Woman Charged with Murder of Son
A mother had said she killed her four-years-old son because the time he took to eat meals "drove her to distraction," police said in the…
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Courts & crime, 1950
1,085 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 55
Youth on Charge of Murder
A 55-years-old man was shot dead, and another man was wounded, at a small house, two miles from Inverell, on the Tingha road,…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—Police Commissioner Scott announced last night that extra police would be allotted to road patrols in the city and…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Mr. V. W. Wells, S.M., has been appointed chairman of the Licensing Court Bench…
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At the Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, John Phillip Bates appeared before Mr. J. B. Hodgson. S.M.. on a charge of…
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SINGLETON, Friday.—A case in which H. B. Medhurst proceeded against Alan Merick and Leonard Merick for alleged…
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Listeners to B.B.C. programmes are used to hearing unusual sounds included in certain broadcasts, but even the most blase…
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Commonwealth Security officers yesterday interviewed Mr. W. Burns, published of the “Tribune,” official newspaper of the…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.—A shopkeeper riddled a police car with shotgun pellets last night in mistake for a thieves’ car…
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At Singleton's Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. Hodgson, said that noisy…
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A colourful and richly-informed narrative of four centuries of English history has been penned by Mollie Sands in her new book…
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Some time ago the proprietors ot Fren's Service Station at Kurri Kurri complained to Kearsley Shire Council regarding…
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In the Industrial Magistrate's Court at Kurri Kurrl yesterday the Hospital Employees' Union, through Frederick London Industrial Advocate…
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Comic Court will arrive at Flemington next month to begin another preparation for the Caulfield Cup. He is to be…
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MELBOURNE, Sat.—By a decision of the Supreme Court, Rudolph Charles Bieske, a Horsham solicitor, will receive…
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EASTCHURCH, Isle of Sheppey (Kent)—Men in prison grey are breaking up 840 acres of marshland on what was once…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Talking advantage of the storm, thieves smashed a window and stole more than £600 worth of jewellery from a…
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At the Muswellbrook Petty Sessions on Thursday, Mr. J. S. White, manager of the White Bros Pty. Ltd. estate, was fined…
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The Magistrate (Mr. F. R. . Wood, S.M.) told a defendant at the Cessnock Court this morning that he had not been very…
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More police will be allotted to road patrol work in city and country areas in a drive to reduce road accidents and deaths…
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