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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1958

176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 9

No Anti-Semitism in Fitzer Murder

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 11 April 1958 · page 1

Police investigating the Isaac Fitzer murder this week ruled out the possibility of a…

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Fairfield Murder

The Biz · Wednesday 16 April 1958 · page 23

Fairfield detectives have held a Fairfield youth for questioning in connection with the murder of Isaac Fitzer, in Civic Arcade…

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Boy Charged with Murder

The Biz · Wednesday 23 April 1958 · page 17

A 15-year-old boy was charged in the Children's Court, Surry Hills last week with the murder of Isaak Fitzer, 75, storekeeper…

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Many Cycles at Fairfield Police Station

The Biz · Wednesday 23 April 1958 · page 35

If you have lost your push bike, it may be among the large number of mislaid cycles now at Fairfield Police station…

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Property Flooded Court Writ Mentioned

The Biz · Wednesday 23 April 1958 · page 25

Edgley, Brown and Sanderson. Fairfield, wrote to Fairfield Council advising that they act for Mr. and Mrs. G. N…

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Police Arrest Thieves Exciting Chase -- Shots Fired at Cabramatta

The Biz · Wednesday 23 April 1958 · page 8

After chasing thieves in a car at high''.speed and firing several shots Sydney detectives Arrested three men at…

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Traffic Police Have Been Active

Nepean Times · Thursday 24 April 1958 · page 3

There is a general stepping up of control over road irregularities amongst the users of the road…

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Gaol for Teacher

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 2 May 1958 · page 6

OFFENBURG: A 51year-old West German school teacher was gaoled for a year last…

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Sentenced to the Rising

Nepean Times · Thursday 8 May 1958 · page 10

A young man, married to an Australian girl, and they have one child, was charged at Penrith last week with having…

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Police Alerted as Riots Hit Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 9 May 1958 · page 1

TEL AVIV: Police and riot scguads were on the alert all this week after Communist demonstrators had injured seven policemen near the…

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Dougherty charged as "disrupter" by A.C.T.U.

Tribune · Wednesday 14 May 1958 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Interstate Executive of the Australian Council of Trade Unions has made a strong reply to…

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Jai[?] of Sale of H.p, Cars Canley Vale Man Sentenced

The Biz · Wednesday 14 May 1958 · page 27

A man who traded in a 1950 tourer for an almost new sedan, and then sold the sedan while both cars were subject to…

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Roman Idea Four Houses Grouped With Enclosed Court

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 14 May 1958 · page 10

Government architects are reaching back into history for a solution to the problem of increasing the population density of State housing areas and thus reducing urban sprawl in New Zealand cities. They are experimenting on…

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District Court Hears Evidence in Harman Compensation Claim

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 May 1958 · page 1

District Court was opened in Penrith Court House on Monday morning, and Judge Berne faced a long list of cases to be heard. After the dinner break the case Harman v…

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Fairfield Murder Youth (16) for Trial

The Biz · Wednesday 21 May 1958 · page 4

A 16-year-old youth was committed for trial at Liverpool Coroner's Court, last Friday, on a charge of having murdered a 75…

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Fairfield Police Officers Commended

The Biz · Wednesday 21 May 1958 · page 1

Two Fairfield police officers have been commended by the Chief of N.S.W. Police. Commissioner C. J. Delaney, for…

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Union Withdraws Court Ballot

Tribune · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 4

PERTH: It has been reported that a ballot for official positions in the Bricklayers' Union has been withdrawn from the hands of the…

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Petrov Case Echo Secret police hounding engineer

Tribune · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 8

HOBART: An engineer of nearly 30 years experience says that he has lost three jobs in five months through the direct intervention of the "Australian Security…

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Vaccine Found in Fairfield After Anonymous Call to Police

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 30

Deadly anthrax vaccine which dropped off a truck at Granville on Tuesday week was recovered in the grounds of…

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Man Charged with Murder Awarded £550 Damages

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 May 1958 · page 1

A man who is now in Long Bay Gaol, awaiting trial on a charge of murder, was this week awarded £550 damages by judge Berne in the Penrith District Court, for injuries sustained in a motor car accident…

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