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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

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

2000 Theft From Nowa Air Station Canteen

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 4

A suitcase containing 2800 in notes money was stolen from the dry canteen at the station H.M.A.S. Albatross…

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Woman Cries After Win In Court Action

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 4

After Mr. J. Kleeman, S.M., returned a verdict in her tavour, at the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday…

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BURGLARY At Nowra

Kiama Independent · Saturday 17 December 1949 · page 4

A man was arrested at Kiama on Thursday 8th inst. and Thursday last was charged with breaking and entering four premises at Nowra,…

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Mean Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 10

Between 8 p.m. on Saturday night and 9 a.m. on Sunday morning, 400 yards of white cotton line was stolen from a…

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Alleged Assault by Labourer

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 2

At Wollongong Police Court last week, Thomas Downey (43), labourer, appeared on a charge of unlawfully…

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Three Months' Gaol for Vagrant

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 2

A young man who appeared at the Wollongong Court on Thursday on a vagrancy charge, had only one penny…

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Police Promotions

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 10

Three promotions of police officers in No. 19 Police Division were announced last week by the commissioner of Police (Mr…

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Police Boy's Club Invests in a Six Ton Tipping Truck

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 4

The Wollongong Police Boys' Club has purchased a new, six-ton English 'Fargo' tipping truck. This will enable the Club to get on with the work of improving its building and recreational area on Bode's Estate…

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Three Months Gaol for Vagrant Youth

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 8

A 19-years-old youth who was said to have worked only four days in nine months, was sentenced to three months'…

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Two to Stand Trial On Charge of Stealing Greyhound Worth £200

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 3

A lorry driver and a labourer were committed for trial on Monday, on a charge of having stolen a greyhound bitch valued at £200. They will stand their trial at the Wollongong…

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Albion Park Court

Kiama Independent · Saturday 24 December 1949 · page 5

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., had a lengthy sitting at Albion Park Court on Friday last. David Thomas Timbs, of Oak…

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Convicted of Assault. But Discharged

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 3

At the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions. Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., after finding a man guilty of unlawful assault, discharged…

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Doctor Denies Charged Patient In Public Ward

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 1

In a letter to Friday night's meeting of the Board of Directors, a doctor denied he had charged for an appendix operation at the Wollongong District Hospital. The account he had…

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Assaulted Police; Smashed Window

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 9

Pleading guilty to having assaulted a constable, having resisted a constable, in the execution of his duty and having…

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Ukranian Migrant on Serious Assault Charge Migrant Hostel Manager Loses Eye

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 2

The former manager of a migrant hostel at Five Islands Road, Unanderra appeared as a witness at the Wollongong Court last week Wearing an artificial eye, his left eye having…

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Christmas Traffic "Heaviest On Coast" Say Police

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 7

Road traffic on the South Ccast over the Christmas holidays was the heaviest in history, Sgt. Adams, senior traffic…

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