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Courts & crime, 1950

12,389 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Law Notices Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 5

Registrar in Bankruptcy.—112 Pitt Street.—Taxation of Costs.—11; Colin Bartlett. Settlement of minutes.—2.30; Marion Sidoti…

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Extra Police Engaged in Big Manhunt

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 1

Police made an intensive search of the city and suburbs last night for the two gunmen who held up the Ultimo branch of the Commonwealth…

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Court Told of Girl's Ordeal

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

DUBBO, Saturday.-- The Coroner (Mr. Kersley, S.M.) today found that Walter Reuben Rees (49)…

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Court Told of Girl's Ordeal

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

DUBBO, Saturday.-- The Coroner (Mr. Kersley, S.M.) today found that Walter Reuben Rees (49)…

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Court Told of Girl's Ordeal

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

DUBBO, Saturday.-- The Coroner (Mr. Kersley, S.M.) today found that Walter Reuben Rees (49)…

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Court Told of Girl's Ordeal

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

DUBBO, Saturday.-- The Coroner (Mr. KersJey, S.M.) today found that Walter Reuben Rees (49)…

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Wodld's News Police Master Minds Hated by Crooks

The World's News · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 3

SIGNOR CARLO SANDINO, chief cashier of a well-known private bank in Rome, was a respected member of the community…

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Jewel theft on the high seas Sweet and Sour, by Joseph Wechsberg. London: Michael Joseph, Ltd

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 23

JOSEPH WECHSBERG, the Czech musician who found that writing pays better than fiddling,…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Police Arrest Man, Recover Jewels

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 36

Detectives early this morning arrested a young man, who they allege, has committed a series of house robberies in the St. George…

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Poll crowd mistaken for Reds Police Try to Clear Gathering

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 9

Police tried to break up the declaration of the Senate poll in Sydney yesterday thinking that it was a Communist meeting…

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Fielders' Set Against Skip Court Eases for today's race

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 36

Bookmakers have taken a set against Carrington Stakes winner Skip Court for today's Sefton Handicap at Randwick because of the big…

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Sefton As Guide to Challenge Skip Court's Vital Test

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 9

Favorite Sheba and Bean Robert are the [?]ly fancied Challenge Stakes (January 28) [?]ndidates not engaged in this afternoon's in [?]k furlongs Sefton Handicap at Randwick…

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Sefton As Guide to Challenge Skip Court's Vital Test

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 9

Favorite Sheba and Beau Robert are the only fancied Challenge Stakes (January 28) candidates not engaged in this afternoon's [?]x furlongs Sefton Handicap at Randwick…

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Against gaol for adultery

The Sun · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 5

IF every adulterer was gaoled there would be more people behind prison bars than outside, Sydney…

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Cynical Sleuth in Murder Tale

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 45

Two places breed this world's tough guys — the rich man's home and the gutter…

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Three trips to England on car theft profits

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Sat.--An interstate car thief had made enough money out of his illegal deals to finance three trips to England, C.I.B. Superintendent Sheridan said today…

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Arrow Poison In A Murder Mystery

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 2

PARIS.—The arrest of a young Brazilian millionaire, Don John Da Silva Ramos, on a charge of having…

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'Police cards' sale stopped

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 16

LONDON, Sat. -- Police have seized hundreds of "detectives' identification cards" from toy shops and…

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Police Raids on 100 Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 3

Armed defectives yesterday raided more than 100 homes in their…

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Comic Court's Smart Gallop

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— Comic Court (R. Lindsay) did his best gallop since arriving in Melbourne for the autumn racing by…

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