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15/10/1945 Charge fails: soldier’s evidence is surprise to solicitor
21/10/1945 76-year-old former J.P. bound over
07/07/1946 Councillor sentenced
18/07/1946 Councillor’s appeal
29/12/1946 Police stepped: mother says she stopped notes sent to son
19/02/1947 Sisters will become brothers
09/03/1947 Sisters change sex: two Italians, engaged to childhood friends
06/04/1947 Teacher bound over
27/04/1947 4 years of blackmail by boy aged 16
25/05/1947 Village disgraced: hiding might have saved a youth, says judge
21/09/1947 Stoker got £6,000, three years’ sentence for blackmail
26/10/1947 Sailor cleared of manslaughter
30/10/1947 Girls accused of ‘marrying’ plead love
23/11/1947 Victim in tale of a trap is acquitted
30/11/1947 Preyed on others: gaoled men told their conduct was a menace
21/12/1947 Denial of shooting his ‘best friend’: wedding organist for trial on murder charge
14/03/1948 Forest crawl led to two sentences: ex-miner curate convinced
28/03/1948 Hidden police heard boys demand £20
11/04/1948 ‘Mr. X’ says threats made him run away: youth of 17 accused
18/04/1948 Guilty plea in menaces case: demands to “Mr. X”
16/05/1948 Impersonator sent to gaol: stopped express story
30/05/1948 House of Commons official accused: remanded on bail
06/06/1948 Friend acquitted of manslaughter: scuffle led to death
13/06/1948 ‘Ruin’ of a Commons official
04/07/1948 Vicar fined after shopping trip: plea of police error
01/08/1948 Rector fined after holiday
21/08/1948 Posed as woman for a £5 bet
12/09/1948 Clergyman sent for trial: “identity mistake” urged
26/09/1948 Viscount wrestler accuses guests: says home was robbed
10/10/1948 Vicar was wrongly identified: cleared of charges
19/12/1948 ‘The Guv’nor’s’ pose to trap victims: ticket-of-leave man was a society playboy and racegoer
31/07/1949 Old Bailey jury clears doctor: youth’s admission
18/09/1949 Court gives advice to ex-Scout leader: shun youth movements
23/09/1949 Police suspicion of boarding house: men in grave charges
02/10/1949 Four in ‘snowball’ case
16/10/1949 Destroy this book, says Recorder
16/10/1949 What the policeman saw…
30/10/1949 Punished by youth for bribery bid: “deserved it”, says judge
11/12/1949 Mr. X tells of phone talk about photos
18/12/1949 “Hot spot” boarding house sentences: visit by detectives
13/08/1950 Tell vicar threat denied by youth: three letters quoted in ‘Mr. X’ blackmail accusations
08/10/1950 Judge names ‘Mr. X’ as an ‘evil-doer’
05/11/1950 ‘Thought man was woman’ story: charge is now murder
26/11/1950 He killed man who dressed as a woman
07/01/1951 Is park peeping a crime? Question to be argued
14/01/1951 Police agree ‘peeping’ is no crime
18/02/1951 Schoolboy was in costume: “keen to go on stage”
25/02/1951 Psychologist is accused: police tell of denial
04/03/1951 Hanged prisoner left sealed note: reference to other man
11/03/1951 Engine-driver gets seven months: recorder’s comment
11/03/1951 The fantastic story of Terry Brown: doctor advises her to dress as a man
18/03/1951 Flat was watched from fire escape: two accused
25/03/1951 Psychologist: 8 charges
15/04/1951 This was the story of a ‘lost soul’
29/04/1951 Five troopers punished by court-martial
13/05/1951 Self-defence plea after a death: manslaughter verdict
03/06/1951 5 years for psychologist: ‘a dangerous man’, says judge
01/07/1951 Gaoled after strip poker
29/07/1951 ‘Redcap’ given truth drug
19/08/1951 Bailed man dead in river
23/09/1951 Ex-guardsman asked about the perils of Piccadilly
28/10/1951 Retired commander is cleared: jury stop case
28/10/1951 Attempted blackmail
10/02/1952 Oscar Wilde quoted at Major’s trial
24/02/1952 A girl lies dying in the shadow of the gallows: two-day drama as she faced murder trial on a stretcher
16/03/1952 Her woman friend cleared in ‘initials only’ suit
20/04/1952 [title missing], by Ernest Silverman
