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Courts & crime, 1955

281 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 15

Council, Police Agre[?] on Terminal for Buses

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 20 July 1955 · page 6

A suggestion that an unname[?] road, which serves as the Merryland 'bus terminal, should be called "Young' Folly," received no support at las[?]…

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Utility in a Gutter Driver Charged with Driving Under the Influence

Nepean Times · Thursday 21 July 1955 · page 1

A CAR ran into a gutter one night at St. Marys; there patrolling police sighted it. Inquiry followed, and the…

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Neglect by Road-Users (From the Traffic Branch, Police Department)

Nepean Times · Thursday 21 July 1955 · page 7

The country where laws are obeyed by force or threat of the authorities is not a happy one, and such a state of…

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The KILLER with 500 names Tryst with Murder - 2 The fascinating lover lost count of his hapless victims. One of them was murdered and he died for that

The World's News · Saturday 23 July 1955 · page 6

THERE can be no more striking example of a tryst with death than that which involved the Man with Five Hundred Names. He…

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Court or direct action-FEDFA vote

Tribune · Wednesday 27 July 1955 · page 12

MEMBERS of the Federated Engine Drivers' & Firemen's Association employed by BHP and Australian iron & Steel, will…

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Constable Injured Motorist Gets 18 Months' Gaol

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 July 1955 · page 2

AN incident on the Great Western Highway, St. Marys, on August 14, 1954, in which a constable suffered…

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WWF advocate critical of Arbit'n Court Wharfies and wives attend Court hearing

Tribune · Wednesday 3 August 1955 · page 9

History was made last week when waterside workers' wives crowded with their menfolk into the Arbitration Court in Sydney in protest at the Court's five years delay in hearing the wharfies' margin claims…

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Queensland workers seething Wage Unrest Justified, Court Told

Tribune · Wednesday 3 August 1955 · page 12

"There is wide industrial unrest in our industry because of the inadequacy of our margin...It is justified unrest and we say that it is the duty of this Court to remove the cause of this unrest." This statement was made in the Industrial Court by Mr. G. M. Dawson last week against…

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The Call's Complete Motor News Service a Police Surgeon Looks at the Drinking Driver

The St George Call · Thursday 4 August 1955 · page 7

The toll of death on the road is something which concerns us all, individually and collectively. We, as a nation, must work to reduce this…

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Bashing by Police Proved in Tasmania

Tribune · Wednesday 10 August 1955 · page 2

"Unreasonable and unjustifiable violence was used by Tasmanian police officers against a young seaman in the wharf area and later at police headquarters" is the content of a Board of Inquiry decision at Hobart…

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Two Years' Gaol for Breach of Recogniscance

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 August 1955 · page 7

Jack Henry Constable (23), formerly of Castlereagh, appeared before Judge Rooney at Parramatta Quarter Sessions on…

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Washing Hung Out, Disappears Gaol for Taker

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 August 1955 · page 2

A man who had previous convictions against him, including house-breaking, was sentenced to three months gaol at Penrith…

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Cavalcade of Murder Night

The World's News · Saturday 13 August 1955 · page 5

NEXT week, World's News will publish a selection of true crime stories from Cavalcade of Murder by T. C. H. Jacobs…

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Jail for Stealing

The Biz · Wednesday 17 August 1955 · page 23

Charle[?]-Shepherd, (47), of Station Street, Fairfield, was sentenced to two months' hard labour at Liverpool Court when…

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Seamen act on police bashing in Tasmania

Tribune · Wednesday 17 August 1955 · page 14

"The Tasmanian Cabinet decision affecting only two police officers involved in the bashing of a seaman is…

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Stalls Cause Traffic Congestion Police Seek Council's Co-operation

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 17 August 1955 · page 2

W. C. Meehan, Sergeant 3rd-Class, Merrylands Police Call Box, wrote as follows to Holroyd Council:—…

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£50 Fine, Suspended Gaol Sentence a Kingswood Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 August 1955 · page 1

A LONG contested case arising from a fatality on the Western Highway, Kingswood, on March 19 last, concluded at…

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The TERROR in Ward CH3 One of the most bestial murderers of modern times did not count on the doggedness of British police

The World's News · Saturday 20 August 1955 · page 9

THE Blackburn Hospital murder case is probably the most remarkable investigation in the history of fingerprints. It is a record of the magnificent work of the police, who…

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Mannequin Parade At Fairfield Railway Hotel for United Police Appeal

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 24 August 1955 · page 5

Lovely ma[?]nequins Faye Bolton Judy Croft, Ellen Madden, and Eve Newton will display the latest spring fashions at a…

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Cavalcade of Murder The [?]Hantom Killer

The World's News · Saturday 27 August 1955 · page 5

THE 24 known killings of Earle Nelson must surely be the greatest number ever to be officially recorded against one person…

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