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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

876 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 22 of 44

Six Months' Gaol for Assault

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 4

A 41-years-old labourer was sentenced to six months' gaol by Mr. J. Fleetnan, S.M. in Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions…

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Truck Driver Charged; Case Adjourned

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 4

A truck driver 'whom a jury acquitted, at Wollongong Quarter Sessions of having by neglience caused grievous bodily harm…

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Gap Survivor Was Accused of Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—A 43-years-old woman had jumped over the Gap at Watson's Bay yesterday because, she said, she…

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Resisted Police; Used Indecent Language Fined

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 2

A 24-years-old labourer who preferred to go dancing rather than be charged with offensive behaviour appeared, before Mr…

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Boilermakers' Ballot Seen As Rebuff To Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 4

"The recent rebuff given by Sydney boilermakers to a court-conducted ballot through their rejection of court officials and…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 5 July 1950 · page 4

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., had only a short list of traffic offences to deal with at Kiama Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last…

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Yugoslav on Stealing Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 18

A Yugo-Slavian migrant who appeared at the Wollongong Court on Tuesday to face a stealing charge, was…

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Man Asks Magistrate for Conference

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 5

After pleading guilty in Wollongong Court on Monday to having unlawfully assaulted an…

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Police Officer's Tribute To "Terrible" Miners

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 2

"When I heard that I had been transferred to Bulli from the West I remembered all the stones I had heard about the 'terrible' miners that were 'always on strike.' I…

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Cringila Youth for Sydney Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 5

A Cringila Youth William Bruce Wilson, 26, laborer, of Fitzgerald Street was remanded to Sydney from…

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Crown St. Crash Again Before the Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 7

Depositions from a Quarter Session trial at which Albert Halton Avnell, truck driver, of Murranar Road, Towradgi, was acquitted of a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm upon an…

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Longer Terms for Berrima Gaol Escapees

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Three prisoners who escaped from Berrima Gaol on May 28 were each sentenced to 3 1/2 years…

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Court Will Hear B.w.i.u. Bonus Claim

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1950 · page 3

A two-weeks-old stoppage of carpenters on the construction work at the Migrants' Hostel, Five Islands Road, Unanderra…

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Security Police Check P.M.'s Plane

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 10 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A strong force of security police and detectives mingled with the crowd at Mascot Airport…

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Traffic Offences at W'gong Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 10 July 1950 · page 14

The following motorists appeared at the Wollongong Court on Thursday to fact charges of breaches of traffic…

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Headmaster Charged With Assault

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday. — A Belmont headmaster admitted that he knew an 11-year-old boy whom he had caned "was not…

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Man Charged With Assaulting Son

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—A man alleged to have beaten his nine-years-old son and broken his nose when the boy "wagged"…

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Four Men on Assault Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Four men, aged 18 to 25, were charged at Waverley Police Station today with, assaulting Albert Victor…

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Murder in the Beehive

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 6

Details of an interesting broadcast over the BBC is given in a recent "London Letter" which states: "Listeners to BBC programmes…

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Man Charged with Illegal Use of Car

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 2

A man arrested by Constable G. A. Cox, of Wollongong, in Crown Street on Tuesday night has been charged with illegally using…

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