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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

263 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 6 of 14

Damaged Police Property

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 1
Also in Illawarra Mercury

Arrested for drunkenness at 10 p.m. last Saturday, George Stanley Champley, 23, boilermaker, was placed in a police-side[?] and…

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Father Saves Son from Court Case

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 1

A small grey-haired old man at Wollongong Court last Thursday asked Mr. Etherton, S.M. for permission to withdraw a charge…

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Kiama Court of Petty Sessions

Kiama Independent · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 1

Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M., had a heavy list at the sitting of the Kiama Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last…

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Court Approves 2 New Hotels for Thirroul

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 13

The Full Bench of the Licensing Court on Tuesday approved the transfer of two hotel licenses to Thirroul and refused an…

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Railway Theft Charge

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 7

Two labourers appeared at the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday and were charged with stealing a quantity…

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Theft of Bridge Bolts

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 4

At last Friday's meeting of the City Council, the Chief engineer (Mr. Glastenbury), replying to a complaint of unsafe planking on…

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Bound Over for Theft of Books

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 17

Unable to give any reason for his action, a well-dressed 45 years-old man with an outstanding military record and no…

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Brother and Sister in Assault Case

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 3

A brother and sister were parties in an assault charge at Wollongong Court on Monday. The complainant, Mrs. Lola…

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Family Squabble Ends In Court

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 4

A woman alleged, in evidence, at the Wollongong Court of Petty sessions on Monday that the day after her brother had…

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Acquitted on Assault Count

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 5

At Wollongong Quarter Sessions on Monday, a jury acquitted a man of a charge of indecent assault after a retirement of less…

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Acquitted on Railway Theft Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 8

A wharf labourer was acquitted of stealing from the Railways at Wollongong Quarter Sessions on Monday…

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Two Men Bound Over for Stealing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 9

The men charged with separate counts of breaking, entering and stealing were bound over in £10 at Wollongong Quarter Sessions on…

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Two Men Remanded On Railway Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 1

Two men were remanded on £50 bail to Casino Court on June 9, by Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M., at Wollongong Court on…

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Claims by Counsel in Indecent Assault Case

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 5

A great number of people have home-sexual tendencies which might be brought to the surface by mental stress and…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Saturday 12 June 1948 · page 2

Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M., had a very small list at Kiama Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, 26th May. A man was charged with using…

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Acquitted on Assault Count

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 3

At Wollongong Quarter Sessions on Monday, a jury acquitted a man of a charge of indecent assault after a retirement of less than 10 minutes…

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First Stealing Charge

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 4

A man who, according to police, had a weakness for stealing money, appeared at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions…

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Wharf Labourer's Stealing Acquittal

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 3

A Wollongong wharf labourer was acquitted of a charge of stealing a large quantity of merchandise from railway vans…

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Alleged Theft From Railways

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 10

Two labourers, who appeared before the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions last week, charged with stealing a quantity of…

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