04/05/1952 ‘Ensnared’ after visit to luxury house
25/05/1952 Clerk lured to a West-End flat
25/05/1952 £5 man refused legal aid
01/06/1952 Undergrad lost a friendship
08/06/1952 Six men write down their names
22/06/1952 Pub raided after 5-day watch
22/06/1952 Professor attacked by guests in cathedral close
09/07/1952 Calvert trial boy banned
13/07/1952 “Mad Mike” awaits sentence
14/07/1952 ‘Mad Mike’ is dismissed
27/07/1952 Police look over a wall: B.B.C. men warned
17/08/1952 Ministry official’s sentence reduced: chief’s evidence
28/09/1952 “Pest-hole” says detective: tube station watch
28/09/1952 Director’s agony of waiting
05/10/1952 Nudist books forfeited
19/10/1952 The customer wasn’t just right
26/10/1952 Remanded men in women’s clothes: after week in prison
26/10/1952 10 men, two youths and a boy for trial
02/11/1952 Hero in female clothes gaoled
23/11/1952 Scandal exposed by the writing on the wall
30/11/1952 The dangerous age of 50
11/01/1953 M.P. changes plea to ‘not guilty’
18/01/1953 Police story of box & cox watch on M.P. in West End: charges denied, constable admits a lie
25/01/1953 Pantomime artists are given bail
25/01/1953 M.P. to appeal against Bow Street conviction: peculiar and unusual story, says Q.C.
31/01/1954 B.B.C. artist charged
01/02/1953 Husband dressed as a woman
22/02/1953 ‘Babes in the Wood’ artists gaoled
22/02/1953 M.P.’s appeal dismissed
15/03/1953 Man at the foot of the bed, says Mr. X
05/04/1953 Rendezvous at Speakers’ Corner
28/06/1953 Detective charged
19/07/1953 Gaoled C.I.D. man knew of baths watch
02/08/1953 Priest told he needs advice
09/08/1953 Women walk out of court
16/08/1953 M.P.’s appeal lodged
16/08/1953 Car number on cigarette packet
16/08/1953 Film man sent for trial
23/08/1953 Detective tells of photos in room
23/08/1953 Priest told: “see doctor”
13/09/1953 Raid on a public house: licensees summoned
13/09/1953 Captain resigned from his clubs
20/09/1953 Former mayor is accused
27/09/1953 Alleged to have been nearly penniless
04/10/1953 Former mayor to stay in hospital
04/10/1953 P.C. fined
11/10/1953 Author sentenced to nine months
11/10/1953 House “a pit of iniquity”
11/10/1953 A priest’s lost week-end
11/10/1953 M.P.’s appeal is dismissed
23/10/1953 P.C. shone torch in West End
25/10/1953 West End public house “pests”
25/10/1953 Sir John Gielgud told ‘see doctor’
25/10/1953 Vice victim of blackmailer
25/10/1953 Musician accused
01/11/1953 Bail for accused magistrate
06/11/1953 D.S.C. had thirst for knowledge: court plea
13/11/1953 Rector is sent for trial
15/11/1953 Lord Montagu: court cleared while scouts give evidence
29/11/1953 Trial of rector is adjourned
06/12/1953 Jury disagree over rector
13/12/1953 Plea to stop rector case: second jury diagree
20/12/1953 Rector acquitted at third trial: no evidence offered
20/12/1953 Musician is sent for trial
10/01/1954 Teacher acquitted on appeal: allowed costs
10/01/1954 Lord Montagu before a special court: accused with two men
31/01/1954 Six months’ for pianist: talented musician
31/01/1954 Montagu case R.A.F. men’s stories denied: Pitt-Rivers spoke of ‘witch hunt’, inspector tells court
21/02/1954 Actor-playwright is acquitted
07/03/1954 Police watch on priest
21/03/1954 Lord Montague case: the three accused in the witness-box
21/03/1954 6 months for ship’s doctor
28/03/1954 Man pretended to be hypnotised
28/03/1954 Lord Montague: now questions in parliament
04/04/1954 A hypnotist thanks judge
04/04/1954 A preacher and proud of it
11/04/1954 Montagu: a not guilty verdict
11/04/1954 Man who dressed up is warned
11/04/1954 The man with many friends
02/05/1954 The songs the police heard
02/05/1954 It was a case of moral murder
03/05/1954 Detective called on a curate
09/05/1954 Unusual case says judge
23/05/1954 Gaoled as warning to others
23/05/1954 No songs by beefy baritone
30/05/1954 Police tell of address books
30/05/1954 Clergyman for trial
