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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

276 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 12 of 14

Police Officer's Funeral

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 1

FUNERAL OF Police Sergeant Clarence Parsons passing through the city on Friday morning. Led by the Port Kembla Steelworks' band, the cortege was accompanied by a police escort.—Photo by Metro Studios…

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Migrant in Court on Two Charges

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 2

A 26 year old migrant from the Camp at Unanderra, Gregor Prokopowitch pleaded guilty before Mr. J. Fleeman S.M. at the…

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Street Meetings, Minus Amplifiers, Permitted Behind Police Station

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 2

For one month prior to Federal or State elections, special permission will be granted by the City Council, on application, to use the laneway at the rear of the Wollongong Police…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Saturday 19 November 1949 · page 5

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., had a light list at the Kiama Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last. Six men charged with drunkenness…

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Migrant Charged with Assault

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 11

A 34-years-old Estonian migrant was charged on Monday with unlawfully assaulting and maliciously inflicting grievous…

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£8 Fine for Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 7

Alfred Allan Smith (32), welder of Albion Park Rail, was fined £8 at Wollongong Court on Monday by Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M…

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Truck Driver Remanded on Stealing Charge

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 1

At the Wollongong Court on Tuesday, William George Marsh, 20, truck driver, was remanded to appear before the same court…

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Magistrate Orders Payment of £7 Train Fares

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 4

At the Wollongong Court on Tuesday, Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., fined a man £4 with 10/- court costs, £7/7/3 train fares and £1…

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Father of Six Fined £8 for Stealing Motor

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 1

The 33-years-old father of six children was fined £8 at the Wollongong Court on Monday after she had pleaded guilty to…

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Seamen in Court for Fighting

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 3

Two visiting seamen—one with his eyes blackened and nose bruised, the other shirtless and wearing a blood-stained athletic…

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Polish Patriot in Court on Driving Charge

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 2

A Pole who was said to have been awarded the Bravery Cross for his deeds as a member of an "underground" organisation…

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Timothy Sentenced to Seven Years' Gaol

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 9

Acquitted on a charge of murder, Maxwell Evatt Timothy. 24, shunter, of Crown Street, Wollongong, was sentenced to seven…

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Argument at Steel Works Estonian Charged with Assault

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

An Estonian carpenter charred at Wollongong Court on Monday with unlawfully assaulting, and inflicting grievous…

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Injured, Then Charged

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 15

A Commercial traveller charged at Wollongong Court on Novemiele under the influence, was so injured in the resultant accident…

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Ironworker Fined for Stealing From Workmate

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 1

An ironworker was fined £7 by Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., on Monday, for stealing £5 from a workmate at Lysaghts Works, Port…

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Remanded on Charge of Stealing Greyhound

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 11

Two men were charged at the Wollongong Court on Monday, with stealing a greyhound bitch and were remanded until Dec 19…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Saturday 3 December 1949 · page 4

On Wednesday last, before Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., the following matters were dealt with:— Sydney Channels pleaded guilty…

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6 Weeks' Gaol for Stealing Bicycle

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 9

Charged with stealing a bicycle Arnold Egbert Wilhelm, 33, labourer was sentenced by Mr. Fleeman, S.M…

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3 Theft Charges

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 4

Three charges of stealing were preferred against a Wollongong truck driver at the Wollongong Court last…

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Estonian in Assault Case at Port Kembla

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 3

The case being heard at Wollongong Court before Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M. in which Arnold Oswald Pea (34), an Estonian carpenter, has been charged with inflicting grievous bodily…

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