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Courts & crime, 1955

281 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 15

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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More Jews Arrested by Egyptian Police

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 7 January 1955 · page 1

TEL AVIV.—With the trial in Cairo of a number of Jews charged with espionage drawing to its close, the Israel public was shocked by the news of six more arrests by the Cairo police…

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Watch Those Statements To The Police— N.R.M.A.

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1955 · page 24

Motorists often experience unexpected troubles in law courts through statements made in all good faith to the police, says the N.R.M.A…

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Wife Charged Alleged Stealing From Husband

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 12 January 1955 · page 4

Police on Thursday chaged a woman by warrant, with having storen £400 from her husband. She is Mrs. Thelma Green (34)…

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Murder scheme in America jail transfer?

Tribune · Wednesday 12 January 1955 · page 9

NEW YORK. -- US authorities have moved one Alexander Pavlovitch from his former prison to Alcatraz. SIGNIFICANCE of this is that…

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A widow writes of torture and murder

Tribune · Wednesday 12 January 1955 · page 8

THIS letter, from a woman in Iran, fells a terrible story that calls for action by every Australian democrat. The…

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Registrar OK's irregular Court ballot petition

Tribune · Wednesday 12 January 1955 · page 3

Commonwealth Industrial Registrar J. E. Taylor has granted a Court ballot in the AEU although he admits that the application was not made within the time prescribed by the regulations…

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AEU strike threat over Court fines

Tribune · Wednesday 12 January 1955 · page 10

TWO biff Amalgamated Engineering Union districts have called on their Commonwealth Council to organise a national…

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Lack of Playing Areas at St. Marys Magistrate's Outspoken Comment

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 January 1955 · page 2

THE lack of children's playing areas at St. Marys was the subject of comment from the bench at Penrith Court of…

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FICTION The Centre Court

The World's News · Saturday 22 January 1955 · page 10

THE centre court was a carpet, a huge strip of axminster tossed in between the canyoning stands to fill the…

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True Crime Case of the Fastidious Waiter Henri enjoyed life. He had never subscribed to the fuddy-duddy view that murder was a nasty business

The World's News · Saturday 22 January 1955 · page 18

AS a waiter in a Parisan cafe, Henri de Tourville was already on the way to fame. His smooth and charming attention, his…

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Petrov charged with selling liquor to nightclubs

Tribune · Wednesday 26 January 1955 · page 10

The three Petrov judges last week refused a request for witnesses to be called on the charge that Petrov had sold stolen whisky to Sydney nightclubs. UNDER cross-examination by…

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Union Rep Walks Out of Industrial Court

Tribune · Wednesday 26 January 1955 · page 12

Mr. E. Wilson, Chairman of the Delegate Board at the Homebush Abattoirs, walked out of the State Industrial mission recently. MR. WILSON said he didn't come…

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FICTION Solving a murder at sea is no easy task but Captain Geary found it particularly difficult because he had.... Many Killers Too

The World's News · Saturday 29 January 1955 · page 20

THE Yellow Sea was calm and still as gleaming brass. Above it the sky burned, a clear, flame-like blue…

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Blacksmiths oppose dependence on Arb Court

Tribune · Wednesday 2 February 1955 · page 10

SYDNEY: A special meeting last week of the Sydney Branch of the Blacksmiths' Society endorsed moves made…

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True Crime Murder and the Gallows Gardenia For 15 years, reporters kept the secret of the mystery woman in the case of the bizarre killer

The World's News · Saturday 5 February 1955 · page 19

ONE night in New Orleans (USA), a few years ago—on June 23, 1950, to be exact—the proprietor of an apartment building on Esplanade…

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Police Praise 10 P.m. Drinkers, Hotel Keepers

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 9 February 1955 · page 1

Hotel licencees and the drinking public were co-operating "marvellously" on 10…

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Terror swept Pittsburg while police investigated the.. Mad Dog Doctor a thin line divided genius and madness

The World's News · Saturday 12 February 1955 · page 30

A LITTLE more than 30 years ago, Pittsburgh (USA) hailed Dr. Peter Lamont as its most brilliant surgeon…

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Fiction Hobby for Murder Her letter said she would be murdered by "the third" because she lacked "the fifth". But what did that mean?

The World's News · Saturday 12 February 1955 · page 22

MURDER is never clever and the killing of Brenda Lagross was as crude as any similar crime…

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SEATO Conf'ence plans Asian police state

Tribune · Wednesday 16 February 1955 · page 1

Minister for External Affairs Casey has gone to the Bangkok meeting of SEATO which, ostensibly, is to maintain peace by "curbing red aggression" in Asia…

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