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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

876 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 31 of 44

Confession Mentioned At Murder Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1950 · page 10

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Detective Sergeant J. Jones, of Perth, said at Central Court tad ay. that Detective-Sergeant Jack, of the…

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Feud Suggested In Court Case

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1950 · page 2

"I think there is a feud between the man who owns the courts and Mr Fowler," said a tennis player in the…

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Seamen's Union Before Arbitration Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Seamen's Union has 'been summoned to appear before the Commonwealth Arbitration Court…

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Black Market Allegation at Court Hearing

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1950 · page 6

A man claimed in the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that he had been told he could not be given a receipt for a cheque because there was "too much black…

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Six Months' Gaol for Wollongong Man

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 8

John James Sullivan, 53, laborer, of 326 Crown Street, Wollongong, was just getting into the nefarious art of stealing radio sets last week when the police intervened. At Wollongong Court on Monday Magistrate Fleeman checked him with…

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"Mercy Murder" Nurse Dead

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday (A.A.P.). — Helen Maciolek, 25, pretty young nurse who gave evidence for the defence in the…

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Second Poison Murder Trial Starts

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 1

DUBBO, Wednesday. — The second murder trial of a woman whom police claim poisoned her shearer husband with…

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Murder Plan Alleged in Missing Widow Case

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Eric Ridgeway, painter, of North Sydney, said in the Central Police Court today that Lionel Charles Thomas in 1948 had proposed that he kelp to…

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Police Had Last Say At Corrimal

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 12

Neville Sydney Moore, 19, a laborer, on Friday night last was overwhelmed by an urge to liven up the Prince's…

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Court Told of "Tennis Feud"

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 2

A Wollongong tennis player, who appeared at the Wollongong Court on Tuesday to tace a charge of entering…

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Woman Weeps At Murder Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 22 September 1950 · page 2

DUBBO, Thursday. — A young married woman sobbed bitterly and broke down during a murder re-trial in the Criminal…

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Eden Murder Charge: 'Bag Covered by River Sand in Two Days'

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 22 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Police searching for the missing Blacktown widow, Mrs. Phyllis Mary Page, had placed a bag weighed…

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Woman Accuses Sister In Murder Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1950 · page 1

DUBBO, Friday.—A woman whose sister is accused of murder told Dubbo Criminal Court today she had heard her sister…

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"Particularly Bad Case," Says Magistrate

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 2

Driver of a paper truck whose vehicle collided with a semi-trailer" near Sublime Point on the Prince's Highway early on the morning of April 20 last was fined £20 at Bulli Court on Friday and…

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Murder Charge Follows Road Accident

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday. — A man has been charged with murder following a road accident in which a child was…

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"Decent Old Chap," Said Police Officer

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 4

A 59 years' old resident of Woonona, who described himself as a horse driver and who, in turn, was described by the…

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Thomas for Trial on Murder Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr Hawkins, S.M., at Central Court today committed for trial Lionel Charles Thomas, 44, labourer, on a charge of having murdered Mrs. Phyllis Mary…

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Court Told Woman Hurt Aiding Injured Man

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1950 · page 6

A woman who had assisted a man injured by a motor cycle was injured herself when she was struck by a passing motor vehicle on Five Island Road, Port Kembla, on May 20…

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Chief of New York Police Resigns

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—New York Police Commissioner William O'Brien resigned last night…

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"Killer" Car Was Stolen Say Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A stolen car had been driven at two men, killing one and injuring another at Bacchus…

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