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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

293 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 15

Ingenious Plan. Fob Causing Shop Fire. Owner Sent to Gaol

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 June 1933 · page 4

An application seeking leave to appeal against a three years' gaol, sentence has been refused Leonard Goodfellow, who was recently convicted on…

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Wollongong Court THURSDAY. (Before Mr. Hardwick, S.m.) Indecent Language

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 June 1933 · page 11

Thomas Allen (32) was charged with drunkenness, also with using indecent language in Crown street on June 8th. He pleaded guilty to the…

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Bulli Court Wednesday. (Before Mr. Hardwick, S.m.) Indecent Language

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 June 1933 · page 7

Clifton Steel Ross (24) was ed with drunkenness, also with indecent language at Thirroul on June 10th. He pleaded, guilty to both…

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Stealing Coal

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 5
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

Benjamin Owen Evans (37) was charged with stealing coal, the property of the Commissioner for Road Transport, valued at 6d…

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Breaking, Entering and Stealing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 16

Elias Reeves and Herbert James Hutchison were each charged with breaking and entering W. T. Campbell's store at Thirroul on April 16…

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Police Court. Wollongong.—thursday. (Before Mr. Sheridan, S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 5

Frederick Williams was charged with using indecent language in Crown Street, on June 18th; he was also charged with drunkenness…

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Trouble Over A Wireless Assault Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 12

At Wollongong Court yesterday— Donald Joseph Harrah (36) Eric George Constantine (22) and John William Gordon Waugh (21) were…

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Wollongong Court THURSDAY (Before Mr. Sheridan, S.m.) Remanded

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 13

Alfred John Smith (22) was charged with breaking and entering Mary Monaghan's house at Towrodgi between Feb. and March, 1933 and…

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Stealing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 14

Henry George Meyers (33) and Alfred Ernest Yeldham (60) were each charged with stealing a leather bag containing articles of clothing…

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Bulli Police Court. Wednesday. (Before Mr. Sheridan, S.m.) Stealing Canvas Blind

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 7

David Gilbert Ford was charged with stealing one canvas blind, valued at £2 the property of Mr. James Craddock, from a cottage at Bulli beach…

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Police Court. Wollongong.—thursday. (Before Mr. Sheridan, S.m.) Language

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 12

Joseph McKenzie (43) was charged with using indecent language at Port Kembla, also with drunkenness. Segt. Breeze deposed that defendant…

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Licensing Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 10

At the Licensing Court, Wollongong, application was made by Tooth & Co. to be allowed to make alterations to the Family Hotel, Bulli…

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Wollongong Court THURSDAY. (Before Mr. Sheridan, S.M.-REMANDS

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 7

Arthur Bow (22) was charged with uttering to Alice Whiddett, at Port Kembla, on June 22nd, counterfeit coins, namely seven 2/-, three 1/-…

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Bulli Court WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr. Sheridan, S.m.) Indecent Behaviour

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 14

Roy Spowart (31) was charged with indecent behaviour at Bulli on June 23rd. He pleaded guilty and was fined £2 or two days…

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Police Court. Wollongong.—thursday. (Before Mr. Sheridan, S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 13

Robert Campbell Pollock (24) was charged with having in his possession at Fairy Meadow, a travelling rug, reaonably suspected of having been…

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Police Court. Dapto.—friday. (Before. Mr. Sheridan, S.M.) S.P. BETTING

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 13

Eric Stanley Banham was charged with betting in Bong Bong St., Dapto( on May 27, 1933. He pleaded guilty. Constable King stated that…

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Licensing Court. Wollongong.—thursday. (Before Mr. Sheridan, S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 8

An application was made for a transfer of the license of the Hotel Victoria, North Wollongong, from George Bode to Patrick O'Neil…

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Small Debts Court. Wollongong.—thursday. (Before Mr. Sheridan, S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 8

The Postal Department proceeded against Sidney L. Moore and Alfred Spencer, trading as the Xpress Tyre Service, claiming £4/13/9 telephone…

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Wollongong Court THURSDAY. (Before Mr. Sheridan, S.m.) Small Debts Claims

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 5

P.M.G. Dept, proceeded against Sidney L. Moore, and Alfred Spencer, trading as the Xpress Tyre Service, claiming £4/13/9 telephone…

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