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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

1,536 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 77

Seaman Charged with Murder

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Detectives from Sydney and Melbourne today charged a Jamaican seaman at Central Police Station with murder of Maise Oakley,…

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Police Honored

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY. Friday: Five Superintendents of the NSW police force have been awarded the King's police and fireman's Service Medal for…

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Melbourne Murder Colored Seaman Charged

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: As a sequel to the finding of a young woman's body on a rubbish tip at West Welbourne on Decemmber 30, Oscar Skye[?]s (51)…

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New Year Drunks 223 Charged in Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: At Central Court today 223 charges of drunkenness, 21 of them relating to women, were the sequel to New Year celebrations…

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Court Sitting

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

There will be a sitting of the Bathurst Court today. In addition to charges of driving under the influence, negligent driving and other traffic…

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Jamaican Seaman Remanded on Murder Charge

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, This Aft. --Oscar Skyers (57), Jamaican seaman, was remanded until January 10 in the City Court on a charge of having…

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Prison Escapees Police Hoaxed

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Police are endeavoring to trace telephone call made by a hoaxer operating in the Bondi area who has given three fals[?]…

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No Enquiry Into Efficiency of Police Department

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- An enquiry into the efficiency of the Prisons Department since the escape of Darcy Dugan and William Mears…

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Police Search Was For Gaol Escapees

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 2

Police from Lithgow to Mudgee, who twice raided the Mudgee Mail early yesterday, were searching for the gaol escapees Darcy Dugan and William Mears. Three men, one of whom had an unlicensed revolver were…

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Riviera Murder Alleged

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 1

PARIS, Wednesday.--Don John Carlos da Silva Ramos, wealthy 25-year-old son of a former Brazillian diplomat, was charged at Bayonne…

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Ash Dump Murder Case Colored Man Remanded

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Tuesday: In the City Court today Oscar Skyers (51), Jamaican seaman, appeared on a charge of having murdered…

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Police Guard For Egyptian Poll

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 4

CAIRO, Tuesday.—Heavily armed police are standing guard today while about 5,000,000 Egyptians go to the polls for the first election in Egypt for five years…

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Police Guard Polls Egyptian Elections

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 2

CAIRO, Tuesday: Heavily armored police are standing guard today while about 5,000,000 Egyptians go to the polls for the first election in Egypt…

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Police Raid Mudgee Mail Train

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 3

LITHGOW, Tuesday. — On Its way to Sydney today the Mudgee Mail train was twice raided by police, who were…

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Police Transfer Prevented by Housing Position

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 4

Because of the serious housing shortage, which for some years, had kept down the number of police in Lithgow, Sgt. Theo. Hines has…

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Arrests on Train Police Seize Revolver

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY. Tuesday: On its way to Sydney early today, the Mudgee Mail train was twice raided by police searching for a man…

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Theft From Mother Son Fined

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A man was fined £2 in Redfern Court today for having stolen his mother's electric Iron from where she had hidden it…

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Lakemba Double Murder

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The man who battered to death two women at Yakemba last night escaped without leaving a clue…

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Doctor Charged with "Mercy" Killing

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 2

NEW YORK, Thursday.--Dr. Herman Sander, who has been charged with murder following the "mercy death" of a woman cancer patient…

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Mercy Killing Alleged Doctor Charged

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Dr. Hermann Sander, 40, accused of the mercy killing of an incurable woman cancer patient was yesterday indicted…

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