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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1955

281 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 15

Tourney court three feet short

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1955 · page 35

Complaining competitors discovered their tennis court in the Seaside championships at Manly was three feet short. Admitting the error today, tournament secretary…

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Police Fear Fire Bug Is in City

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1955 · page 1

Police, gravely alarmed over the mounting number of fires in the heart of the city, believe a fire-bug is at large. In the past fortnight, five fires have broken out in a…

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Police Fears of Fire-bug Roaming City

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1955 · page 3

Police, gravely alarmed over the mounting number of fires in the heart of the city, believe a fire-bug is at large. In the past fortnight, five…

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Police Fear Fire Bug Is in City

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1955 · page 1

Police, gravely alarmed over the mounting number of fires in the heart of the city, believe a fire-bug is at large. In the past fortnight, five fires have broken out in a…

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Police Fears of Fire-bug Roaming City

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1955 · page 3

Police, gravely alarmed over the mounting number of fires in the heart of the city, believe a fire-bug is at large. In the past fortnight, five…

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Police Fears of Fire-bug Roaming City

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1955 · page 3

Police, gravely alarmed over the mounting number of fires in the heart of the city, believe a fire-bug is at large. In the past fortnight, five…

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Police Fears of Fire-bug Roaming City

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1955 · page 3

Police, gravely alarmed over the mounting number of fires in the heart of the city, believe a fire-bug is at large. In the past fortnight, five…

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Man charges wife with theft

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 5

A man had taken out a warrant for his wife's arrest after she had left him claiming she had stolen £406 from him, solicitor Mr. P. N. Roach said in Central Court today…

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Ex-mayor charged on taxi plates

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 5

A Campsie detective sergeant told Newtown Court today that a former Mayor of Waterloo…

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Paul Temple The Cain Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 31

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Paul Temple The Cain Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 31

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Paul Temple The Cain Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 31

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Young Woman Doctor Faces Murder Count

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Thurs. -- A story of love and jealousy is expected to unfold today at the trial of Dr. Senga Florence Whittingham (27) for the murder of Dr. John Williams Saunders (27)…

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Woman Facing Murder Count Falls in Dock

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 1

DUNEDIN (N.Z.), Thurs.--Dr. Senga Florence Whittingham (27), collapsed and fell when her name was called to answer a murder charge here today…

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Woman Facing Murder Count Falls in Dock

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 1

DUNEDIN (N.Z.), Thurs.--Dr. Senga Florence Whittingham (27), tripped and fell on her faces when her name was called to answer a murder charge here today…

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Police drag Murray for two bodies

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 5

Police dragging for the bodies of two of the four people drowned when their boat sank in the Murray River about 35 miles from Wentworth last night are being hampered by the unusual river…

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Merchant in court Royal Arcade Arson Alleged

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 4

An elderly merchant was remanded to January 13 in Central Court today on charges of arson at the Royal Arcade, Pitt St., and attempting to obtain money from an insurance…

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Sequel to cyclist's death in collision Police Scour Underworld for Man

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 3

Police today are scouring underworld haunts for a man they want to interview in connection with the death of a motor-cyclist in a collision last…

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Sequel to cyclist's death in collision Police Scour Underworld for Man

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 3

Police today are scouring underworld haunts for a man they want fo interview in connection with the death of a motor-cyclist in a collision last…

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Sequel to cyclist's death in collision Police Scour Underworld for Man

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 3

Police today are scouring under world haunts for a man they want to interview in connection with the death of a motor-cyclist in a collision last…

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