent to gaol for a week yesterday for…

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Escapee Returns To Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Donald Edward John Dunn, the Bendigo gaol escapee, surrendered…

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No time for murder

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 46

THE dapper little man rose from his chair and impatiently paced the shabby office. The big…

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Big Police Turnover

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 4

SEOUL, Tues. -- South Korean National Police Headquarters reported today that 14,000 of its…

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Hatred Of Dancing Clue To Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 19 (A.A.P.).—Police are seeking somebody with a fanatical hatred of dancing,…

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Police fear attempted poisoning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Defectives fear an attempt was recently made to maim or murder a 31-years-old Marrickville housewife with thallium…

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Police tear attempted poisoning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Detectives fear an attempt was recently made to maim or murder a 31-years-old Marrickville housewife with thallium…

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Police fern attempted poisoning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Detectives fear an attempt was recently made to maim or murder a 31-years-old Marrickville housewife with thallium…

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Police Protection at Wentworthville

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 5

The Police Department has written to Holroyd Council as follows—"With reference to you letter…

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Police fear driver lost

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 9

BRISBANE, Tues. -- Police are searching for a young Dutch migrant who is believed to be lost in wild…

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Police fear attempted poisoning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Detectives fear an attempt was recently made to maim or murder a 31-years-old Marrickville housewife with thallium…

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Police fear attempted poisoning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Detectives fear an attempt was recently made to maim or murder a 31-years-old Marrickville housewife with thallium…

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Mystery Death of Pastoralist Thallium murder probe

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Detectives began intensive secret inquiries today into the death of a wealthy pastoralist--a suspected poison murder victim…

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Mystery Death of Pastoralist Thallium murder probe

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Detectives began intensive secret inquiries today into the death of a wealthy pastoralist--a suspected poison murder victim…

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Mystery Death of Pastoralist Thallium murder fear

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Detectives began intensive secret inquiries today into the death of a wealthy pastoralist--a suspected poison murder victim…

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Mystery Death of Pastoralist Thallium murder fear

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Detectives began intensive secret inquiries today into the death of a wealthy pastoralist--a suspected poison murder victim…

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Mystery Death of Pastoralist Thallium murder fear

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Detectives began intensive secret inquiries today into the death of a wealthy pastoralist--a suspected poison murder victim…

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Chief of the women police

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 17

NEW POST. Mrs. Margaret Jeffrey (above), new officer in charge of the NSW Women's…

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