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Courts & crime, 1950

12,389 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Marva Louis As Murder Witness

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 2

CHICAGO, Tuesday. -- Marva Louis, ex-wife of former heavyweight champion Joe Louis, will be called…

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Man Remanded on Attempted Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 14

A 60-years-old man was charged at North Sydney Court yesterday with attempted murder. Mr. Thornton. S.M.,…

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Court to Sit in Vacation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 10

The Court of Criminal Appeal had listed 11 appeals, for hearing next Thursday, the…

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Police seeking hideout of Dugan and Mears

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 7

Convinced that Darcy Dugan and William Mears hare gone back into smoke after their robbery at jockey Jack Thompson's Coogee home on Sunday night,…

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Appeal Court To Sit In Vacation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 4

The Prothonotary of the Supreme Court, Mr. R. E. Walker, announced yesterday that at the request of…

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Skip Court's Sound Trial for Randwick

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 24

Skip Court, likely favorite for the Sefton Handicap at Randwick on Saturday, was one of the most impressive sprinters at that track today. Working on the B grass, 20ft…

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Police find car used by gunmen Abandoned in Street After Jockey Robbed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 7

Police yesterday found the car which, two armed men used on Sunday night when they held up and robbed jockey J. Thompson and his wife at their…

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Law Courts Reports Supreme Court Divorce (Before Mr. Acting Justice Toose.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 6

Decrees nisi: E. Junge v M.,E. Junge, J. A. King v M. King, H. Scott v V. L. Scott. J. Reilly v W. Reilly, H. Nation v M. J. Nation,…

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Tax Cheques Theft Alleged

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 2

A P.M.G. investigating officer told Redfern Court today that he had received reports that three men and a woman had spent up to £15 a day in taxis trying to…

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Tax Cheques Theft Alleged

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 2

A P.M.G. investigation officer told Redfern Court today that he had received reports that three men and a woman had spent up to £15 a day in taxis trying to…

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Tax Cheques Theft Alleged

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 2

A P.M.G. investigating officer told Redfern Court today that he had received reports that three men and a woman had spent up to £15 a day in taxis trying to…

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Postal man on charges of theft

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 3

John Henry Riley, 25, postal officer, Gildea Avenue, Five Dock, was committed for trial by Mr…

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Postman On Tax Cheque Theft Count

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 4

A P.M.G. investigation officer told Redfern Court today that he had received reports that three men…

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Postman On Tax Cheque Theft Count

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 4

A P.M.G. investigation officer told Redfern Court today that he had received reports that three men…

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Postman On Tax Cheque Theft Count

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 4

A P.M.G. investigation officer told Redfern Court today that he had received reports that three men…

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R.S.L. Theft Charge Clerk Arrested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Patrick Wallis Burke, 24, clerk, appeared in Brisbane Police Court to-day on a provisional…

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Police warning to motorists

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 3

Chief of Traffic Police (Supt. W. Lawrence) today warned outgoing motorists to observe the new traffic rules…

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Stronger night police patrols

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 1

Stranger police night patrols are to operate in the city and suburbs. The Chief Superintendent of detectives (Mr. W…

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Police Bouquet for Motorists

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 3

Police were well satisfied with road care and courtesy shown by motorists in the Parramatta area over the Christmas and…

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Three Months Gaol for Park Sex Pervert, Another on Bond

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 1

Two sex perverts were charged at Parramatta Court last week with "soliciting for immoral purposes" in Parramatta Park. One was sentenced to three months'…

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