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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

1,296 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 65

Man Charged With Murder of Woman

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Detectives from Sydney and Melbourne to-day charged a Jamaican seaman at Central Police Court with the…

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Ex-wagga Police Superintendent Wong Awards

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: Five superintendents of the N.S.W. Police Force have been awarded the King's Police and Fire Services…

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Stolen Wagga Car Recovered in Police Chase

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

A car belonging to Arthur Henwood Blarney, which was stolen from outside his shop in Baylis Street on Friday…

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Jamaican on Murder Charge Remanded in Melb. Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday—Oscar Skyers, 51-year-old Jamaican seaman, was remanded until January 10, in the city…

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Remanded to Melbourne on Murder Charge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: A 51-year-old Jamaican seaman vat charged in the Central Court today with the murder of a woman at…

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Women Swap Husbands in Divorce Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

LAS VEGAS (Nevada) Monday, (A.A.P.): Two women rang in the New Year with wedding bells when they swapped…

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Youth Charged with Stealing £1590 Goods

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 2

Police alleged at Wagga Court yesterday that an 18-year-old-youth had stolen goods valued at £1590 and used two cars…

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Charged With Wounding Ex-Police Officer

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: At the Newtown Court Today, a man was charged with having maliciously wounded a retired police…

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Intense Police Search for Murder Maniac Mother and Daughter Battered to to Death

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—An intense police search is being made for a maniac who battered a woman and her daughter to death in their Lakemba home last night…

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Wagga Court Items

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 2

JOHN Byron Crighton, 22, laborer, of Morgan Street, Uranquinty. was yesterday remanded at Wagga Court by Mr. A V…

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Charged with Stealing Cheque Forms

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 1

At the Gundagai Police Court on Monday, before Messre J. B. Ryan and L. M. Boyton, J’s. P.. a stranger, who gave his name as Alexander S…

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Jealousy Theory in Murder of Mother, Daughter

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The maniacal killer of a mother and her daughter at Lakemba last night is believed by detectives to be still in the Lakemba-Campsie area…

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Charged With Murder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday Doctor Hermann Sander, who has been charged with murder following the "mercy death" of a…

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Lodger Charged with Murder in Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs: After a 47-year-old woman found dead in her flat at Hawthorne early this morning an elderly lodger…

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Police Baffled on Motive for Double Murder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Although homicide detectives have discovered a vital cine in the Lakemba double murder, they are still baffled as to a motive for the crime…

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Man Charged with Double Murder. 23 Year Old Moulder Arrested in Sydney

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY: Heavily guarded by police, Kevin John Irwin, 23 years, of Garrong Road, Lakemba, appeared at the Campsie Court…

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Charged With Offence at Bondi Beach

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Fred Alward, 50, solicitor, of 18 Fleming Street, Wickham. appeared at the Paddington Court today…

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Tuesday, January 3 (Before Mr. E. Debenham, S.M.) Alleged Assault

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 3

Walter Sydney Long more v. Ossie Stanley, assault. Mr. O. O. H. Danger appeared for the complainant…

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Youth Charged with the Lakemba Murders Moving Scenes at Victims' Funeral

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Heavily guarded by police, Kevin John Irwin (23), of Garrong road, Lakembo, appeared at Compsic Court today, charged with the murders of Mrs. Dorothy Dart (49), and her…

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Crime and Trouble Free Holiday Period, Junee Police Report

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 4

Junee had a crime free and trouble free Christmas and New Year, holiday period according to officers at the police station…

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