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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Why Murder Was Committed

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Jan 3.—Police at [?] (Montana) are still unable to have way Lorrane Knapp, 21, killed her mother sister and two…

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Coloured Seaman On murder Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday,— Oscar skyone 61, coloured seaman, appeared at Central-Court to-day [?] with the murder of…

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Aly Khan to Be Sued for Stealing Baby’s Name

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

PARIS, Jan. 2 (A.A.P.) —A Paris lawyer, Theodore Valensi, said he will, sue Prince Aly Khan and Ms actress wife, Rita Hayworth, for…

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False Telephone Calls To Police

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Police are trying to trace telephone rails made by a hoaxer operating in the Bandil area and two has…

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News in Brief Murder Mystery

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 5

Police at Butte (Montana) are still unable to say why Lorraine Knapp (21) killed her mother, sister and two of her…

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Maniacal Killings Baffle Police

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed. —An Intense police search Is being made for a maniac, who battered a woman and her daughter to death In…

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Police Claim Less Crime in Year 1949

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—Police say there was less serious crime in New South Wales In 1949 than in the peak years during the war…

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Polling Heavy In Egyptian Election Police Precautions

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 2

Polling was reported to be heavy after Egypt's first postwar general election ended at sunset yesday. Yesterday morning the Egyptian police…

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Charged with Murder, of Mother

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Harold William Plummer, 57, charged with the murder of his mother, was remanded for medical…

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Transfer For Police Inspector

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thurs,—inspector A. J. steel, of Newcastle, has been transferred to officer in charge at West Kempsey…

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Opera Touch In Police Searches

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—While police and his nephew were searching for him, a 58-year-old bushman contacted Penrith police to-day and…

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Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 8

At the Muswellbrook Police Court on Wednesday, Pandi Strati appeared on a charge of negligent driving. Mr. S. C. White appeared for defendant…

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Lakemba Double Murder. Young Man Charged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Heavily guarded by police, Kevin John Irwin, 23, of Garoong Road, Lakemba, appeared at the Campsie court to-day and was…

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Late Australian News Man Charged With Double Murder SYDNEY

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 2

Heavily guarded by police, Kevin John lrwin, 23, of Gorrong Road, Lakemba, appeared at the Campsie Court to-day and…

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Man Arrested on Double Murder Charge Before Court This Morning

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 4

Heavily guarded by police, Kevin John Irwin, 23, of Garrong Rd., Lakemba, appeared at…

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Man Asks Magistrate To Deport Him

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 5

Frank Loyal Weaver, 24. who figured in several, attempts to rejoin a Japanese girl whom he married while a member of…

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Melbourne Man Charged with Oman’s Death

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday — Police say Mrs. Dorothy Myrtle Dabsheek, 47, died from cyanide poisoning yesterday morning and they…

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Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charge

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 4

Dr. Herman Sander yesterday pleaded not guilty at Manchester, New Hampshire, to a murder indictment in…

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Young Man Arrested on Charge of Double Murder

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. — Heavily guarded by police, Kevin Jaha Irwin, of Garrang-road, Lakemba, appeared of Compsie Court to-day charged with the murders of Mrs. Dorothy Dart 49, and her daughter, Dorothy Jean Dart, 20…

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Walked Into Muswellbrook Police Station Wanderer Regains Memory

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 1

A man who walked into Muswellbrook Police Station on Boxing Day saying, "I am in truble, I don't know who I am," was…

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