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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

876 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 26 of 44

Last Heard of In Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 3

A woman, who sought divorce because of her husband's desertion, said the last she had heard of her husband he was in…

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Man Hit By Train; Fined In Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 14 August 1950 · page 2

A man who was knocked down by a train between Austinmer and Coledale on May 8, thought that although he was standing on one railway line the approaching train ms on another line, it was stated in the Bulli Court of Petty Sessions He was fined £2…

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Court Suspends Motor Cyclist's Licence

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 9

In suspending a motor cyclist's licence for six months in Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M…

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Court Rejects Police Evidence

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 4

Without hearing the charged man, Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., dismissing two charges against a 52-years-old taxi driver, said he…

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Remanded on Wife Assault Charg

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 3

A man who was released on a £20 bond in Petty Sessions recently on a charge of having assaulted his nephew, who has a…

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Solicitor Charges Police With Choosing Witnesses

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 9

A solicitor in Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday charged police with picking and choosing their witnesses to further their own case…

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War Crimes Court Tries 24 Japs

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 10

LOS NEGROS, Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuter). —The Australian War Climes Court which yesterday imposed the second…

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Council Donation to Bulli Police Boys' Club

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 7

A donation of £20 was, voted by the City Council last night to cover rates on the Bulli District Police-Citizens' Boys' Club…

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Comic Court, Blue Mickie Heavily Backed in Double

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Thursday. —Comic Court and imported Blue Mickie were today backed for about £40,000 for the…

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Traffic Cases at Wollongong Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 7

Two cases of speeding were among the list of traffic offences heard at the W'gong Court on Monday…

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Paint Theft at Port School

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 5

Wollongong detectives are investigating the theft of 15 gallons of paint, valued at about £20 from the Port Kembla…

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Man Claims Assault Was Provoked

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 5

Pleading guilty, under provocation, to assaulting a female, a man successfully applied for an adjournment of his case in…

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"Calling Odds" Led to Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 10

Two Port Kembla residents "calling the odds" on Saturday, found they had backed "a wrong 'un" when they appeared…

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Three Men Charged With Train Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 5

Three men, who allegedly stole a suitcase from a woman passenger on a train near Coledale on Monday night, will appear…

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Hospital Box Theft "Lowest Form"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 10

SYDNEY, Tuesday. —Judge Curlewis in the Quarter Sessions Appeals Court today dismissed an appeal by a man who had…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 5

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., highly commended the action of a Nowra taxi driver in calling official attention to a man behaving in an offensive…

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Police Claim Dog Treated Cruelly

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 1

A Fairy Meadow man was charged last night with cruelty to a young Kelpie dog after police had allegedly found it…

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Red Admits East German Police Armed

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 10

BERLIN, Tuesday (A.A.P.).— Soviet zone propaganda chief, Gerhart Eisler, last night-admitted, for the first time, that 500,000…

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Charged with Stealing £770

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 13

Amount involved in two charges of stealing in connection With which Henry Fitzsimons, salesman, of…

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Assault in Hotel

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 5

After pleading guilty to charges of offensive behaviour and assaulting a Gwynneville resident, William Reginald…

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