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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

11,370 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

Australians Welcome at court

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 31

AUSTRALIANS are welcome at the court of Emperor Haile Selassie, of Ethiopia,…

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Butler Murder Is Unsolved Open finding at inquest

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

The murder of Shirley Butler on Christmas Day, 1952, remains a mystery. After an inquest lasting four and a half days, City Coroner E. J. Forrest today found that she had been murdered…

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Man Seized, Bound Held For Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 4

About 20 neighbours of a property owner at Lansvale, near Cabramatta, last night seized and bound a man hand and foot until police arrived…

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Scene of Assault Alongside G.P.O. Man found battered city lane

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

A man was found unconscious with his head and face covered with blood in a lane off…

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Dead rat produced in court

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 18

A dead rat was produced in Burwood Court today by a health inspector…

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Scene of Assault Alongside G.P.O. Man found battered in city lane

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

A man was found unconscious with his head and face covered with blood in a lane off…

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Search for Firebug Extra Police At Granville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 5

The Chief of the C.I.B., Superintendent J. V. Ramus, said yesterday that police reinforcements had been sent…

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Forced child (5) to dive 33ft. 10 Years' Gaol for Father of 'Aquatot'

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

MIAMI, Tues. (A.P., I.N.S., U.P.). -- A six-man jury yesterday convicted husky, 36-years-old Russell Tongay of the manslaughter of his five-years-old daughter "Kathy."…

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Forced child (5) to dive 33ft. 10 Years' Gaol for Father of 'Aquatot'

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

MIAMI, Tues. (A.P., I.N.S., U.P.).—A six-man jury yesterday convicted husky, 36-years-old Russell Tongay of the manslaughter of his five-years-old daughter "Kathy."…

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Forced child (5) to dive 33ft. 10 Years' Gaol for Father of 'Aquatot'

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

MIAMI, Tues. (A.P., I.N.S., U.P.). -- A six-man jury yesterday convicted husky, 36-years-old Russell Tongay of the manslaughter of his five-years-old daughter "Kathy."…

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Forced child (5) to dive 33ft. 10 Years' Gaol for Father of 'Aquatot'

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

MIAMI, Tues. (A.P., I.N.S., U.P.). -- A six-man jury yesterday convicted husky, 36-years-old Russell Tongay of the manslaughter of his five-years-old daughter "Kathy."…

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Peer shot dead; due In court

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 26

LONDON, Tuesday.-- Lord Farrer, 50, was found shot dead at his Hertfordshire home on…

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Gaol for father of tiny 'Aquatot' 10 Years for Making Child Dive 33 FEET

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

MIAMI, Tues. (A.P., I.N.S., U.P.).—A six-man jury yesterday convicted husky, 36-years-old Russell Tongay of the manslaughter of his five-years-old daughter "Kathy."…

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Gaol for father of tiny 'Aquatot' 10 Years for Making Child Dive 33 FEET

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

MIAMI, Tues. (A.P., I.N.S., U.P.).—A six-man jury yesterday convicted husky, 36-years-old Russell Tongay of the manslaughter of his five-years-old daughter "Kathy."…

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Gaol for father on tiny 'Aquatot' 10 Years for Making Child Dive 33 FEET

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

MIAMI, Tues. (A.P., I.N.S., U.P.).—A six-man jury yesterday convicted husky, 36-years-old Russell Tongay of the manslaughter of his five-years-old daughter "Kathy."…

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Gaol for father of tiny 'Aquatot' 10 Years for Making Child Dive 33 FEET

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

MIAMI, Tues. (A.P., I.N.S., U.P.).—A six-man jury yesterday convicted husky, 36-years-old Russell Tongay of the manslaughter of his five-years-old daughter "Kathy."…

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Police Suspect Thallium Death Body of grazier exhumed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

ARMIDALE, Tues.—De tec fives of the C.I.B. Homicide Squad today had the body of John Ernest Pearson, a wealthy grazier who died nearly five years ago, exhumed from Armidale Cemetery…

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Police Suspect Thallium Death Body of grazier exhumed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

ARMIDALE, Tues.—Detectives of the C.I.B. Homicide Squad today had the body of John Ernest Pearson, a wealthy grazier who died nearly five years ago, exhumed from Armidale Cemetery…

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Police exhume body of rich grazier Armidale Move

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 5

ARMIDALE, Tuesday.--Body of a wealthy Armidale grazier was exhumed today because CIB detectives fear he may have been murdered…

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Grazier may be thallium victim Police Exhume Body

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

ARMIDALE, Tues. — Detectives of the C I.B. Homicide Squad today had the body of John Ernest Pearson, a wealthy grazier who…

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