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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

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Land Court at Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 9

The Land and Valuation Court, presided over by Judge Roper, sat at Wollongong this week to hear the case of Henry F. Halloran and Co. v…

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Wollongong Court Tuesday Bus Driver Fined

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 7

Edward Atwell pleaded not guilty to a charge of picking up passengers at other than a recognised bus stopping place…

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Wollongong Court MONDAY (Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, S.m.) Undersized Fish

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 2

Charged with consigning undersized fish for sale, Keith Massey was fined £3 with 8/- costs. Constable Smith said on Jan. 30th…

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Coroner's Court Wollongong—wednesday (Before Mr. S. R. Musgrave, J.P., Deputy Coroner) Death of Edith Jane Drysdale

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 4

Dr. Goldle stated that on February 20th he performed a post mortem on the body of deceased and found in the thorax a pulmonary oedema at the…

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A Queer Charge Stealing Handcuffs

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 3

At Lithgow police court a man was fined £1 for stealing a pair of handcuffs, A policeman was taking the defendant to the lock-up when…

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Police Court Wollongong—monday (Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, 9,M.) Assault Police

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 2

Keith L. C. MoVicar (22), was charged with indecent behaviour and with assaulting Constable Haire. He pleaded guilty to both charges…

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Nurses Charged for Breakages

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 9

At a special meeting of the Port Kembla branch of the Wharf Labourers' Union, yesterday morning, the following motion was carried: "That…

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An Innovation In Court Procedure

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 7

The procedure in a Court of Petty Sessions has been to take a typewritten copy of the evidence of each witness. Long ago it was written by…

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Bulli Court FRIDAY. Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, S.m) No Lights on Bicycle

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 15

Bernard Burns was fined 7/6 with 8/- costs for riding a bicycle without a light. Constable Crowe said Burns had…

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Wollongong Court MONDAY (Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, S.m.) Breach of N.E.S. REGULATIONS

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 13

Charged with a breach of the National Security Regulations, in that he drove a car in a blackout with a tail-light which did not conform with…

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Police Court. Wollongong — MONDAY (Before Mr. J. S. Balmain, S.m.) Assault Constable

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 2

Glen Thomas (42), labourer, was charged with using indecent language, and with assaulting Constable Reddington while in the execution of his…

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Wollongong Court MONDAY (Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, S.m.) Assaulted Police

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 16

Glen Thomas (42) a labourer, was charged with using indecent language, also with assaulting Constable Reddington…

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Two Men for Trial Breaking, Entering and Stealing Charges Pulled Gun On Constable Alleged

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 5

On two counts of breaking, entering and stealing, two men were committed for trial at Wollongong Court on Monday by Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, S.M. They were committed for trial to the Wollongong Quarter Sessions on…

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Training Britain's Military Police

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 1

The mounted Military Police of the British Academy Control traffic and the movement of troops, both at home and on the battlefield. This picture shows the start os a cross-country motor-cycle ride, which is part of their training…

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Assault and Robbery Alleged Two Men Remanded

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 5

Before Mr. R. A. Hardwloke, J.P., In the Wollongong Police Court on Wednesday, Claude Stanley Hoare (34) labourer, and James Muir (34)…

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Police Court Wollongong—monday (Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, S.m.) Negligent Driving

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 2

Norman S. Graham pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving and was fined £1 and 8/ costs. Constable Smith said that while…

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Wollongong Court MONDAY. (Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, S.m.) Traffic Charges

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 12

Norman Stanley Graham, charged with negligent driving, was fined 20/- with 8/- costs. Mr. A. G. Higgins pleaded guilty…

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Stealing Ferrets

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 2

Donald Adrian Gittens (20), labourer, was charged with stealing two ferrets, valued at £2, the property of Alfred Rowen…

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Police Court Wollongong—thursday (Before Mr. J. A. S. Balamin, S.m.) Inefficent Silencer

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 2

For having an inefficint silencer on his motor cycle, George W. Holland was fined 20/ and 8/ costs. Constable Murray, of Dapto, said…

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Coroner's Court Death of Edgar Shaw

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 3

"I personally knew the deceased and found him a man of excellent character, and convey the sympathy of this Court to his widow," said Deputy…

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