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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

263 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 14

Altered Court Sittings

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 9

Court sittings in this district will be altered from April 4 and a there will be courts at Wollongong on the first, second and third and fourth…

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Traffic Offenders Before Court

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 2

There was a heavy list of traffic offenders at the Bulli Court on Friday and car drivers and motor cyclists answered…

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Man Charged with Indecent Assault

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 7

A man appeared at Wollongong Court yesterday on four charges of indecent assault on a male person at Fairy Meadow…

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Albion Park Police Court Guest House Proprietor on Driving Charge

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 7

It was alleged by a police witness at Albion Park Court last week, that Harold Miller, lessee of the California guest house, Lake Illawarra, after…

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'Quiet" Week-end for Police, Ambulance

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 1

Police and ambulance officers report one of the "quietest" periods for years over Easter. Despite a huge volume of traffic on…

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Storekeeper Upset Had To Attend Court - Sold Business

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 2

A Coalcilff general-storekeepr, Mrs. A. Robey, had become so 'upset' about having to attend the Wollongong Industrial Court to…

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Port Kembla Mechanic on "Sly Grog" Charges Police Claim Marked Coins Used to Buy Wine

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 3

At Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions, last week, in a case of of alleged "sly grogging." police told a story of undercover methods and the use of marked coins, employed—as they said—to catch a Port Kembla motor-mechanic, Harold Horder (38), in the…

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Pt. Kembla Mechanic on Sly Grog Charge Police Allege Sale of Wine to Vice Squad Constable

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 3

A 37 year-old mechanic, Harold George Horder, of Military Rd., Pt. Kembla, was charged, at Wollongong Court last Thursday, with selling a bottle of wine without a license at Pt. Kembla on February 20…

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Albion Park Court Upton v MARTIN

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 2

Mr. E. J. Etherton had a fairly light list at Albion Park Court on Wednesday, 24th March. A special sitting of Albion Park…

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Acquitted of Murder

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 7

Michael Kelly (57), labourer, was acquitted in Central Criminal Court on Monday, of having murdered George Hendry Underwood, 42, at Wollongong,…

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Vagrancy Charge Brings Month's Gaol

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 18

A 22-year old man, Thomas George Maloney, charged. with vagrancy at Wollongong Court on Monday, was said by police to have slept…

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Port Man Acquitted Of Murder

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 7

Michael Kelly (58), labourer, Port Kembla, charged with the murder of George Henry Underwood (48) in a lonely hut near Port Kembla…

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Local Boxer for Trial on Assault with Actual Bodily Harm Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 5

Charged with assaulting John Jasse Ingold at Kiama on January, 31, and occasioning him actual bodily harm, John William Murphy, 20, labourer was committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions, on June 7 by Mr. Etherton, S.M. at Wollongong Court on Monday…

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31 Drunks on Court List "Rather Abnormal," Says S.M

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 1

"Rather an abnormal number of drunks," commented Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M., as he glanced through several pages of Monday's…

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Special Court

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 2

A special sitting of thee Kiama Court of Petty Sessions was held, on Monday last before Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., to hear charges under the…

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3 Months' Gaol for "Sly Grog" Sale

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 8

Harold George Horder (37) mechanic, Military Road, Port Kembla, was sentenced to three months' hard labour and fined…

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Court Subpoena to See Hospital Records

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 9

The secretary of the N.S.W. Hospital Commission Mr. J. G. Love, advised Tuesday night's meeting of the Bulli Hospital…

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Assaulted Crippled Sister Man Before Court

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 1

A police constable alleged in evidence at the Bulli Court, on Friday, that he saw a 22-years-old labourer gripping the throat of his…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 1

A sitting of Kiama Court of Petty Sessions was held on Wednesday last before Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M. A motorist was fined £3 for using…

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Albion Park Court of Petty Sessions

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 21 April 1948 · page 1

A sitting of Albion Park Court of Petty Sessions was held on Friday last before Mr. E. J. Etherton, S. M. The only case to be heard was…

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