30/05/1954 Sentenced ex-officer dies in cell
06/06/1954 The doctor’s curiosity
13/06/1954 Gaol the ‘kindest thing’ for them
13/06/1954 Warning to blind physiotherapist
20/06/1954 20-year sentence cut to 3 years
04/07/1954 To people in temptation…
04/07/1954 Judge’s warning
18/07/1954 He wasn’t what she seemed…
25/07/1954 Teacher destroyed his career
25/07/1954 A town rife with rumour
27/07/1954 The great enemy of character
01/08/1954 Magistrate stops case against archdeacon
01/08/1954 They infested a city
15/08/1954 Help for him – not punishment
26/09/1954 Songs in the saloon bar
21/11/1954 Airman went to cathedral
21/11/1954 He spread corruption
21/11/1954 Q.C. spoke for ex-comrade
12/12/1954 Five years for man who confessed
19/12/1954 Surprise for the police in Mayfair
02/01/1955 Coffee stall in Soho…
02/01/1955 His friend was found dead
09/01/1955 R.N. officer is cleared
16/01/1955 A pact to die alleged
23/01/1955 D.F.C. broke probation
30/01/1955 Judge asks about a vicar’s past
13/03/1955 A loathsome type of blackmail
24/04/1955 Policemen gaoled on menaces charge
08/05/1955 Man who might have blemished the peace
05/06/1955 The value of his job
26/06/1955 No lady, said the policewoman
17/07/1955 Music and merriment – then silence
24/07/1955 Sailor gaoled for flat death
24/07/1955 Temptation and temper
07/08/1955 Dr. X and a night in the West End
07/08/1955 Man at baths complained
28/08/1955 A feather in his hat
11/09/1955 What about the victim if the blackmailer can’t sleep?
11/09/1955 Blackmail – crime that destroys a man’s soul
01/01/1956 Visitor returned as a thief, court told
08/01/1956 Solicitor gaoled
08/01/1956 After author had given lecture
08/01/1956 Blackmail victim got film star publicity
15/01/1956 Surprise for woman P.C.
05/02/1956 Weng Kee Sam gets £1,600 damages
12/02/1956 ‘The perfect crime’
26/02/1956 Mr X will be witness
26/02/1956 At 19 he was blackmailer
04/03/1956 Three for trial in Mr. X case
04/03/1956 ‘Thugs up and down the country’
18/03/1956 Two youths tried blackmail
08/04/1956 Solicitor attacks the rumours in a town
20/05/1956 Ten men of shame
24/06/1956 Hands and the man
14/10/1956 Mr. X’s story of man back from the dead
21/10/1956 Mr. X gave a lift to a stranger
28/10/1956 They were searching for a soldier
04/11/1956 Men who prey on guardsmen
04/11/1956 He bit the hand that fed him
11/11/1956 Blackmailer a ‘devoted family man’
18/11/1956 The man who spun a web of vice
01/12/1957 His ten years their warning
15/12/1957 Robbed a padre
22/12/1957 He gave his name as Sonia
12/01/1958 In an ‘eerie half-world’
02/03/1958 Famous pianist's offence 'trivial'
09/03/1958 Man who watched football match
23/03/1958 This isn't a game replied the policeman
06/04/1958 The man in a red dress at midnight
13/04/1958 The repentant photographer
20/04/1958 Chaplain had some drinks
27/04/1958 They knew him as ‘Dad’
27/04/1958 P.C. went to a parked car
11/05/1958 Husband in notorious spot
11/05/1958 The peace unblemished when he wore a ginger wig
18/05/1958 They didn’t know their photos were being sold
18/05/1958 See your doctor dentist told
25/05/1958 Soldier was in Captain’s will
01/06/1958 Dressed as a girl - with all the trimmings
01/06/1958 -
08/06/1958 Student affected by report
06/07/1958 Research into social evil
13/07/1958 The well-spoken bachelor advertised for a help
03/08/1958 Tax man accused of demanding money with menaces
17/08/1958 Looked through broken window
01/09/1958 'Tailed' her uncle and unveiled blackmail
07/09/1958 What’s wrong with us? [editorial]
21/09/1958 His knife was as sharp as his wits, he said
05/10/1958 The warden in cell 445
21/10/1958 [headline missing]
02/11/1958 Husband’s black-outs were just fiction
16/11/1958 This law would be a calamity says judge
16/11/1958 The boy soldier changed overnight
23/11/1958 Brought shame on his family
23/11/1958 The schoolmaster's day In London
23/11/1958 Remand on bail for M.P.
