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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

11,370 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Editorial Action Is Now Needed on Police Report

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 5

In his attitude as Premier to the charges of corruption which have been made against the police force, Mr. Cahill seems to show an astonishing lack of concern. Last night, more than a week…

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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 wears 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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Sleeping tablets in pram, court told Suburban Chemist Is Fined £100

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 7

A Randwick chemist had produced drugs from under a mattress in a pram,z a CIB Drug Squad detective told Central Court today…

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Daily Telegraph's world-wide selection of news Police Fire on Students Gibraltar riot in Madrid

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 4

MADRID, Mon. -- Spanish police today made baton charges and fired into the air to halt students marching on the British…

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Threatened to murder, court told

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

A man phoned Balmain police station last night saying: "I am going to murder my wife--…

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Threatened to murder, court told

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

A man phoned Balmain police station last night saying: "I am going to murder my wife--…

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Threatened to murder, court told

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

A man phoned Balmain police station last night saying: "I am going to murder my wife--…

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Gaol term reduction

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.-- Prisoners in all Victorian gaols will have their sentences reduced on the…

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Fined for watch theft

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 10

A 42-years-old laborer, fined £10 today for stealing a wrist watch, had claimed he found it…

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Fined for watch theft

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 10

A 42-years-old laborer, fined £10 today for stealing a wrist watch, had claimed he found it,…

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Chaplain out for assault

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 24

LONDON, Wed.-- A British Army chaplain was sentenced by court martial at…

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Chaplain out for assault

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Wed.-- A British Army chaplain was sentenced by court martial at…

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Chaplain out for assault

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 24

LONDON, Wed.-- A British Army chaplain was sentenced by court martial at…

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Chaplain out for assault

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Wed.-- A British Army chaplain was sentenced by court martial at…

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Chaplain out for assault

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 24

LONDON, Wed. -- A British Army chaplain was sentenced by court martial at…

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Chaplain out for assault

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Wed. -- A British Army chaplain was sentenced by court martial at…

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Charged Peer Found Shot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 26 (A.A.P.). —Lord Farrer, 49, was found shot dead at his Hertfordshire home on Sunday…

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Landlord Charged Too Much

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 17

Mr. Meagher, S.M., in the Special Court yesterday fined a landlord £30 on each of…

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Ten Years' Gaol for Father

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (A.A.P.).—Russell Tongay was convicted in Miami Criminal Court yesterday…

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