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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

195 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 10

Kiama Police Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 4

Mr. A. E. Hodgson, S.M., had a very light list, the smallest since he has been visiting Kiama, on Wednesday last…

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Six Months'gaol

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 1

John Smith, 32, litter and turner, who pleaded guilty at the Wollongong Quarter Session's on Monday to a charge of breaking and entering the…

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Case From Thirroul Discharged on Assault Charge

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 6

William Thomson, 61, retired miner, who was charged before His Honor Judge Nield at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions on Monday, with…

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Prison for Woman Eighteen Months for Assault

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 9

Before Judge Nield, at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions, on Wednesday afternoon, a jury found a woman guilty on two counts, of assault [?]…

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Footballer Fined Jack Livermore in Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 1

One of the most outstanding Rugby League footballers over produced in the Illawarra District Jack Livermore, pleaded guilty…

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Eight Men Charged

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 9

Arising from enquiries by police officers of the pillage squad from. Sydney and district detectives, eight men appeared before Mr. A. E…

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Sentenced for Breaking and Entering

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 4

At Wollongong Quarter Sessions last Friday, Ronald (alias Alfred) Thompson (18), of Sydney, was sentenced to 12 months' hard labour by Judge…

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Assault on Fijian Accused Acquitted

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 9

Charged at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions on Monday with assaulting a Fijian seaman, Jio Waisura, at Port Kembla on November 28, 1946…

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Son Bound Over Assault on Father

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 2

After a 24-year-old man pleaded guilty to unlawfully assaulting his father, Mr. A. E. Hodgson, S.M., upon hearing the evidence of a police…

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Father Slates Son. Assault Case at Thirroul

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 5

In the words of the Stipendiary Magistrate, A. E. Hodgson, it was a contemptible assault by Frederick Bernard Cole (24) at Thirroul on…

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Sale of Car Matter Before Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 6

George Norman Henry vivian Harding was charged with having pretended on November 20, 1946, to Walter Charles Elison, miner, of…

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Youth Sentenced to Goal Stealing Charges

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 1

At the Wollongong Police Court on Monday, Mr. A. E. Hodgson, S.M., sentenced Cecil Leonard Pickering (19) of Unanderra, to one month's…

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Charges of Stealing Waterside Workers Remanded

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 7

Before Mr. A. E. Hodgson, S.M., at the Wollongong Court of Thursday of last week, eight men were remanded to the same court on March 13 on…

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Month's Gaol for Youth. "Of Benefit," Says S.m

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 7

Cecil Leonard Pickering (19) was sentenced to one month's gaol at Wollongong Court on Monday for stealing a suit of clothes, valued at…

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Theft of Car

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 4

At the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, Mr. A. E. Hodgson, S.M., sentenced William Earl Dunne (27), labourer, of Wollongong…

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Three Months' Gaol for Girl

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 7

According to evidence at Wollongong Court on Monday, Jean Beryl Collins (18) waitress, who pleaded guilty to a charge of vagrancy, was…

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Six Months' Gaol for Taking Car

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 6

A man with a long record of previous convictions dating from 1933 and including five for illegally using a car, was sentenced to six…

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Kiama Court of Petty Sessions

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 3

The Magistrate, Mr. A. E. Hodgson, S.M., had a large list to dispose of on Wednesday last. LICENCING COURT…

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Cross-action Assault Case Solicitors Became 'Cross'

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 7

Participants in a cross-action assault case, heard before Mr. A. E. Hodgson, S.M., at Bulli Court last Friday, became very 'cross'…

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Goods Missing From Ship Seven Men Before Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 6

"Any more persons appearing before this Court for this type of offence will bo probably sent to gaol. I have only imposed light…

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