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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1968

58 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 3

Magistrate Throws Out Gorton Meeting Charge

Tribune · Wednesday 1 May 1968 · page 8

Melbourne: A charge of offensive behaviour against an anti-Vietnam war demonstrator was dismissed in the Elsternwick court last week. The demonstrator, Mr. David…

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Police Deny Sign Obscure

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 14 May 1968 · page 3

Signs prohibiting right-hand turns near Merrylands level crossing could easily be…

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Les Etudiants Les Syndicats Le Viet-nam La Police Quatre mouvements confondus a Paris

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 17 May 1968 · page 1

T certaine souffrance. Certes, il s'agit d'un manifestation de masse contre…

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Kennedy Murder and Us

Tribune · Wednesday 12 June 1968 · page 2

"AUSTRALIA has the potential to kill a Robert Kennedy," Mr. E. St. John, QC, Liberal MP for Warringah, said in Sydney last Sunday…

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L’attitude De La Police Municipale

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 14 June 1968 · page 5

La tache des forces de l'ordre n'est cerviolence s'empare de con…

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Gaol for protester: 'incredible'

Tribune · Wednesday 19 June 1968 · page 1

MELBOURNE: A student, Mr. Brian Currie, was sentenced to three 7-day jail terms last week after an…

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Archaic set-up breeds Fremantle gaol revolt

Tribune · Wednesday 19 June 1968 · page 4

PERTH: In the light of the history and conditions of Fremantle Prison, the recent riot of prisoners is hardly surprising. Built in 1855, few major changes have been made to…

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Border Checks Reply to Bonn's Police Laws

Tribune · Wednesday 19 June 1968 · page 9

LAST WEEK'S control on traffic through the German Democratic Republic, between West Germany and West Berlin, were the latest GDR reply to the sharp anti-democratic trend in West Germany. Enactment in Bonn of the harsh and dangerous…

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Hyland Takes Police Award

The Biz · Thursday 20 June 1968 · page 3

Officer-in-charge of Merrylands Police Traffic Branch, Sergeant. F. Hyland, has been selected as the NSW Police Force's sportsman of the year…

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Hyland wins police sport award

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 25 June 1968 · page 3

Officer-in-charge of Merrylands Police Traffic Branch, Sergeant F. Hyland, has been selected as the NSW Police Force's sports-man of the year…

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Police protect prison from student protesters

Tribune · Wednesday 26 June 1968 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Police lined up outside Pentridge Jail last Wednesday as about 50 students and others completed a four-mile march from Melbourne University to protest against…

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Police power bursts into bloom

Tribune · Wednesday 10 July 1968 · page 5

POW! Suddenly last week it burst violently into bloom -- not flower power, but police power…

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Disgusted by Police Violence, Says Aja

Tribune · Wednesday 10 July 1968 · page 3

SYDNEY: Trade unions reacted sharply to the news of police violence against demonstrators and pressmen in…

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Troopers and truncheons at Melbourne Consulate Police Celebrate July 4

Tribune · Wednesday 10 July 1968 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Strong feeling about the barbarity of the Vietnam war erupted here last Thursday (July 4) in the city's most powerful protest yet seen against the war. The crowd of 2,000 demonstrators which crowded the footpath and most of the road outside the US Consulate…

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and adds a postscript Ladies' Day at the Court

Tribune · Wednesday 17 July 1968 · page 5

THERE were plenty of men there, but very predominantly it was Ladies' Day at Conciliation…

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Wide Angle Next Door, Mass Murder Goes on

Tribune · Wednesday 31 July 1968 · page 3

NEW South Wales Premier Askin's grisly "drive over the bastards" has again stripped the…

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A Poor Man's Guide to Civil Rights Police Powers and Citizens' Rights Including Motorists' Rights, by John Bennett (Secretary, Victorian Council for Civil Liberties). Price 20c. Freedom of Expression in Australia, by John Bennett. Price 30c

Tribune · Wednesday 31 July 1968 · page 6

THIS excellent booklet of sixteen pages should appeal to both the lawyer and the non lawyer…

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Promotion for police

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 6 August 1968 · page 2

Four police constables at Merrylands, No. 26 division, were among promotions announced…

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Students force no-snooping promise Police Spy Car Kept Captive on Campus

Tribune · Wednesday 7 August 1968 · page 1

Sydney University students last Friday struck the most dramatic and resounding blow yet against political-police spying on democratic student activity. The students, having detected two top NSW Special…

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Letters to the Editor Police Keep Eye' on Qld. Peace Meeting

Tribune · Wednesday 14 August 1968 · page 11

FROM last Friday until Sunday afternoon I had the honour to be Chairman of a Conference held in the Trades Hall, Brisbane, about ways to end the war in Vietnam…

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