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Courts & crime, 1950

12,389 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 250

'Indefinite' Gaol Term for Father

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday.--A father who has been in Winchester Gaol for a year because he refuses to…

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'Indefinite' Gaol Term for Father

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday.--A father who has been in Winchester Gaol for a year because he refuses to…

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'Indefinite' Gaol Term for Father

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--A father who has been in Winchester Gaol for a year because he refuses to…

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'Indefinite' Gaol Term for Father

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--A father who has been in Winchester Gaol for a year because he refuses to…

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2 months gaol over, wine tags

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 21

Arthur Ellard, 52, carpenter, of Amy Street, Erskineville, was sentenced to two months hard labor at…

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Long murder trial ends

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 20

LONDON, Thursday. -- Longest murder trial in British legal history ended at Liverpool yesterday, when the…

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Man Charged with Shooting to Kill

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 19

Accused of trying to murder a fellow tramway employee a young conductor was remanded in custody at Paddington Court today until February 23. The prisoner, Edward…

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Assault On Church Is Relentless In Europe

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 4

BASLE, Switzerland.—In comparison with its neighbouring country, Finland, where the Socialist Party surprisingly revised its platform and eliminated its demand to abolish religious instruction in schools, the Soviet campaign against religion continues its relentless course…

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Two to Die for Official's Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 19

WARSAW, Thursday.--Two Poles were sentenced to death yesterday and three others were given long gaol sentences…

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Two to Die Foe Official's Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 19

WARSAW, Thursday.--Two Poles were sentenced to death yesterday and three others were given long gaol sentences…

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Two to Die for Official's Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 19

WARSAW, Thursday.--Two Poles were sentenced to death yesterday and three others were given lone gaol sentences…

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Two to Die for Official's Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 19

WARSAW, Thursday.--Two Poles were sentenced to death yesterday and three others were given long gaol sentences…

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Two to Die for Official's Murder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 19

WARSAW, Thursday.--Two Poles were sentenced to death yesterday and three others were given long gaol sentences…

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Extradition Court to Close

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 3

HAMBURG (WJA).—The Hamburg daily, "Die Welt," reports that the British 'Court for Extradition in Hamburg will soon cease its activities, since the…

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Police Think Fire Started By Burglar

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 4

Believed to have been started accidentally or deliberately by a burglar, a fire swept through the first floor of a two-storey building in Harbor St., Haymarket, early this morning,…

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Vic. Plan For Auxiliary Police Force

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Victoria Police Association will be invited by the Chief Secretary…

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Police Order Many From Flood Area

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 9

Police ordered dozens of people from their homes along the Hawkesbury River last night after 180 points of rain threatened further serious flooding…

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Vic. Plan For Auxiliary Police Force

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Victoria Police Association will be invited by the Chief Secretary…

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Police Think Fire Started By Burglar

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 4

Believed to have been started accidentally or deliberately by a burglar, a fire swept through the first floor of a two-storey building in Harbor St., Haymarket, early this morning,…

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Law Court Reports in Divorce

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 7

Decrees nisi were granted in the following suits:- BEFORE MR. JUSTICE CLANCY B. N. Johnston v N. E. Johnston;…

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