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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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"War Is Both Murder and Suicide"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 4

MITTAGONG, Tuesday. — "An aggressor nation must realise it commits both murder and suicide in the war it starts," Dr…

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Police Allege Vicious Attack On Pensioner

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A youth had hit an 82-year-old pensioner on the head several times with a bottle, police said at Central…

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Jealousy Hinted in Assault Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 24

Counsel for the defence in an assault charge at the Bulli Court on Friday told the magistrate that the defendant had…

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Nephew Charges Uncle with Assault Incidents at Reidtown

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 7

When Alfred Cavion, of 32-Elizabeth Street, Reidtown, with his parents were enjoying the evening meal at their home on February 8, 1950, they were not aware that within a few minutes…

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P.K. Woman Fined £30 Police Action Follows Complaints by Clergy

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 8

After hearing evidence of police action which had followed complaints by the Clergy, Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., imposed a fine of £30 on a 44-year old Port Kembla women for selling liquor without…

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Woonona Man in Court. "Would Kick His Sister to Death"—bound Over

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 23

According to an elderly witness at Bulli Court, on Friday, her brother assaulted her saying. "I'll, knock your b—head off—you want kicking to death!"…

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Gossiping Brought Dismissal for Police Constables

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).—Four Manchester police constables, two of them women, have been sacked for alleged…

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Court Refuses Ejectment Order

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 2

A 76-years-old Austinmer woman, who claimed that a man who invented a permanent waving machine had been a most…

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Balgownie Beaten by Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 4

At Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2 N.S.W. Police beat Balgownie by the odd goal in five after what can only bo described as a…

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The Law Stops Balgownie N.S.W. Police Win

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 15

At Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2. N.S.W. Police beat Balownie by the odd goal in five after what must be described as a hard…

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Fined for Stealing Lamp and Stove

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 2

In the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday a man charged with having stolen a spirit lamp and a stove said he…

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Wife Threw Tea; Husband Fined for Assault

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 2

A man who alleged his wife threw a cup of hot tea over him was fined in the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yester…

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Court Farewell to Inspector Hill

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 2

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., officially farewelled Inspector E. E. Hill from the Bench of Wollongong Court yesterday and welcomed…

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4 Years' Gaol; "Lucky" Says Judge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.—Olaf Kharlsen, 53, boiler attendant, was sentenced in no Criminal for the manslaughter of a…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 3

There was again only a short list at Kiama Court on Wednesday last, 26th April, before Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M…

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19 Years Gaol for Graziani

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 5

ROME, Wednesday (AAP).—Ex-Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, last of the great figures of Mussolini's Fascism, was last night…

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Gaol Sentence for Refusing to Give Evidence

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 3

WELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A judge sentenced a 15-year-old girl to a week's gaol today for contempt of court after she had…

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Gossiping Police Not to Be Sacked

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Wed. (AAP).—Four young Manchester police officers—two married men and two women…

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Hailed Police Patrol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 4

A Pole, with scant knowledge of English, who was allegedly observed, damp and nude, trying) to don a coat by putting his left hand in the right arm hole, and later mistook a police patrol waggon…

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Youth Charged With Manslaughter

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—A labourer, aged 18, has been charged at Newtown Police Station with the manslaughter of Elizabeth…

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