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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

195 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 10 of 10

P.k. Court House Site Unsuitable

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 3

The site proposed by the Justice Department for a Court House at Port Kembla, alongside of tho Police Station was not a good one,…

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Duty to Attend Court When Summons Issued

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 1

When process has been issued it is your duty to attend the court," Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.M., told a man at the Bulli Court of Petty…

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Man for Trial on Murder Charge Story Told of Struggle in Port Kembla Hut

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 14

Two men, one armed with a knife and the other with an axe, joined in a fatal battle in a hat on the outskirts of Port Kembla Golf Links on November 11, a detective alleged at Wollongong Coroner's Court on Tuesday…

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Court Told of Chase Truck Loaded With Christmas Bush

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 1

An officer of the Water Board had to chase a utility truck loaded with Christmas Bush for two miles to overtake it and apprehend the…

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Kiama Court of Petty Sessions

Kiama Independent · Saturday 13 December 1947 · page 1

At the Kiama Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, before Mr. R. Hardwicke, S.M., William Graham Sands was charged with having…

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Six Months' Gaol for Stealing

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1947 · page 4

A man who appeared in the Bulli Court on Friday on nine charges of stealing, was sentenced to six months' gaol on seven of the charges, and on…

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Guilty of Seven Charges of Stealing Labourer Receives Six Month's Gaol

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 December 1947 · page 21

A twenty four year old labourer, John William Tregonning, of Farrell Rd., Bulli, pleaded guilty to seven charges of stealing at Bulli Court last Friday. He was sentenced to six months' gaol on each charge…

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Land Deal Prompted Assault, Court Told

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Wednesday 24 December 1947 · page 5

When a man refused to do anything farther about a piece of land they had been discussing, Timothy James Donnelly…

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Assault, Robbery Alleged

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Wednesday 24 December 1947 · page 1

Arising out of an incident alleged to have occurred at Wollongong on Saturday night, a man and a woman appeared at…

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Assault & Rob Charge

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1947 · page 1

A man and woman appeared at the Wollongong Court on Monday charged with assaulting Leslie Francis Smith at Wollongong on Saturday, and…

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Assault on Constable Alleged

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1947 · page 1

A constable alleged at Wollongong Court, on Monday, that after he arrested a man for using indecent language, the man kicked at his body and…

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Alleged Assault on Wife Husband Refused Bail

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1947 · page 1

An engineer who, it was alleged, seriously assaulted his wife, on Saturday, was refused bail by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., at the…

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Wife In Hospital After Alleged Assault By Husband Man Remanded Without Bail

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Wednesday 24 December 1947 · page 7

Mavis Gertrude Jones was consistently and seriously beaten by her husband Maxwell Jones, 28, engineer, in…

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Assault Brings Fine

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 3

Five stitches had to be inserted in James J. Costigan's lip after he had been assaulted by Timothy J. Donnelly, assurance agent, at West Wollongong,…

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English Seamen Find Magistrate Lenient

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 5

Several English seamen, who found themselves in court on Monday, on charges arising out of 'incidents' which occurred at Port…

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