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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

263 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 11 of 14

Unlicensed Safe of Liquor To Police

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 October 1948 · page 4

A 64 years old labourer, Robert Sutt[?]rthwaite, was fiend £5 by Mr. Fleeman, S.M., at Wollongong Court on Monday…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Saturday 16 October 1948 · page 6

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., had a very small list for his first visit to Kiama Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last…

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Albion Park Court of Petty Sessions

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 20 October 1948 · page 1

Considering that no sitting of Albion Park Court had been held for 3 months, Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., and a comparatively light list at Albion…

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Bulli Police Boys' Club Cheque Presented

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 1

"A great change is coming over the community when police are prepared to take charge of boys for the purpose of…

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Housewife Sold Wine to Police at Figtree Dance

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 1

A housewife, Edith Sixsmith (31), was fined £[?]0 or 20 days hard labour, at Wollongong Court on Monday, for illegally…

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Indecent Assault

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 28 October 1948 · page 1

An 18-years-old labourer, who, police stated, was at present on a two years' good behaviour bond from the last Quarter…

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Clothing for Britain Theft

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 28 October 1948 · page 3

Certain clothing, which was stolen from storage at the Town Hall, where it had been packed in cartons prior to despatch to…

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Kiama Court of Petty Sessions

Kiama Independent · Saturday 30 October 1948 · page 4

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., had a fairly substantial list for hearing at Kiama Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last…

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Two Charged With Assault

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 November 1948 · page 6

Two miners appeared at Wollongong Court on Tuesday charged with unlawfully assaulting Henry George Smith…

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Wheeler Charged With Assault

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 November 1948 · page 16

A 21 years old wheeler, John Elliott, of 36 Soldiers' Road, Kembla Heights, appeared at Wollongong Court last Thursday morning on a…

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Assault Charge

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 November 1948 · page 3

John Elliott (21) wheeler, of 36 Soldiers' rd., Kembla Hts., was charged before Mr. [?] Fleeman, S.M., at the…

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Wollongong PoliceCitizens' Boys Club

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 November 1948 · page 9

Word has been received from the Federation of N.S.W. PoliceCitizens Boys' Clubs asking for 22 boys under the charge of a…

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Man Accepted Bets from Police Constable; Fined

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 November 1948 · page 1

A 42 years old labourer Robert Peace was fined £20, at Wollongong Court on Monday, for street betting…

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Gaol for Stealing Motor Cycle

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 November 1948 · page 1

Clifford Mclntyre Hamilton, who Det. T. Anderton said was an associate of criminals, was sentenced to a month's…

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Indecent Assault Youth For Trial

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 November 1948 · page 3

An 18-yesrs-old labourer was committed for trial on a charge of indecently assaulting an eight year old girl at Oak Flats on…

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Police-Citizens Boys' Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 November 1948 · page 18

[?] as though the Committee of the Wollongong Police-Citizens Boys' Club are in for a [?] during the next [?]…

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Gypsum Dust Nuisance Court Prosecution

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 November 1948 · page 3

Allegations that gypsum dust obliterated the colour of roofs of houses, fences, gardens and lawns of Port Kembla, were…

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Ex-pow's Collapse in Court During Hearing of Trespassing' Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 November 1948 · page 1

A man who was stated to have been a prisoner of war in Japan and was suffering with war-neurosis, collapsed in Wollongong Court on Monday after he was charged with the passing on enclosed land. The defendant, Stanley Graham…

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Kiama Court of Petty Sessions

Kiama Independent · Saturday 13 November 1948 · page 1

At the sitting of Kiama Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last. Mr. J. Fleeman S.M., had only a light list and disposed of all cases…

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£15 COMPENSATION Assault Charge

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 November 1948 · page 11

At the Bulli Court yesterday James Keith Doherty proceeded against John Samuel Phoenix (43), labourer, alleging assault…

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