Alleged Assault on Girl
An eight-years old girl camped with her parents at Bulli beach informed police on Tuesday that she had been indecently assaulted a youth in a…
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Defendant "Clumsy Liar" Magistrate's Warning
"I don't behave your evidence. I think you are a liar and a clumyliar Bar at that," Mr. A. E. Hodgson, S.M., stated at the Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bulli Police Station
Additional accommodation at an estimated cost of £1,070, is to be provided at the Bulli Police Station. Mr J. T. Sweeney, M.L.A., was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court Statistics
Charge cases heard at Wollongong Court last year increased to [?]045 as compared with 880 charges in the previous year. Summonses dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →False Fire Alarms Police Will Take Action
"If the culprits setting off mechanical fire alarms falsely in Wollongong are apprehended, the police will strietly enforce the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth's Downfall Sentenced For Theft
A story of a twenty-ono-years-old youth, who, for the past several weeks had existed on profits from potty thieving, after having loft his job and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Industrial Magistrate's Court
Robert C. Barbee was fined £2 with 16/- costs at Wollongong Court on Monday for employing four junior casters where only three are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Month's Gaol for Youth. Stole £5
Bruce Gordon Chilby (20) was sentenced to two months' gaol at Wollongong Court on Monday for stealing £5, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Action Sought on Nudists
The police are to be asked to investigate allegations of nude sunbathing and surfing at North Era Beach and to take suitable action…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of Mother and Child Murder and Suicide
A finding of murder and suicide, was returned by the deputy coroner (Air. W. S. Musgrave) at the conclusion of the inquest held on Wednesday into thedeath of Fay Goodwin and her mother, Phyllis J. Goodwin. The deputy coroner remarked that it was tragic that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nude Bathing at Beach Police Action Sought
Police are to be asked to investigate allegations of nude bathing being practised at North Era Beach, near Otford…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court Told of Delayed Mail. Ex-postman Fined
About 100 articles of mail, newspapers and magazines were found under some bushes near Fairy Creek, Gwynneville, by some boys…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court
The first sitting of the Kiama District Court will be held on Monday, 24th February, at 2 p.m. Prior to 1917 District Court sittings were held…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Appearance in Court
When a young man appeared in the Kiama Police Court on Wednesday last without a coat and put his hands in his pockets whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kiama Court of Petty Sessions
The Magistrate (Mr. A. E. Hodgson, S.M.) had a full list on Wednesday last at Kiama Court of Petty Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lorry Driver Charged Result of Accident
Arising out of a motor accident which occurred at Stun well Park on June 23, 1946, when a youth, Raymond John Piper (17), clerk…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Albion Park Court Unlawful Possession Ration Card
Frank Arthur Cox pleaded guilty to, at Jamberoo, on December 3, having in his possession a ration card reasonably suspected of having been stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial Magistrate's Court
At the Wollongong Industrial Magistrate's Court on Monday, Mr. A. E. Hodgson, S.M., fined Allan J. Moore, [?] 47 Wentworth st., Port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Youth for Trial £200 Clothing Theft
An eighteen-years-old youth was committed to stand his trial at the next Wollongong Quarter Sessions on February 17, at the Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Two-up" Players Fined. Eleven Men in Court
"We have no amenities, nothing to occupy our minds, and were having a game among ourselves," said a spokesman for eleven men charged…
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