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Courts & crime, 1954

11,370 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 250

4 women police at big ball

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 2

Four petite and pretty police women will be among the 2000 dancers at the Royal Ball. The policewomen…

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4 women police at big ball

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 2

Four petite and pretty police women will be among the 2000 dancers at the Royal Ball. The policewomen…

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Police Inquiry Refused Statement by Premier

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 1

The State Cabinet decided yesterday not to appoint a Royal Commission into allegations that police officers had accepted bribes…

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4 women police at big ball

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 2

Four petite and pretty police women will be among the 2000 dancers at the Royal Ball. The policewomen…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

4 women police at big ball

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 2

Four petite and pretty police women will be among the 2000 dancers at the Royal Ball. The policewomen…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

4 women police at big ball

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 2

Four petite and pretty police women will be among the 2000 dancers at the Royal Ball. The policewomen…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

4 women police at big ball

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 2

Four petite and pretty police" women wall be among the 2000 dancers at the Royal Ball. The policewomen…

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Disorderly Premises Court Order Rescinded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 5

Mr. Justice McLelland yesterday rescinded an order in the Supreme Court which had declared the…

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Sydney Q.C. Arbitration Court Judge

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Saturday.--Attorney-General Senator Spicer today…

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Man had gun again, court told REMANDED

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 2

A man charged with carying an unlicensed gun had been fined £50 for the same…

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Evidence by Aldermen Bribery Hearing In Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 14

Alderman William Parker Henson said in Central Summons Court yesterday that he had given no weight to suggestions made by Norman Sidney Cohen that…

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Cabinet Issues Police Report Five-hour Debate On Allegations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 1

State Cabinet at a special meeting yesterday discussed for nearly five hours a report by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. C. J. Delaney, on disclosures affecting the administration of the Police Force…

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"No Justification for Inquiry" Delaney's report on police bribe charges

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 2

The State Government last night released a report by the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Delaney), in which he said there was no justification for a Royal Commission into the police force…

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Court Story of "Fix" Money Application to City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 7

A man said yesterday that his brother-in-law had told him some money to "fix" a City Council application would go to nine men. His brother-in-law had said £225 was necessary, but…

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Pressure on for Police Probe Opposition won't let bribe charges drop

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 2

Opposition parties will hold a special meeting after the Queen's visit to try to force the appointment of a Royal Commission on allegations…

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Police Commissioner Tells of Inquiries Into Bribe Charges Text Of Report To Premier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 4

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. C. J. Delaney, in his report to the Premier, Mr. J. J. Cahill, has described investigations made into allegations of bribery, within the Police Force…

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Hollywood's real life murder mystery Unsolved shooting of film director William Desmond Taylor had more drama than many screen thrillers. True Crime

The World's News · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 6

FOR all the thrillers and chillers put on film through the years, Hollywood never has conjured up a mystery to match the slaying of…

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£1200 Theft From Widow

Truth · Sunday 31 January 1954 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

An aged widow yesterday discovered £1200 insurance money she received when her husband died was missing from her dressing table…

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Theft Of £1,225

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 31 January 1954 · page 8

A money-box containing £1,225, two rings and a wrist watch was stolen yesterday from a house in…

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