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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Court-martial on Truculent

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.)—Lieutenant C. P. Bowers, commanding officer of the lost submarine Truculent, will be…

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Police Suspect Liner Fire Was Deliberate

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 1

AUCKLAND, ... Thursday, (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Police are investigating the possibility of a deliberate attempt to set fire to…

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M.L.A. Forcibly Ejected From Court At Golden Casket Inquiry

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday.—One Queensland member of Parliament was forcibly removed from the court at the Royal Commission into the Golden Casket today, and another was threatened with…

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Wharfie Remanded on Theft Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 6

A Scarborough wharf labourer, Frederick John Smith, 31, was remanded until February 10 when he appeared in Bulli…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 5

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., had a light list on Wednesday last, at Kiama Court of Petty Sessions. Frederick R. Alley pleaded not…

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Primbee Men on Many Stealing Charges Both Given Suspended Sentences

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 12

Two men admitted to detectives that in six weeks they had committed so many stealing offences that it was most difficult for them to remember all the details and particulars of property stolen…

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Police Boys' Club Deputation to Premier

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 1

Wollongong Police and Citizens Boys' Club in a deputation to the Premier on Friday asked for assistance in obtaining a permit to…

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Betting Charges at Bulli Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 2

Two men were each fined £5 on S.P. betting charges in Bulli Court. They were James Naylor, of Garden Street, Woonona,…

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Doctor Charged With Forgery

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1

GRIFFITH, Tuesday. — Dr. I Solomon Goldberg had admitted having altered the addresses on maternity allowance claim forms…

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Hongkong Police Attacked by Demonstrators

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

HONGKONG, Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Screaming police cars and trucks raced hundreds of reserves from all parts of the…

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Painter Sentenced to 3 Months Gaol

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 14

A man who pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of clothing stated that his trouble was drink and asked the magistrate to place him on a five years bond not to enter hotels. He was sentenced to three months gaol…

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Man Says He Will Appeal: 3 Months Stealing Sentence

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 4

A man who was sentenced to three months' hard labour in Wollongong Court yesterday on a charge of stealing said he…

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District Enquiries About Nine Months Old Murder

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 11

Wollongong detectives are now engaged on part of a nation-wide search for information concerning a murder that occurred…

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Police-Citizen Boy's Clubs Beat the 'Bad' Boy Bogey

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2

What has become of "Peck's Bad Boy"? It is doubtful that he ever existed. The late Father Flanagan, world-renowned for his work with errant youth, often said, "I have never known a really bad boy." And today's sociologists and child psychologists are virtually unanimous in seconding his…

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Migrant Cleared of Stealing Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

A European migrant, Trofim Warchalyk, 25, a cook, was exonerated of a stealing charge in Wollongong Court yesterday…

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Youth Charged With Attempted Rape

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 3

A 16-years-old youth was charged in Wollongong Children's Court yesterday morning with assaulting a young girl in…

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Murder Trial to Follow Death in Cemetery

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Norman Craig, 44, a labourer, was committed for trial on March 6 on a charge of murder, at…

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Crown Street Parking Problem in Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

The problem of parking In Crown Street, Wollongong, was an important feature of the case heard in Wollongong Court…

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£300 Ring Theft in Sydney

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. — Six diamond, rings, worth more than £300, were stolen from a big city jewellery store today…

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New Judge For High Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday. — The Attorney. — General (Senator Spicer) announced tonight the Government would recommend…

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