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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1955

281 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 15

Royal Be[?]corpse The murder mystery that even Scolland Yard couldn't solve Part One

The World's News · Saturday 1 October 1955 · page 18

IT was one of the stately homes of England and business was booming. My Uncle Charles escorted the…

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No Name on the Search Warrant The police chief had to match cunning with cunning to catch the clever thi[?] Ellery Queen's Cbime File

The World's News · Saturday 1 October 1955 · page 6

"AS you are visiting Yugoslavia for a short time only, Mr. Queen," said my friend the journalist as we sat in his favorite coffee…

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Marathon Court Day

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 October 1955 · page 6

The number of cases listed for Penrith Court of Petty Sessions on Friday, September 30, must surely have been a record for…

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Bribe Offer to Police

The Biz · Wednesday 12 October 1955 · page 14

At Parramatta Court of Petty Sessions on Monday a plaster cutter was fined £10 for trying to tribe a police officer, and £3 for…

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Ellery Queen's Crime File Death in the HAREM When the English bride of Tewfik Bey collapsed in the whirling dance, it could have been suicide, or murder

The World's News · Saturday 15 October 1955 · page 6

THE day she was 21, Nancy Stithers, a romantic English girl, left her home and went…

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Six Months' Gaol—took Vehicle

The Biz · Wednesday 19 October 1955 · page 3

Raymond Clarke (28), of Carrington Street, Carramar, was sentenced to six months' gaol at Liverpool Court last week when…

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Depressed, Took to Drink Car Driver Before the Court

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 October 1955 · page 2

LET off on a bond on a charge of driving a car while he was under the influence of intoxicating liquor, but…

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Police Attack Opens Apprenticeship Week

Tribune · Wednesday 26 October 1955 · page 1

Apprenticeship Week began in Sydney on Monday with police confiscating apprentices' banners, grabbing and cross-questioning six apprentices, hounding apprentices away from the Domain and calling them "half-bred bodgies."…

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Dulles, generals move to destroy Geneva spirit Eve of Foreign Ministers' Conference These Men Plan Murder!

Tribune · Wednesday 26 October 1955 · page 4

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation generals who are planning the murder of the Geneva Spirit,the new hope which swept the world after the Geneva meeting of the Big Four. (See story below.) LONDON: Cold, calculated moves to destroy the Geneva Spirit which has brought new hope…

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Thefts at Hotel Gaol for Two Men

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 October 1955 · page 9

The alertness of Constable W. Power, of the Springwood Police, resulted in the arrest and conviction of two men for theft…

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Fairfield Police

The Biz · Wednesday 2 November 1955 · page 11

Prompt action by Sgt. McCarthy and Constable L. Goodridge, of Fairfield, resulted in a 21-years-old man being arrested in…

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Permanent police rule for Kenya

Tribune · Wednesday 2 November 1955 · page 4

PLANS for prolonged police rule in Kenya were put to an opening session of the Kenya Legislative Council in Nairobi…

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Wharfies' Resolution Exposes Govt. Court

Tribune · Wednesday 2 November 1955 · page 3

The Waterside Workers' Federal Council, after careful consideration and discussion on the Arbitration Court's refusal to grant their members increased margins and haying weighed up the decisions and opinions of stop-work meetings,…

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Explosives Danger Lecture by Fairfield Police

The Biz · Wednesday 9 November 1955 · page 16

The frequency with which small boys find explosives, such as detonators, fuses, etc., and try to satisfy their childish…

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Springwood Road Safety Competition Conducted by Police and School Staff

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 November 1955 · page 7

Winners of the various sections of the road safety essay and poster contest conducted by Constables C. Elliott and W…

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The Call's Motor News Service a Message from the Police Dept. to Motor Cyclists Handle Bar Controls

The St George Call · Thursday 10 November 1955 · page 6

From closed to fully opened the twist grip which operates the throttle should move easily and with complete smoothness…

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Napoleon Bonaparte Solves A Murder

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 November 1955 · page 20

The followers of Napoleon Bonaparte—surely the most original of all modern fictional detectives—increase rapidly with each of Australian author Arthur Upfield's new books…

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Romance and murder brought a sudden, grisly end to an ambitious mother's rosy dream. The Red Maiden of Madrid Ellery Queen's Crime File

The World's News · Saturday 12 November 1955 · page 10

THE term "anarchist" these days is an all but forgotten word. But Spaniards still have…

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Stealing Charge

The Biz · Wednesday 16 November 1955 · page 18

Peter Edward Jackson, of Canley Road. Canley Vale, was sentenced to two months' jail with hard labour, at Liverpool Court…

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Car Stealing Fairfield Brothers on Bond

The Biz · Wednesday 16 November 1955 · page 26

Judye Brennan told two brothers, aged 22 and 18, that they must obey their father and allow him to choose their…

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