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Courts & crime, 1950

12,389 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 250

Offer To Murder For 10'- Alleged

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 10

LONDON, Friday.--A patient in St. Ebbas Mental Hospital, Epsom, agreed to kill another for 10s., it was stated in Epsom Court yesterday when Sydney Albert William Western (42) was sent for trial…

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Jury Disagrees In Hume Murder Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 26 (A.A.P.).—After two and a half hours' deliberation a jury reported to-day that they were unable to agree on a verdict in the murder charge against Brian…

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Offer To Murder For 10'- Alleged

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 10

LONDON, Friday.--A patient in St. Ebbas Mental Hospital, Epsom, agreed to kill another for 10s a it was stated in Epsom Court yesterday when Sydney Albert William Western (42) was sent for tri[?]…

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Comic Court's Sprint

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Comic Court, in preparation for his engagement in the William Reid Stakes tomorrow at…

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Comic Court's Sprint

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 24
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MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Comic Court, in preparation for his engagement in the William Reid Stakes tomorrow at…

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Comic Court's Sprint

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Comic Court, in preparation for his engagement in the William Reid Stakes tomorrow at…

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Comic Court's Sprint

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Comic Court, in preparation for his engagement in the William Reid Stakes tomorrow at…

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Comic Court's Sprint

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Comic Court, in preparation for his engagement in the William Reid Stakes tomorrow at…

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Comic Court's Sprint

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Comic Court, in preparation for his engagement in the William Reid Stakes tomorrow at…

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Comic Court's Sprint

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Comic Court, in preparation for his engagement in the William Reid Stakes tomorrow at…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 12

Decrees nisi: E. E, Miller v L. G. Miller, E. E. Gategood v K. A. Gategood, P. J. Foreman v K. M. Foreman, S. E. Goodwin v W. J…

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Tarakan Blast Theory Police Blame Fan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 3

Police experts now believe that a portable electric fan caused the explosion aboard H.M.A.S. Tarakan which killed five men. Two of the victims died in hospital yesterday…

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Thief Tries To Run Down Police

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

In a desperate bid to avoid capture, a car thief early this morning attempted to run down a detective in Longworth Avenue, Point Piper…

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Armed Police Search Plane for Escapees

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 1

More than 100 armed detectives and uniformed police raced to Mascot airport last night when C.I.P. Headquarters received a message that jail…

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Thief Tries To Run Down Police

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

In a desperate bid to avoid capture, a car thief early this morning attempted to run down a detective in Longworth Avenue, Point Piper…

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Thief Tries To Run Down Police

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

In a desperate bid to avoid capture, a car thief early this morning attempted to run down a detective in Longworth Avenue, Point Piper…

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60 Police Search Skymaster For Dugan, Mears

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 1

More than 60 armed uniformed police and detectives raced to Kingsford Smith Airport last night in response to an urgent radio message from an A.N.A. Skymaster flying from Melbourne, that the…

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Check by Police Second Fire On Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 7

Auckland, N.Z. Thursday (A.A.P.-Reuter).— Police are investigating the possibility of a deliberate…

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Cunning thief dodges police in dawn chase

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 7

Thirty police in wifeless cars, a police launch and on foot figured in an exciting two-hour chase at Point Piper early today after a cunning car thief. Hundreds of people in…

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