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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1956

135 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 7

Fined £15 for Stealing

The Biz · Wednesday 14 November 1956 · page 11

A fine of £15 on each charge was imposed upon Kevin Bernard Smith (37), of Fairfield, when convicted on two charges…

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Police Dog Training

The Biz · Wednesday 14 November 1956 · page 3

Mr. Con Schelton, trainer at all Alsatian police dogs, will give a display with some of these animals on Saturday afternoon…

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Parking Police Asked for Cabramatta and Fairfield

The Biz · Wednesday 14 November 1956 · page 16

Police Traffic Branch writing to Fairfield Council, referred to Council's communication of September 3, 1956, and…

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Police Chase Youths Two Girls Abandoned in Car

The Biz · Wednesday 14 November 1956 · page 14

Police alleged in Parramatta Court of Petty Sessions on Monday that four youths had abandoned two girls in a stolen car…

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Four Months Gaol Driving Under Influence Charge

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 November 1956 · page 1

Mieczyslow Stachowski, of Polish nationality, who was formerly a prisoner of war in it, German camp, pleaded…

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Co-operation of Road- Users Traffic Branch's Desire (From Traffic Branch, N.S.W. Police)

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 November 1956 · page 3

One million! This is a figure that has received tremendous publicity in press and radio in recent months. One million…

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103 Juveniles Before Court

The Biz · Wednesday 28 November 1956 · page 7

About 200 parents and children formed a queue Outside Liverpool Courthouse last Wednesday when 103 juvenile cases were dealt with…

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Murder Charge Cabramatta Boy Remanded

The Biz · Wednesday 5 December 1956 · page 8

Graham Godfrey (14), of Alick Street, Cabramatta, who has been committed for trial for the murder of a…

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Police Change Concern

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 December 1956 · page 4

Transfer of Granvilie area to control of Parramatta police division is…

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Police Increase Cycle Patrols

The Biz · Wednesday 5 December 1956 · page 21

Twenty additional police motor-cyclists would soon operate on the State's highways, said the Metropolitan…

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Denham Court Roads

The Biz · Wednesday 5 December 1956 · page 20

N. Mihovilovic has drawn Liverpool council's attention to the condition of Denham Court Road and asking Council to…

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MPs tell of secret police's dirty work Special Representative

Tribune · Wednesday 5 December 1956 · page 10

CANBERRA: Menzies' Bill giving the Security Service statutory authority has been condemned by such rabid anti-Communists as Irving Douglas (Truth) and Eric Baume (Sydney Sun) as "enabling what is virtually a secret police…

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"Murder In Hungary" Mr. Jeff Bate at Federal Liberal Meeting

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 December 1956 · page 3

The following resolution was moved by the Member for Macarthur, Mr, Jeff Bate, M.P., at the meeting of the Federal…

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Cabramatta Killing Four Years Gaol for Boy

The Biz · Wednesday 19 December 1956 · page 23

Mr. Justice Collins, in the Central Criminal Court, sentenced a 14-year-old boy to four years' gaol for the…

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No. 22 Div. Annual Dinner Police & Guests Re-union

The Biz · Wednesday 19 December 1956 · page 14

The large dining hall of Liverpool Bowling Club could not accommodate the overflowing assemblage of guests and…

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Penrith R.L. Boys' Club Visited by Police Inspector

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 December 1956 · page 2

At the invitation of Penrith Rugby League Football Club, Inspector Scholtz, officer-in-charge, of Penrith police district, visited…

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