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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

876 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 17 of 44

"Came to Bulli to Steal": Two Months' Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 2

A Sydney man who was alleged to have made a trip from Sydney expressly to steal clothing from railway workers' tents…

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Compensation Court List

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 3

The following cases are listed for hearing at the Wollongong Workers' Compensation Court today: In the matters, of…

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Consent Award At Compensation Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 2

By consent, Judge Lamond in Wollongong Workers' Compensation Court ; yesterday awarded a woman £200…

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High Court Upholds State Price-fixing Powers

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. — The High Court held today that the transfer of price fixing powers by the States to the…

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Italian Marshal Sentenced

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 1

Marshal Rudolfo Graziani, last-ditch general in Mussolini's army, was sentenced to 19 years' gaol recently for…

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Labourer Fined For Stealing Friend's Clothes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 2

A 35-year-old labourer with convictions ranging from abduction and committing an act of indecency to stealing was fined £12…

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Scottish Migrant Charged With Murdering Wife

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A Scottish migrant, James Fisher, 48, moulder, of 124 Palmer Street, East Sydney, was charged at…

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Gypsies Trick Paris Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 5

PARIS, Tuesday (AAP.) —Police who were called to investigate theft charges against nine gypsies whose…

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New High Court Judge, 47

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 3

Mr Frank Walters Kitto, K.C.. of Sydney, will fill…

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Man's Threat to "Bash Policeman in Teeth" During Court Case

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 2

Announcing his intention to "go up for contempt" in the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, a man threatened to bash in the teeth of a police constable giving evidence against h'm…

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12 Months Gaol For Motor Car Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 12

Two Sydney men left the Wollongong Co[?]rt on Monday had [?]uffed to each other. Convicted [?] illegally using a motor car and…

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Youth Given Bond For Stealing Wallet

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 23

Magistrate Fleeman, at the Wollongong Court last week, gave an 18 year old youth charged with stealing a…

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Police Guard Against Red Disturbances

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Special police precautions have be taken to prevent a repetition of last night's demonstration by…

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Police Told Dr. Khan Still Alive

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A senior police officer has been told that Dr. Albert E. Khan, 37-years-old leading Macquarie…

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Bulli Court Told of Unique Record

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 3

In Bulli Court of Petty Sessions yesterday a Maltese traffic offender's list of curious convictions gave an interesting…

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Policeman Threatened in Wild Court Outburst

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 2

A man who appeared at the Wollongong Court on Tuesday on a charge of drunkenness, threatened a Police Constable, whom, he alleged punched him four times in the stomach when leading him…

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Former Fiance Charged With Murder Of Girl

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A 23-years-old clerk was charged in the City court today with having murdered Carmen Walters…

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Magistrate? Reprimands Solicitor

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 2

A magistrate and a solicitor clashed in the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday when the solicitor…

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High Court Ruling Aids Wollongong Butcher

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 2

A recent Full High Court ruling that a Federal Conciliation Commissioner had no power to fix trading hours for butchers…

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Man Charged with Stealing Fowls

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 3

Wollongong detectives yesterday arrested a man who has allegedly, been stealing fowls from back yards in the…

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