Assault on Rest Park Gardener
A man with nine previous convictions for assault was fined £10 at Wollongong Court on Monday for unlawfully assaulting a 59…
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Wollongong Men Charged In Katoomba
Three Wollongong men, Bruce John Palcot, Athol Talbot, and Maxwell Rowan, all of Cliff road, Wollongong, were removed from the Mudgee Mail…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Witness 'Identified' Reporter During Hearing of Assault Case
Two local newspaper reporters who were innocently reporting proceedings during the hearing of an assault charge at Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions, on Monday, were surprised to find themselves suddenly become the objects for the attention of the entire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stole Goods Worth £160—Say Police
Desmond Joseph Clinch (29), appeared at Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, on charges of stealing and having…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome to Magistrate
When Mr. E. J. Etherton took his seat at the Kiama Court on Wednesday as Stipendiary Magistrate, he was welcomed by Mr. G. P. Watkins…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kiama Court of Petty Sessions
On Wednesday last before Mr. Etherton S.M., John William Murphy charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man's Bid to Escape Gaol Term for Stealing
The instinct of self preservation manifested itself unreservedly at Bulli Court last Friday when a man charged with stealing pa[?] out excuses in an effort to save himself a gaol term. Leslie Thomas O'Connor (44)…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Heavy Fine for Stealing Suitcase
A bottle-sorter from Redfern, who stole a leather suitcase containing ladies' clothing from the Helensburgh railway station on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Given Bond On Stealing Charge
On license from a mental home, a 32 year old women was placed on a £20 bond to be of good behaviour for 12 months at…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Warning to Motorists Given by Magistrate
"The average motorist does toot realise he has to give pedestrians right of way when they are between the pedestrian…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Police Warning to Parents
Wollongong detectives have issued a warning to parents that a young man has been speaking improperly to children in Keira…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man and Woman for Trial Assault and Rob Charge
At the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions, on Monday, Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M., committed a man and a woman for trial on a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man and Woman for Trial on Assault & Robbery Charge
A woman and her brother-in-law, charged with assaulting and robbing a man, were committed for trial at the next Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Union Organiser in Court
Thomas Frederick Roy Dalton (43). union organiser, of Campsie, appeared before Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M., at the Wollongong Court, on Monday,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Second Time in Court in Week
For the second time in seven days, a former council employee appeared at the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions, on Monday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Indecent Assault Alleged
A Corrimal man, who told police he had been indecently assaulted on Thursday, later handed a man over whom he…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Indecent Assault on Male
A man appeared before the Chamber Magistrate, Mr. Hicks, C.P.S., last Friday, and was charged with indecently assaulting a male, an act which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Remanded on Assault Charge
Martin Francis Hennessy, 27, labourer was remanded to March 1, by Mr. Etherton, S.M., at Wollongong Court on Monday on two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Remanded on Two Assault Charges
It was alleged by Set. W. J. Smith, prosecutor, at the Wollongong Court, on Monday, that a man had his denture plates broken as the result of an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Offensive Gesture at Police Alleged
A 24-years-old miner who, it was alleged, made an offensive gesture at police on Sunday, was fined for resisting arrest and offensive behaviour at…
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