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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

11,370 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Roosevelt, wife clash in court

Truth · Sunday 7 February 1954 · page 5

PASADENA, (California), Saturday.—In a stormy court scene yesterday Mrs. James Roosevelt alternately wept and raged during the hearing of a separation claim against her…

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Trainer named as police informant in turf case

Truth · Sunday 7 February 1954 · page 51

In Central Court on Friday, Mr. Doolan, S.M., directed Det. W. Harris, C.I.B., to reveal the name of an informant in a case in which four men were…

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Police Close in on the Queens Would Be Killer

Truth · Sunday 7 February 1954 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—After a round-the-clock check of thousands of New Australians in two States, Adelaide police expect the author of a letter threatening the Queen's life will be arrested on…

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Judge threatens grazier with gaol Impassioned plea for sons' custody ..he wants them She has the children

Truth · Sunday 7 February 1954 · page 49

Up the stairs of the ancient Queen's Square court building on Thursday afternoon came a…

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Court Story of Man's Death After New Year Revel

Truth · Sunday 7 February 1954 · page 49

Laughing couples toasted each other, and lovers danced cheek to cheek to soft music on New Year's Eve at the Riverview Restaurant, well - known…

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Real Life Court Dramas Grazier ordered to hand over sons

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 February 1954 · page 46

QUIRINDI grazier Daniel Desmond Hamilton was very outspoken, but did himself no good in the Supreme Court on Thursday. Hamilton told the…

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The Love Life of a President's Son- His Wife Names Twelve Women in Court Claim

Truth · Sunday 7 February 1954 · page 23

Green eyes, flashing, red hair flying, a seething Romelle Roosevelt, estranged wife of Jimmy, eldest son of the late President Franklin Roosevelt, this week said it was true her husband had been intimate…

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Roosevelts In Tense Court Meeting Long Stares, No Words From A Staff Correspondent And A.A.P.

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 7 February 1954 · page 13

SAN FRANCISCO, Saturday. —James Roosevelt, son of the late President Roosevelt, had a dramatic courtroom meeting with his…

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Appeal against gaol sentence

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Robert Stanley Williams (33) today appealed against his four-year sentence tor receiving part of the…

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Appeal against gaol sentence

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Mon.-- Robert Stanley Williams (33) today appealed against his four-year Sentence for receiving part of the…

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Appeal against gaol sentence

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Robert Stanley Williams (33) today appealed against his four-year sentence for receiving part of the…

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Appeal against gaol sentence

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Robert Stanley Williams (33) today appealed against his four-year sentence for receiving part of the £33,593 stolen from Mayne Nickless Lt. on…

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Appeal against gaol sentence

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Robert Stanly Williams (33) today; appealed against his four-year sentence for receiving part of the…

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Police Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 5

Police want Mr. Noel Bisby to contact his home in O[?]an Street, Windang, on an urgent matter…

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Murder of Bishop Priests Alleged

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 5

COLOGNE, Mon. (B.U.P.). -- Bishops and Priests have been executed and…

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Murder of Bishop Priests Alleged

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 5

COLOGNE, Mon. (B.U.P.). -- Bishops and Priests have been executed and…

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Murder of Bishop Priests Alleged

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 7

COLOGNE, Mon. (B.U.P.). -- Bishops and Priests have been executed and…

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Murder of Bishop Priests Alleged

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 5

COLOGNE, Mon. (B.U.P.). -- Bishops and Priests have been executed and…

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"Enough Police" Delaney

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 3

The Police Commissioner (Mr. C. J. Delaney) said today that the Royal party-- and he…

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"Police Enough," Delaney

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 3

The Police Commissioner (Mr. C. J. Delaney) said today that the Royal party--and he…

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