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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

11,370 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Taking turns in going to gaol FACT correspondent

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 65

For evading £1,950 taxes, Hyman Fendleman, president of the Smart Handbag Co., and Nathan…

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Gaol for man who threw bottle at child

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 51

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—Stanley Biles, of Hilton, laughed as a sherry bottle he had thrown at…

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Police Guard Injured Man

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 56

KATOOMBA, Sat.— Edward Daniel Christensen (58) was found lying in a gully in the bush a…

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Police Hush Over Crash

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 60

A police car was involved in an accident in Edgecliff Rd., Woollahra, last night. The car crashed into a, tree shortly after 8.30…

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Widow for trial on atomic murder count

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 11

NEW YORK, Sat.--A wealthy Mexico City widow today was accused of history's first atomic murder. She is alleged to…

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"Passionate letters" by men read in peer case Montagu Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Sat.--Passionate "love letters" between several men were read by the prosecution in Lymington (Hampshire) Court today, when…

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Closed court refused peer

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Sat. — Magistrates at Lymington (Hampshire) Court today refused to grant Lord Montagu of Beaulieu a closed court for the preliminary…

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Court Stops Late Hours

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday (A.A.P.).—An Allied military court in Trieste yesterday sentenced five youths to…

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Police Put Guard at Man's Bedside

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 13

KATOOMBA, Sat.--Police placed a guard at a mart's bedside in Penrith Hospital tonight. The man is Edward…

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Car rams police Officer May Die

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 1

A car last night critically injured a constable--police…

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Two furthur Granville fires puzzle police

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 60

The second mysterious fire within seven hours broke out in Granville late last night. The fire burnt out a 13ft. by 16ft. classroom…

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Nothing Daunts the Police Rescue Squad

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 21

WHEN some rash climber finds himself in trouble round Sydney, or when something has to be recovered from some apparently inaccessible spot, a policeman lifts a telephone receiver and calls up Sergeant Harry Ware…

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Girl's Many Love Affairs Revealed in Lurid Murder Trial

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 7

NEW YORK, Saturday. — New Orleans this week introduced into its lurid murder trial a "red headed bombshell" who provided the carnival city with some of the most revealing accounts of the domestic arrangements…

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Queen's cousin in court battle

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 54

NEW YORK, Saturday (I.N.S.).—Princess Ileana of Rumania, o former glamor girl of European Royalty and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth, has arrived in New York to begin a…

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My Two Beautiful Dupes Walked Out Then I was sent to gaol as a Nazi!

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 39

Broken-hearted women and fleeced businessmen were the victims left by Arthur Howard Rowson as he traced his…

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Police Allege Farmer Lured Then Left Lass in Bush

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 11

BRISBANE, Saturday.—Police alleged at Brisbane Court this week that a man had picked up a nine-years-old girl, driven her…

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Jazz City Jolted Strip-tease dancer as police spy

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 18

NEW ORLEANS, Sat.--A sensational murder trial last week rocked this Southern city like one of…

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Conflict of Evidence at Girl Murder Inquest the Girl Who Died Witnesses at Inquest

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 48

In an atmosphere charged with electricity the City Coroner, Mr. E. J. Forrest, listened for three days this -week to a welter of fact, allegation and innuendo in an effort to solve the…

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Gaol for Assault on Woman

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 2

A 48-years-old store- man had waylaid her at Bondi on Saturday night and threatened to…

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Gaol for Assault on Woman

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 2

A 48-years-old store- man had waylaid her at Bondi on Saturday night and threatened to…

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