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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

195 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 10

Bulli Police Court Traffic Breaches

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 15

Devil's Elbow, dangerous bend on Bulli Pass, figured in a number of traffic offences before Mr. Meagher S.M. at last Friday's sitting of…

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Unusual Theft At Nowra

Kiama Independent · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 5

Several farmers in Nowra district recently reported that thieves had removed electric motors which cannot be replaced. Police last week…

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Bound Over on Stealing Charge

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 5

Charged at the Wollongong Court last week with stealing timber valued at 30/- the property of William Hughes, at Ealgownie, on June 18,…

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Remanded on Armed Assault Charge

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 1

Harry Bryan (25), labourer, and Richard Mervyn Bryan (21), labourer, were charged at the Campsie Court on Wednesday with having, while armed,…

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Man Bound Over on Stealing Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 3

Convicted of stealing a quantity of timber from a Housing Commission project at Balgownie at Wollongong Police Court…

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Port Kembla Youth Fined For Stealing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 20

Roy Simpson (18), laborer, of Port Kembla, was fined a total of £6/10/- at Wollongong Police Court on Thursday of last week on…

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Two Men on Vagrancy Charges Discharged—Six Months Gaol

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 3

A [?] man told Mr. M. S. Meagher S.M. at Wollongong Police Court last Thursday that he had been questioned on suspicion of being…

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Three Remanded on Stealing Charges

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 4

Throe men, who were charged with stealing, at the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions, on Monday, were remanded by Mr. M. S. Meagher, S.M…

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Theft From Storeroom Alleged Three Men Remanded on Bail

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 5

The theft of £70 and £130 worth of goods from the Sydney-Wollongong Transport Co. was alleged at Wollongong court on Monday…

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Corrimal Butchers Before Court Breaches of Award Alleged

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 5

Arthur T. Ziems, Benjamin Robert Ziems and Edward Layden, trading as R. E. Ziems and Sons, Butchers, Main Road Corrimal…

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Club for Bulli Police Boys Estimated To Cost £11,000

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 2

A club building, proposed to bo erected on "The Pines" site at Bulli, for the Bulli-Woonona Police Boys' Club, is estimated by the…

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Licensing Court

Kiama Independent · Saturday 19 July 1947 · page 6

In the Licensing Court the transfer was granted of the licence of the Commercial Hotel, Albion Park from R. M. Bennett to William John…

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Kiama Court of Petty Sessions

Kiama Independent · Saturday 19 July 1947 · page 1

Mr. M. S. Meagher, S.M., had a busy day at Kiama Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last. At least half the cases on the list were…

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Magistrate Orders Poker Machines Destroyed

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 10

Four poker machines, seized by police from a billiards room and sports club at 40 Wentworth st., Port Kembla, last week, were ordered by Mr. M. S…

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Set Fire to Building, Police Allege

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 10

On a charge of maliciously [?] fire to a building, the prop[?] Lysaghts Ltd., and occupied by [?]ille Hill, at the Illowra Camp [?]…

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Police Allege Man Set Eire To Building

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 7

At Wollongong Court on Monday Thomas Patrick Reynolds, for whom. Mr. T. McInerney appeared, was charged with have maliciously set…

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Man Bound Over at Bulli Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 2

John Hamilton of Hobart St., Bulli, was ordered to enter into a bond of £30 to be of good behaviour for two years at…

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Land for Police Boys dub at Nth. Wollongong

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 13

Application is to be made to the Minister for Lands, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, for the dosing of a portion of Ajax Avenue, Nth…

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Police Boys' Club To Be Erected At North Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 3

"We are optimistic enough to think that a Police Boys' Club building will be built inside twelve months," declared Constable A…

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Wollongong Licensing Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 6

Throe applications for the conditional transfer of hotel licenses to premiess proposed to be erected at Thirroul and Austinmer, were made at the…

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