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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

12,389 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Presenting Real Life Inquest story of pearls, murder

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 36

A 37-YEAR-OLD man sat, his slashed left wrist bandaged, his eyes downcast, while witnesses in Adelaide's Coroner's Court this week told that he had given a woman a string…

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Bushrangers Who Held Up The Police

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 17

The troopers arrested two of the Eugowra Cold Escort robbers, but they didn't hold them long THERE saddle-weary…

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Court story of jealousy DUBBO

The Sun · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 5

A WHITE woman told Dubbo Court yesterday that an aboriginal quarter-caste with whom…

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£3,000 Vanishes From Sydney Bank; Police Investigating

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 1

Three thousand pounds in banknotes has disappeared from the head office of the Rural Bank in Martin Place, Sydney, it was revealed last night. The money, in three…

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Rosselini Free To Wed; Italian Court Verdict

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 2

ROME, Saturday.—The Turin Court today ruled that the Austrian annulment of the marriage of film producer Roberto Rosselini and Marcella de Marchaise was valid in Italy…

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Wife Of Matt On Murder Charge Says: "I'll Pawn My Shoes To Help Free Him"

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 6

LONDON, Saturday.—Attractive Mrs. Cynthia Hume, wife of Brian Donald Hume, 29-years-old company director, who is accused of one of the most gory murders of all time, says she will stick by him to…

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Young Hotel Maid. Elderly Man Found Head On Bed; Poison Nearby Police Theory of Couple's Death Pact

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 3

LISMORE, Saturday.—A 21 years-old pantry maid and a man of 68 were found lying dead on a bed in a room attached to a Lismore garage early this morning. A cyanide tin was found nearby and police believe the…

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Books and Writers When The Gaiety Girls Held Court By A Staff Correspondent In London

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 10

The Gaiety Theatre, London, was opened in 1868. It closed in 1939 with the fame of "The Gaiety Girls," who were known to generations of Australian bloods, still undimmed. The curtain will be rung up again this year. Comedian To Reopen Famous Theatre This Year…

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Confession of double murder, police say

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

A young man charged with the murder of a woman and her daughter at Lakemba had made a written confession, police claimed in Campsie Court today. Police alleged that Kevin…

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Gaol for Indecency

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

Francis Raymond Fuge (aged 52) was sentenced at Newtown Court today to three months' gaol for having obscenely…

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Remanded On Murder Count

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

A 23-years-old moulder who is charged with the murder of a woman and her daughter at Lakemba, on January 3, was again remanded without bail at Campsie Court…

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Remanded On Murder Count

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

A 23-years-oId moulder who is charge with the murder of 42 woman and her daughter at Lakemha, on January 3, was age remanded without bail at Gampsie…

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Remanded On Murder Count

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

A 23-years-oId moulder who is charged with the murder of a woman and her daughter at Lakemba, on January 3, was again remanded without bail at Campsie Court…

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Remanded On Murder Count

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

A 23-years-old moulder who is charged with the murder of a woman and her daughter at Lakemba, on January 3, was again remanded without bail at Campsie Court…

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Remanded On Murder Count

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

A 23-years-old moulder who is charged with the murder of a woman and her daughter of Lakemba, on January 3, was again remanded without bail at Campsie Court…

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Remanded On Murder Count

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

A 23-yecnrs-oId moulder who is charged with the murder of a woman and her daughter at Lakemba, on January 3, was again remanded without bail at Campsie Court…

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Girl Alleges Assault Man Arrested In Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 3

Police last night arrested a 30-year-old soldier and charged him with indecent assault on a 13-year-old girl in a train…

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Grenade Murder of Party Leader

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 8

SAIGON, Monday. -- Ioe Koeux, former chairman of the Cambodian National Assembly and leader of the Democrat…

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Police Find Stowaway

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

A man who stowed away in the Norman Monarch in Wellington (N.Z.) was found by detectives in the ship in…

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