23/11/1958 Welcome [editorial]
30/11/1958 Farewell, to arms [editorial]
21/12/1958 After a visit to the tattoo
04/01/1959 Just nosey, he stayed to watch
11/01/1959 A peep-hole in the town hall floor
11/01/1959 The ‘imprudent’ visitor to London is acquitted
11/01/1959 A slow, calculated merciless process of torture…
11/01/1959 A plea for the ex-organist
18/01/1959 Investigate this pen-pal club says judge
08/03/1959 Student talks of night at the manse
08/03/1959 Two of the tweed set
08/03/1959 From floral dress to grey suit
08/03/1959 Photos a wife passed on
17/05/1959 His life in ruins
21/09/1959 Clergyman's ex-valet
11/10/1959 Homo went to police out of pique
20/12/1959 A boy's 'Step In the right direction'
20/12/1959 Sink lower
03/09/1961 Bogarde’s courage pays dividends
11/03/1962 Ashamed to tell women of his past
10/06/1962 Club boys accuse ex-M.P. warden
22/07/1962 The downfall of Sir Ian: who almost became a peer, by Jack Aitken
16/09/1962 Goings on at the Kandy Lounge
26/05/1963 Parish ban on vicar
04/08/1963 He’s celebrating on a tour
29/09/1963 Stop these rituals
28/06/1964 Big call-girl scandal rocks U.S. M.P.s
27/07/1964 Into the twilight world, by N Thomas London Bd
02/08/1964 The men behind the mask, by N Thomas
02/08/1964 Is there a cure for this scourge? by N Thomas
02/08/1964 Lord Boothby and that letter, by Peter Earle
16/05/1965 Protecting the young
04/07/1965 Bishop tells of attack
01/08/1965 Keep our children safe, says warders
10/07/1966 No mandate
17/07/1966 Why Mason despises Batman
11/12/1966 The spycatchers: they track down listening devices hidden in carpet tracks, ink pots, wall lamps and cigarette pockets in the anti-bugging war, by Jack Aitken
11/12/1966 Bench orders book to be destroyed
09/04/1967 Club for peepers: telescopes, hides and sandwiches for the spies
09/07/1967 The charter for corruption: Esmond Wright MP attacks the new bill on homosexuality
23/07/1967 Blot on the landscape
06/08/1967 Ugly plot
13/08/1967 Graham Stanford: straight from the hip
03/09/1967 VIPs in secret vice probe
22/10/1967 New moves in guards probe
24/12/1967 Passport clue in guards case, by Charles Sandell and Peter Earle
31/12/1967 Designer and former naval officer accused: named in vice charges
07/01/1968 Gang-busters move in on the top mob
21/01/1968 A very strange club, by Ron Mount
21/01/1968 The continuing story of Laurence Bell
28/01/1968 Clean up this cinema of vice: ‘other places have the problem’
04/02/1968 Laurence Bell flies to Brazil
07/09/1969 Sex-change baby news wonderful, says Dame Margaret {Rutherford of daughter Dawn Langley Simmons}
05/10/1969 When life’s a problem: are parents to blame? Why do some women find marriage and motherhood is not for them? Our outspoken series on the new morality is concluded today, by a top psychiatrist
24/01/1915 Not fit to marry: wife with 'platonic views', strange union between artist and actress
02/06/1918 Vision of Salome: honour of a famous dancer impunged, sensational disclosures in amazing trial
21/07/1935 Lecturer's lapse: "moment of mental aberration", police in waiting after hint in letter
28/07/1935 Colonel accussed by ex-soldiers: grave charges investigated at general court-martial
26/10/1958 The one room club
19/09/1954 Youth kidnapped in the big city

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