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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1955

281 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 15

Love My Dog The meek and mild Albert Chardleigh planned the perfect murder. The plan both tailed and succeeded

The World's News · Saturday 27 August 1955 · page 19

ALBERT CHARDLEIGH was short, thin and weedy. He had long since reached the…

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Stealing Charge

The Biz · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 12

Smithfield, was fined £5 at Liverpool Court when convicted of having stolen £5 whilst a carter employed by McCall's Bakerk,…

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Stealing Charge

The Biz · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 16

A fine of £10 was imposed upon Marian Breozewski (37), cook, of Flate 9E, Cabramatta Migrant Hostel, by Magistrate A. Paton,…

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Tennis Court For Lease

The St George Call · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 11

Tenders to close on Saturday, 10th September next, will be received by the undersigned, for the lease of the tennis court at the rear of the Bexley…

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Police Sans Frontieres L’“interpol” intensifie sa lutte contre l’“Internationale” du crime

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 2 September 1955 · page 6

hommes — comme l'argent — les escrocs…

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A Murder in a Bath The dead suspect's arms, brought from Germany showed tell-tale clues under the fingernails

The World's News · Saturday 3 September 1955 · page 9

MRS. BERTHA MERRETT was 55 years of age, and her son, John Donald, nearly 18,…

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Court House Seats

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 7 September 1955 · page 12

Provision of rest seats outside Parramatta Court House is being sought by City Council…

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Tobacco monopoly won't pay court award

Tribune · Wednesday 7 September 1955 · page 11

Storemen and packers employed by the British Australian Tobacco Company (W. D. & H.O. Wills) at their Raleigh Park factory, Kensington, stopped work last Friday in protest at the company's refusal to pay an increase granted by the…

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Mass Murder of Patriots

Tribune · Wednesday 14 September 1955 · page 4

CORPSES of Algerian patriots killed by French troops are seen in the picture above laid out in a stadium at Philippeville,…

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"Abolish Arbitration Court" ACTU C'gress declaration

Tribune · Wednesday 14 September 1955 · page 10

Growing workers' discontent with the Arbitration Court found powerful expression at the ACTU Congress Bast week. The Congress unanimously carried a resolution…

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Police at Blakehurst

The St George Call · Thursday 15 September 1955 · page 7

The Superintendent of the Police Motor Traffic Branch informed Mr. W. F. (Bill) Crabtree, M.L.A. for Kogarah that as a result of his…

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A Failure turned to MURDER PAmazing career of Ronald True ended in a luxury life in a criminal insane asylum

The World's News · Saturday 17 September 1955 · page 4

THE tragic story of Ronald True, one of the most amazing in the annals of modern crime, is that of a man who, having failed at…

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Stealing Charge

The Biz · Wednesday 21 September 1955 · page 2

Richard King, of Avisford Street, Fairfield, was fined £15 for stealing a gearbox valued at £10, the property of Reginald…

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GRANVILLE Police Assurance On Vandalism Complaints

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 21 September 1955 · page 11

Vandalism is not high in Granville, according to the Police Department. The Department has told Parramatta City Council…

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Two Year's Gaol for Valueless Cheques

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 September 1955 · page 2

TO ten charges of obtaining money by issue of valueless cheques Cecil Patrick Cox (32), waiter at Kurrajong…

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£29 Fine for Assault on Child

The Biz · Wednesday 28 September 1955 · page 14

A fine of £20 was imposed upon Leonard Williams (27) of Mariborough St., Smithfield at Liverpool Court on Monday, September…

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Protest at plan to murder Persian leader

Tribune · Wednesday 28 September 1955 · page 2

THE Communist Party of Australia has cabled the Persian Premier, General Zahedi, against the death sentence imposed on Dr…

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Mt Pritchard Death Police Think Man Drank Poison

The Biz · Wednesday 28 September 1955 · page 6

Police believe a Polish migrant who died in Liverpool Hospital last week drank a concoction of rum and a weed killer…

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St. Geo. Police Boys' Club Local Lad Fights Well

The St George Call · Thursday 29 September 1955 · page 6

Bob Ravese of the St. George Police Boys' Club, has had a great deal of success. After only six months in the ring he has had eight wins in eight…

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SHEEP Police 'Frustrated' Over Sheep Stealing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 September 1955 · page 8

President of the N.S.W. Graziers' Association, Mr. D. W. Bucknell, said this week that sheep stealing in N.S.W. was now becoming a major problem. Mr. Bucknell said the…

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