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Courts & crime, 1972

72 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 4

State Police Corruption

Tribune · Tuesday 22 August 1972 · page 6

Allegations made in the Burton murder case currently being heard in Sydney highlight a serious crisis in the NSW Police Force…

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Editorial Police Corruption

Tribune · Tuesday 22 August 1972 · page 3

The myth off Australia's 'reasonable cops' has been disintegrating rapidly over the past few years. Hardly a month has passed without some scandal managing to force its way into the open…

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Police warn doctors

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 22 August 1972 · page 13

Police have warned western area doctors to take maximum security…

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A court that favored racism

Tribune · Tuesday 29 August 1972 · page 8

Sydney New South Wales State Attorney-General McCaw last week made it clear that the ghost of the Springbok racist football tour still haunts the…

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Pistols Get Them in more on the police

Tribune · Tuesday 29 August 1972 · page 6

MELBOURNE: "I agree that the wearing of pistols is not really necessary in our service, but anything which will stimulate interest in a police career must be…

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Court report

Tribune · Tuesday 5 September 1972 · page 10

Recently when I went to the Sydney court of Petty Sessions to see what was going on, I found I was the only member of the public present not concerned with the court…

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Minister of Police Accuses N.u.s.a.s

Tharunka · Tuesday 5 September 1972 · page 7

The Minister of Police, Mr. S. L. Muller, accused the National Union of South African Students on Thursday, July 27, of being "Unpatriotic on the side…

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Police in the land off Papa Joh A Queensland correspondent continues Tribune's current series on corruption and crime in Australian police forces

Tribune · Tuesday 5 September 1972 · page 6

In December 1969, Mr. Bill Hayden, a former Queensland policeman and a member of Federal Labor's shadow cabinet, said in a Melbourne radio broadcast that Queensland police had the worst…

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Police Efficiency

Tharunka · Tuesday 19 September 1972 · page 3

Sir, “What would you do if your house was broken into tonight?”. Consider — In Sydney’s Eastern…

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Police, syndicates & the drug racket

Tribune · Tuesday 26 September 1972 · page 3

The first Part of an article by a TRIBUNE special correspondent on the link-up of illegal trafficking in marijuana, and…

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Blacks to boycott court cases

Tribune · Tuesday 26 September 1972 · page 12

SYDNEY: Black militants announced at the NSW Labor Council meeting last Thursday that seven of them who were arrested during the police riots when the Aboriginal…

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Artists paint on court hoarding

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 26 September 1972 · page 5

Artists will paint on hoarding around the new courthouse in Parramatta as part of a unique open air art competition sponsored by Cumberland Newspapers…

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Man charged with bombing CPA

Tribune · Tuesday 3 October 1972 · page 12

BRISBANE: A death list of 100, gelignite, Owen guns and small arms figured highly in the plans of Brisbane nazis, according to the testimony of an ex-nazi leading light,…

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That book: busy day in court

Tribune · Tuesday 3 October 1972 · page 12

BRISBANE: The Brisbane Magistrate's Court was busy on September 20-21. It was, however, not trying Ustasha bombers but was instead trying sellers of The Little…

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Police visit Tribune

Tribune · Tuesday 10 October 1972 · page 12

Tribune received a visit last Thursday morning from Det.-Inspector Worland and Det.-Sergeant Palmer, of Police Headquarters. They were making inquiries…

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Italian Police Extend Inquiries

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 October 1972 · page 14

ROME: Police inquiries into terrorist activities in Italy have now been extended to Israeli students to ascertain whether they are indulging in "provocative action inspired by ideological motives which…

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Court Detains Ex-irgun Chief

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 October 1972 · page 11

TEL AVIV: Israel's Supreme Court has over-ridden a Tel Aviv District Court judgement ordering the release of Mr Amihai Paglin on $7,500 bail and confinement…

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Trois Prefets de Police en province

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 13 October 1972 · page 1

Huit jours après avoir nommé le premier Préfet de Police en province à Lyon — en a désigné deux autres: l'un…

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More Resisters Face Gaol

Tharunka · Wednesday 18 October 1972 · page 6

Last month, two draft resisters were gaoled for refusing to attend National Service Medicals. They were Peter Donoughue, a student at Sydney…

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Tourist Is Charged

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 October 1972 · page 9

TEL AVIV: A woman tourist who came to Israel from Germany has been sentenced to three months' imprisonmnt for cruel acts against other women in a Nazi labor camp during World War II…

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