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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

876 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 16 of 44

Police Help During Floods

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 7

Mr. H. E. Richards, N.R.M.A. general secretary, pays a tribute to the willing co-operation given to the Association by…

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Police Warning Against 'Snowdroppers.'

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 3

Wollongong police issue a warning to residents in the Mangerton-Woodlawn area that "snowdroppers" (thieves who…

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Wanted Man Reports to Victorian Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— Alfred James Hodgkin, 31, labourer, for whom the police had been searching a wide area of Gippsland since Wednesday, walked into Omeo Police Station at…

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Accident Report Lost at Police Station

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 8

A police constable who was asked in the Wollongong Court on Thursday to produce his notebook containing, notes of an accident, replied that he had made his notes on an accident report form…

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The Genesis of the ... Illawarra Police Force

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 2

Although some of the early history of New South Wales is not pleasant reading it is never-the-less informative and of compelling interest with quite a number of attractive by-paths awaiting the…

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Argument at Pt. Kembla Court Told of Backyard

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 2

Incidents at the Official Camp, Port Kembla, on the night of Friday, Dec., 9th last year were aired at Wollongong Court last Thursday when charges and counter charges were made…

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Blonde Murder Victim Was Modern Dr. Jekyll

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Melbourne police have Questioned more than 100 persons in their search for the killer of a…

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Mention In, Court of High Court Ruling on Butchers' Hours

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 2

The decision of the Full High Court last Thursday that a Federal Trading Conciliation Commissioner had no power to…

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Police Allege Migrant Shot "Wrong Man"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter)—Said to have confessed to shooting a man in mistake for another man who had called…

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Police Allege Mears Confessed to Hold-up

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Det.-Sgt. Edward John Barnes told Central Court today that William Cecil Mears, 27, had told him…

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Court Told Of Well-groomed Mystery Forger

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Leonard Kaye, who was extradited from Karachi in March, described a "tall, well-groomed" mystery…

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Public Farewell to Retiring Police Officer

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 1

Inspector E. Hill retired from the police force yesterday, and a public meeting during the week decided on a public farewell as…

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High Court Decision on After Trading Charge Quoted in W'gong Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 11

The Full High Court's decision over butchers trading hours last week will probably have an influence on a Magistrate's decision in connection with a charge against a West Wollongong butcher…

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Police Constable Foils Dugan's Escape Attempt

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — A young police constable foiled a desperate attempt by Darcy Ezekiel Dugan to escape from custody at Central Court today…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 5

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., had a very small list at Kiama Court on Wednesday last. Peter Payten pleaded guilty to…

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Dugan Used Pin, Police Say

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Gaol escapee Darcy Dugan used an ordinary pin to loosen his handcuffs before he made his…

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Compensation Court Sits Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 2

The Workers' Compensation Commission will sit at the Court House, Wollongong, at 11 a.m. His Honour Judge Lamond will preside…

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Movie Sleuths Get Hep From New York Police

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 2

The New York Police Department should receive screen credit as associate producer of 'The Tattooed Stranger', a really suspensful "who-dun-it" recently completed in Manhattan by RKO and…

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"Drank Wine for Cold"; Fined for Stealing

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 2

A man who said he drank a couple of bottles of wine because he had a cold, was fined £10 in the Wollongong Court…

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Year's Gaol for Illegal Use of Car

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 2

In the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, two, Sydney men, who took a car and tried to dispose of it in…

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