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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

607 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 31

Two Charged with Robberies

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 1

Keith Raskin and Desmond Morgan, of Casino, were arrested and charged at Mullumbimby this morning with…

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Murder Story False Alarm

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Hundreds of men, women and children gathered outside a house at Surry Hills…

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Lighting Tennis Court; More Information Required

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 4

Chairman of the New England County Council, Ald. K. Jones, will confer with the president of the Armidale City…

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Last Year Was Wettest On Record At Salisbury Court

The Uralla Times · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 4

Sir Hugh Croft, of Salisbury Court, who has been keeping rainfall records since 1894, reports that last…

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Woman on Murder Charge

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday.—Twenty—three-year-old Mrs. Enora Epperley has been charged with first degree murder following a…

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Murder Charge Follows Fire

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Fri.—Twenty-three-year-old Mrs. Enora Epperly has been charged with first degree murder following a…

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Polish Migrant on Charge of Murder

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A soldier was stabbed to death and three other soldiers suffered knife wounds at Moorebank Camp near Liverpool, last night. Early this morning a 23-year…

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Holdens For Police Force

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 6

The Victorian police will use Holdens for mobile traffic and transport work following severe tests since last March…

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Police. Hold Lost Watch

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 8

Armidale police are in possession of a ncikei and chrome onea-faccd gentleman's watch with a plastic strao at the…

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Taxi Driver Marches Burglar to Police

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY. Friday.—A taxi driver chased an alleged burglar 150 yards down a street and brought him to ground with a flying…

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Fatal Stabbing Affray Migrant Held On Murder Charge SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

A soldier was slabbed to death and three other soldiers suffered knife wounds at Moorebank…

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Kwong Sing & Co. General Merchants Grey Street, Glen Innes. Rules for Police Women

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 6

"You must be well balanced [?] have common[?]e. You [?] afford to get agitated or [?] you know—it might…

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Police Court Domestic trouble

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

At the court on Tuesday Mr. McCauley, S.M., dealt with three cross-summons cases arising from a father's disapproval of his…

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Alleged Admissions Lakemba Murder Development SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

The young Lakemba man who was charged with the murder of a woman and her daughter had made…

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Alleged Confession In Double Murder At Lakemba

The Inverell Times · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A young Lakemba man charged with the murder of a woman and her daughter had made…

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Northern Police Work Official Review for 1949

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 4

In his report, released at Tamworth last week, the Superintendant of the Northern Police Administrative District (Mr. C…

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£3,000 Vanishes from Sydney Bank Police Investigating

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

Three thousand pounds in banknotes has disappeared from the head office of the Rural Bank in Martin Place, Sydney,…

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Police Dugs ln Search For Pensioner SYDNEY, Monday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

Police dogs are assisting police and civilians in their search for ah 85-year-old pensioner, who has been missing…

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Police Claim Confession Alleged Murderer of Husband, One Complaint

The Inverell Times · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 1

PARIS, Monday: A frail, middle-aged housewife, who has confessed to killing her six-foot husband with a hammer and then cutting up the body with a kitchen knife and axe, has one complaint…

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Car Intended As Weapon to Murder Driver?

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: An attempt to murder or injure a Brisbane contractor by tampering…

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