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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

12,389 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 7

Decrees nisi: S. A. Tanner v A. M. Tanner, R. P. Hope v N. E. Hope, M. A. Hansen v A. A. P. Hansen, J. A. O'Connor v I. M…

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Gaol term reduced

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 3

An estate agent will serve 2½ years instead of 3½ years' imprisonment as a result of a Court of Criminal Appeal…

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Gaol Sentence Is Reduced

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 8

A 44-years-old estate agent who was sentenced to a total of 3½ years gaol last year had the sentence…

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Gaol Sentence Is Reduced

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 8

A 44-years-old estate agent who was sentenced to a total of 3½ years gaol last year had the sentence…

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Gaol Sentence Is Reduced

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 8

A 44-years-old estate agent who was sentenced to a total of 3½ years gaol last year had the sentence…

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Author charged as immoral

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 23

Metro's "Madame Bovary," which opens tomorrow at the St. James, is the story…

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Five Men in Car Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 10

Five men last night assaulted and tried to rob another man after they had told him they would…

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Police Recruits

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 9

Request by the Police Commissioner (Mr. Scott) for permission to recruit 100 extra police for road patrol duties…

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Easy for Police

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 26

ST. PAUL (Minneapolis).--U.S. police, searching for a man in St. Paul in connection with a hit-and-run case, found him…

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Easy for Police

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 9

ST. PAUL (Minneapolis).--U.S. police, searching for a man in St. Paul in connection with a, hit-and-run case, found him…

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Police Men's Big Racket

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 11

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- Unscrupulous policemen have been squeezing millions of dollars from gamblers and bookmakers, the New York Daily…

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Police Seek 100 Recruits

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 1

The Police Commissioner (Mr. J. F. Scott) yesterday sent a request to the Premier (Mr. McGirr) for permission to recruit 100 extra police for road patrol…

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Incorrect Court Attire

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 2

A man who appeared in the Traffic Court today without a coat was rebuked by the magistrate, Mr. G. C. Hook…

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Police chase men in jeep

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 5

A constable who tried to jump on to a moving jeep at King's Cross early this morning, missed, and sprawled on…

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Extra Police for Road Patrol Duty

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 11

The Premier (Mr. McGirr) said today that he would give consideration to a request by the Police Commissioner (Mr…

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Extra Police for Road Patrol Duty

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 11

The Premier (Mr. McGirr) said today that he would give consideration to a request by the Police Commissioner (Mr…

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S.a. Police Want Shorter Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—By six voles to three, the executive of the S.A. Police Association has decided to recommend to a…

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Extra Police for Road Patrol Duty

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 11

The Premier (Mr. McGirr) said today that he would give consideration to a request by the Police Commissioner (Mr…

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Police Chief Silent On Road Patrol

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 4

Both the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Scott) and the Superintendent of Traffic (Supt. Lawrence)…

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Big Estates in Probate Court

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 3

Sydney philanthropist and welfare worker, Mrs. Ethel Knight Kelly, who died on September 22, left an estate of £51,002. MRS. KELLY, who lived at…

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