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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1957

175 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 9

Suspended Gaol Sentence for Car Driver Drive-under-Influence, False Information, and Other Charges

Nepean Times · Thursday 21 February 1957 · page 1

A car driver who had previously been fined for driving while under the influence of liquor and was under…

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Gaoled for Stealing a Fairfield Youth

The Biz · Wednesday 27 February 1957 · page 13

A 19-year-old youth was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with, hard labor for breaking, entering and stealing goods…

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Police Not Ad. Canvassers

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 27 February 1957 · page 4

Granville Police had not accompanied a canvasser soliciting advertisements for a…

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In a Russian Court

Tribune · Wednesday 27 February 1957 · page 6

TO attend a Court of Petty Sessions in an Australian inner suburb, particularly on a Monday…

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More Police Aldermen's Claim for Fairfield

The Biz · Wednesday 27 February 1957 · page 21

That Fairfield district needed additional police was advocated at the last meeting of Fairfield Council…

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Police called, but safety inspection went on

Tribune · Wednesday 27 February 1957 · page 10

SYDNEY: Police were called on Monday in a vain effort to remove union officials from the building being erected for the NSW…

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The King Vault, St. Marys Police Consult Historical Society

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 March 1957 · page 4

As a result of some deterioration of the King Vault at the church yard of St. Mary Magdalene Church, St. Marys,…

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Court appeal has dangers for TU Movement

Tribune · Wednesday 20 March 1957 · page 2

SYDNEY: Shipowners have appealed to both the High Court and Commonwealth Industrial Court against the decision of a lower court dismissing charges against two officials of the Sydney…

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Record Verdict at Penrith District Court Arising From Street Accident One Witness from New Zealand

Nepean Times · Thursday 21 March 1957 · page 1

On Friday last, at Penrith District Court, after a hearing lasting five days, a verdict was returned by a jury of four for £3,500 in favour of Paul Michael Crowley, aged seven years, of Mulgoa…

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Murder is news

Tribune · Wednesday 27 March 1957 · page 8

"SON Seized in Plane Blast Killing Mother, 43 Others." "Dad Kills Family, Sets Bodies Afire."…

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Police Farewell

The Biz · Wednesday 27 March 1957 · page 3

About 40 members of Fairfield, Liverpool, Camden, Campbelltown and Cabramatta police, attached to division 22…

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Fairfield Police

The Biz · Wednesday 27 March 1957 · page 16

Last week-end Fairfield police arrested three persons for offensive behaviour, 11 drunks, one person for insulting words…

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Court Ballot Costs Union £3000

Tribune · Wednesday 27 March 1957 · page 3

Last year's Court conducted ballot for a position on the Commonwealth Council of the Australian Engineering Union cost the union £2,996. The same ballot conducted under rules of the union would cost approximately £200. MR. W. BUCKLEY Organiser of…

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Robberies at Cabramatta Fairfield Police Make Arrests

The Biz · Wednesday 27 March 1957 · page 16

Sebuel to several robberies in Cabramatta last Wednesday night was the appearance at Liverpool Court last Monday of…

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Tribune Stop the Bomb Tests Fight Court ballots now

Tribune · Wednesday 27 March 1957 · page 2

IF in the course of the next year or so your child develops alarming symptoms of blood…

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These men were wrongly iailed and these unions fined by Arbitration Court without legal power

Tribune · Wednesday 27 March 1957 · page 3

WATERSIDE WORKERS' FEDERATION: £2,000 in July, 1949, under special Fund Freezing legislation introduced by Chifley Government to smash the Miners' strike. £500 in 1952 for an overtime ban in support of margins claims. AMALGAMATED ENGINEERING UNION: 1954: £150 and £450 for strike of…

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Road Safety: Good Brakes (Supplied by Traffic Branch of the Police Department)

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 March 1957 · page 8

Do you realise how long it takes to pull up a car in an emergency. Every driver should be on intimate terms with this…

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Police on Trial

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 29 March 1957 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Wednesday: Eleven border police officers and other ranks of the Israeli National Forces are being tried before a military court for the murder of 47 Arab villagers last October…

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Stop Press World Court May Ask Opinion

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 29 March 1957 · page 10

WASHINGTON: Thursday: The U.S. is pressing Israel to agree to the stationing of UNEF troops in Israel…

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Fairfield Police

The Biz · Wednesday 3 April 1957 · page 9

Fairfield police still have numerous push bikes awaiting owners. Last week- end Fairfield police…

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