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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

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

Police Says Man Is an Inebriate

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 24

When John Bissett, 44, laborer, was convicted by Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M. in Wollongong Court on Monday for having need indecent…

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Police Fear Poison Baits May Harm Children

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 4

Complaints have been received by the police from residents of Wollongong and surrounding areas that someone is poisoning…

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Heavy Court List at Albion Park

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 8

Albion Park Court of Petty Sessions heard heavy charge list in which no less than 27 individual defendants were…

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Labourer Charged with Assault

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 11

Noel Joseph Rickksen. 25, labourer of the Karingal Hostel, Port Kenrbla, appeared before the Chamber Magistrate…

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£900 Theft Alleged

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 1

At Wollongong Court last Friday, a woman appeared on a warrant charged with the theft of…

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"King-hit experts" receive little sympathy from Wollongong magistrate

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 27

Two men whom Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., described as "a pair of king-hit experts on a man when he is not looking" were fined in Wollongong Court last Thursday for unprovoked…

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Sold Over Fixed Price Traders Before Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 11

Misunderstanding about her right to add costs of transport and packing to the retail price of goods was given as an explanation when Elizabeth Mary Green, of 209 Main Rd., Woonona, was…

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T.L.C Secretary Protests on Court Decisions

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 8

"Recent decisions of the High Court must command the interest of every trade unionist and other progressive sections of the…

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Wrong train from Sydney lands Hurstville man in Wollongong court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 2

If a moralist, looking for a sad example of the evils that spring from the demon rum, were to have looked in at Wollongong Court on Monday he would only have had to lift the bandages…

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Guest-house Proprietor and Hotel Licensee at Court on Prices Charges

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 9

Proprietors of a guest-house and one hotel were fined by Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., in Wollongong Court last Thursday on prices charges, following visits to their premises by inspectors…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Saturday 5 November 1949 · page 3

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., had a lengthy list at Kiama Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, 26th October. James Ernest Suckling took…

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Young Man Given Four Months Gaol. 80 M.P.H. Chase by Police

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 10

A young man who illegally used a motor cycle was chased on it by police in a car at 80 m.p.h. The chase had its aftermath at Wollongong Court on Monday, when the cyclist was sentenced to a…

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Alleged Indecent Act Was Cause of Assault

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 28

A man who took the law into his awn hands—after another man had alleged acted indecently in front of him—was discharged at Wollongong Court on Monday by Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M…

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S.M. Slates Mother:— Condoned Theft by Daughter (11 YEARS)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 9

A woman was slated at Wollongong Court on Monday by Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., for the "extraordinary way" in which she was bringing up her 11 years old daughter. The woman, Mrs. Aileen Payne…

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Court Views Juvenile Crime Film

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 4

The rancid atmosphere of dingy back-alley tenements of England where teen-age youth turned to vice and crime, was…

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First drink in 10 months Landed laborer in court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 24

A man who had his first intoxicating drink in 10 months became aggressive, started fighting, was arrested and charged…

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Man Falsely Pretended He Was Injured Coming From Work, Police Say

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 2

Primbee labourer Reginald Joseph Jeffrey, 47, was committed for trial on Tuesday by Mr. J. Fleeman; S.M., on a charge of falsely pretending to his employers he had been injured…

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Youth Charged with Wounding Step Father

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 29

A youth appeared at Bulli Court last Friday on a maliciously wounding charge. The youth, Allan Eric Newton aged 18, of 28 Hospital Road…

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£5 Fine for Theft of Two Books

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 32

Two of three charges against a married woman were dismissed at the Wollongong Court by Mr. [?] Fleeman, S. M., when Elsie…

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Migrant Accused of Assault on Hostel Manager

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 3

A 26-years-old migrant was charged on Tuesday with having maliciously inflicted grevious bodily harm upon the manager…

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