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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

11,126 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

His Last Court Visit. He Hopes

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 30

A [?]appy young couple hurried from Central Court on Wednesday. As they turned into the street, the man turned his head for a glimpse of the solemn…

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FABIAN of the YARD tells how a Murder Played the Radio As He Fired

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 28

SINCE late evening at Saxton Grange the stabled horses had been restless, sensing the dead man who sat slumped and stiffening in the garage next door. He was their…

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Skip Court to Be Eased Challenge run now unlikely

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 17

SKIP COURT, winner of the Flying Handicap at Moorefield yesterday, is an unlikely runner in the Challenge Stakes even though he is one of the best handicapped horses in the…

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Time, Place Aid Skip Court Specialists in Tight Finish Thirteen In Luck

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 2

Skip Court's success in the Moorefield Flying Handicap yesterday was attributed by trainer Cecil Rolls partly to the fact that he shows…

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The Specialist Only Just Scrambled Home Skip Court Has A Win At Last

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 17

Moorefield specialist Skip Court struggled home with half a neck to spare in yesterday's Flying at the Kogarah track but met one of the weakest open-company fields seen in the metropolitan area for many a long day…

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Former Under World Queens Are in the Limelight Again Kate issues a bluey against "Shiner" Ryan for support Tilly won't give evidence; exhusband freed in assault case

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 9

News that is likely to create more than a ripple in the upper crust of the underworld, from Sydney…

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Telephonist of Theft Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

Thomas Hughes (27), te[?] phonist, Pitt St., City, was [?] manded at Central Court today until January 17 oh a cha[?]…

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Telephonist on Theft Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

Thomas Hughes (27), telephonist, Pitt St., City, was remanded at Central Court today until January 17 on a charge…

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Telephonist on Theft Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

Thomas Hughes (27), telephonist, Pitt St., City, was re[?]manded at Central Court today until Januarv 17 on a charge…

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Telephonist on Theft Charge

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

Thomas Hughes (27), telephonist, Pitt St., City, was remanded at Central Court today until January 17 on a charge…

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Stepson charged with poisoning

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- A 27-year-old laborer, Alfred Leslie Poulter, was charged in Dandenong Court today with having administered poison to his…

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Clue to Theft of Royal Stone

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--Police believe the discovery in a bombed site at Westminster of an…

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NEWS in brief Man Charged with Stabbing

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 8

A New Austra lian. Joseph Szczerbickie (25),…

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Car driver handcuffed, police say

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

A car driver who was "greatly under the influence" had to be handcuffed before he…

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Motorist Chased, Taken to Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 4

A Sydney motorist who witnessed a collision near Glenbrook yesterday chased a car for 12 miles and took the driver to Springwood police station…

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Court Rejects Marriage Plea

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

Mr. Justice Toose today refused a request by a woman to shorten the usual divorce period so that she could remarry and have a child before having to undergo an operation which, she claimed, would…

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Court Rejects Marriage Plea

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

Mr. Justice Toose today refused a request by a Woman to shorten the usual divorce period so that she could remarry and have a child before having to underqo an operation which, she claimed, would…

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Police chief halts 5 speeding cyclists

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 7

Chief of the Police Traffic Branch (Supt. W. R. Lawrence) yesterday personally chased and arrested five motor cyclists who were speeding on the Western Highway. Superintendent Lawrence…

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Woman Struck with Fork, Police Allege

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 4

It was stated in Glebe Court today that a man, charged with malicious wounding, had attacked a woman with a fork…

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Woman Struck with Fork, Police Allege

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 4

It was stated in Glebe Court today that a man, charged with malicious wounding, had attacked a woman with a fork…

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