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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1955

281 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 15

MURDER and the Doctors Diary The Cuban landlord was said to be a miser, but the killer's loot was a mere pittance. a True Crime Story

The World's News · Saturday 11 June 1955 · page 5

FOR its sunny, cheerful atmosphere and its civilised amenities, Cuba is called the Queen of the Caribbean. Like all other nations,…

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Guildford Man Acquitted Police Allege Assault

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 15 June 1955 · page 2

A man said on Monday, June 6, that a policeman had broken three of his ribs He is Stanley Gordon Jones, (33), carrier, of…

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Answer to Crime More Foot Police

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 15 June 1955 · page 2

The city of New York reduced overall crime by 50 per cent, in its tough East Harlem district by putting more foot patrolmen…

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No Appeal on Red-handed Fake Substance of Court Decision

Tribune · Wednesday 15 June 1955 · page 11

If the returning officer appointed under Menzies' union ballot legislation was caught red-handed faking a ballot, there would still be no appeal against the results of that ballot…

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Hakoah - Austral Match Ends In Brawl Police Galled to Protect Players Three Players To Appear Before Association

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 8

In one of the worst demonstrations in the history of N.S.W. Soccer over 900 excited spectators swarmed on to the ground towards the end of the Hakoah-Sydney Austral match at Snape Oval, last Saturday. Within seconds both spectators and players were involved in hand to hand lighting…

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Police Inspect Racing Track

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 June 1955 · page 29

BATHURST.—Two high ranking police officers from the Public Safety Bureau have inspected the Mt. Pan…

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Murder Wave along the NILE Egyptian police report a killing a day during the cane harvest by callous assassin gangs

The World's News · Saturday 25 June 1955 · page 2

AN epidemic of strange murders is sweeping the valley of Egypt's River Nile. To date, the death roll is one killing a day. Egyptian police…

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Important witnesses to a murder were ignored, appeal after appeal failed. It was a strange trial that was responsible for... an Innocent Man's 12 Years in Jail

The World's News · Saturday 25 June 1955 · page 4

THE hold-up murder in the Sea Garden bar, Queen's County, NY, in August, 1940, was just one of many thousands of other…

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Burglary in Guildford

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 29 June 1955 · page 5

Thieves who laboriously drilled out a square hole in the hard pine floor of a clothing factory at Guildford on Wednesday last…

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Death to Homebuilding Murder in Malaya

Tribune · Wednesday 29 June 1955 · page 1

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Plumbers Fight Court Judgment

Tribune · Wednesday 29 June 1955 · page 10

AT one of the biggest meetings for some time Sydney plumbers recently carried a protest against Conciliation Commissioner Galvin's…

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A Traffic Hazard Corner Police Department on Proposed Service Station

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 June 1955 · page 1

THE Police Department has informed Penrith Council that it does not favour the installation of a service station…

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Ten Years' Gaol Carramar Man on Rape Charge

The Biz · Wednesday 6 July 1955 · page 15

Mr. Justice Maguire sentenced Kevin Charles Gavin (29), telephone linseman, of Cook Avenue, Carramar, to 10 years' gaol for…

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Wharfies' Wives Go to Court

Tribune · Wednesday 6 July 1955 · page 12

A re[?]on if watersiders wives re[?] to one the Australian Court to give moral support to the union's successful [?]tion for a…

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Background to fines by Arbitration Court

Tribune · Wednesday 6 July 1955 · page 2

Further penalties have been imposed upon unions by the Commonwealth and NSW Arbitration Courts. THE Boilermakers' Society was fined £500 plus costs for…

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Angry reaction to union fine Court no longer arbitrating

Tribune · Wednesday 6 July 1955 · page 2

Protests against a Court fine on the Boilermakers" Union for its members having supported a strike at Mart's Dock, Sydney, have come from all States…

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Charged with Cutting Corner

The Biz · Wednesday 13 July 1955 · page 19

Charged with "cutting" a corner at Tangerine Street, Fairfield, with his motor cycle, Peter Bruce McLeay of Normanby Street,…

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People and Paragraphs and Sheep Stealing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 July 1955 · page 2

A BATHURST identity, who has been associated with primary production for over 30 years,…

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Here is the first dramatic story in a new sensational Crime Series featuring luckless victims who kept... Tryst with Murder The Telltale Postcard Police were convinced that the message Emily Dimmock received was an important clue in the case

The World's News · Saturday 16 July 1955 · page 10

"BYE, Phyllis. I'll be back same time as usual." The woman gave the man a perfunctory kiss. His name was Shaw…

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Cabramatta Assault Case

The Biz · Wednesday 20 July 1955 · page 18

A charge of unlawful assault was preferred against Herbert Hampson, 39, crane driver, of Broomfield Street, Cabramatta, at…

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