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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

11,370 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Murder Still' a Mystery Open Finding On Shirley Butler

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 5

The City Coroner, Mr. E. J. Forrest, found yesterday that Shirley Butler, 21, whose battered and strangled body was found on a vacant allotment near her…

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Court order against S.M.

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 19

The Supreme Court today granted an order to a former Leichhardt alderman against a magistrate and a citizen. It calls upon the…

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Owner Recognised Pork, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 15

Three men charged with stealing legs of pork from the cold store at Homebush had sent them to the man who owned them for…

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Court Short in Yankee land

Tribune · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 12

MR. LAURIE (Court) SHORT was quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald of January 22 as saying that there seemed to be “no limit” to…

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Owner Recognised Pork, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 15

Three men charged with stealing legs of pork from the cold store at Homebush had sent them to the man who owned them for…

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Owner Recognised Pork, Court Told

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 15

Three men charged with stealing legs of pork from the cold store at Homebush had sent them to the man who owned them for…

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Pork was recognised, court story

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 28

Three legs of pork stolen from a cold store at Homebush Abattoirs were later sent to the…

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Allegations Against Police Ex-driver "In Smoke"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 5

Ex-constable Muir, former police car driver, is still in smoke. When a Daily Mirror reporter knocked at the…

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Allegations Against Police Ex-driver "In Smoke"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 5

Ex-constable Muir, former police car driver, is still in smoke. When a Daily Mirror reporter knocked at the…

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Allegations Against Police Ex-driver "In Smoke"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 5

Ex-constable Muir, former police car driver, is still in smoke. When a Daily Mirror reporter knocked at the…

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Allegations Against Police Ex-driver "In Smoke"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 5

Ex-constable Muir, former police car driver, is still in smoke. When a Daily Mirror reporter knocked at the…

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Support for Trib proposals on police bribery

Tribune · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 9

Tribune has received many expressions of support for its proposal that allegations of assault by police should be investigated by a Royal Commission, as well as allegations of Bribery…

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Allegations Against Police Ex-driver "In Smoke"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 5

Ex-constable Muir, former police car driver, is still in smoke. When a Daily Mirror reporter knocked at the…

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Court Told of "Attack by Landlord"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 11

A man said yesterday that his Greek landlord and three other men had attacked him. They then had…

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Injured Constable Police ask for offer of reward

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

N.S.W. Police Association secretary (Mr. F. Laut) said today the Government should offer a reward in an effort to discover the Car which critically injured a police Constable on…

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Injured Constable Police ask for offer of reward

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

N.S.W. Police Association secretary (Mr. F. Laut) said today the Government should offer a reward in ah effort to discover the car which critically injured a police constable on…

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Injured Constable Police ask for offer of reward

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

N.S.W. Police Association secretary (Mr. Laut) said today the Government should Pier a reward in an effort to discover the car which critically injured a police constable on…

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Injured Constable Police ask for offer of reward

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

N.S.W. Police Association secretary (Mr. F. Laut) said today the Government should offer a reward in an effort to discover the car which Critically injured a police constable on…

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Reward on hit-run Police want Govt. action

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 17

Government reward of £100 for information on a hit-run driver who injured a…

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Mansion Was Gaol to Famous Family Made Mad by Millions the Curious Fate of the Wendels

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 21

THE silent crowd that gathered outside a tall, gloomy brownstone building on Fifth Avenue on March 15, 1931, were witnessing the passing of a fantastic episode in New York's history. From the dim, empty old mansion was being carried the body…

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