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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

876 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 32 of 44

Supreme Court May Sit In Wollongong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Attorney-General (Mr. C. Martin) said in the Legislative Assembly today he was giving…

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Move For A.E.U. To Defy Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 2

The Amalgamated Engineering Union will be defy any court order to lift the ban on overtime at district heavy industrial centres. This was the unanimous decision of last…

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Mother Chained With Attempted Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mary Elizabeth Scott, 27, of Cronulla, was remanded at the Kogarah Court today on a charge of…

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Chiquita V. Comic Court Today At Caulfield

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 13

The highlight of today's meeting at Caulfield will be the clash of the two Victorian glamour horses, Comic Court and Chicquita, in the Underwood Stakes, a standard weight…

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Former Champion Boxer "Ko'd" In Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 29 September 1950 · page 2

A New Australian, who claimed he was a "champion" boxer in Europe and demonstrated uppercuts, right crosses and left hooks was "t.k.o'd." in the Wollongong Court…

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Railwayman Charged with Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 1

In a clear, decisive voice an assistant-station master at Thirroul pleaded "not guilty" to two theft charges…

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Court Told "Fish Story"

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 2

A man who at first told police he "was out fishing at the time," pleaded guilty to four traffic charges at the…

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2 W.L. Studio News Murder and Politics

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 3

Murder was quite the accepted thing in the Grecian, politics over two thousand years ago. Timoleon of Corinth had…

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Son Charged With Assault On Father

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1950 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A man had about 20 stitches inserted in a wound in his scalp after his son attacked him with…

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Special Police Patrol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1950 · page 3

The Police Safety Bureau maintained a special road patrol on the Prince's Highway between George's Rivers…

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Communists Battle with Police in Hamburg Streets

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.).—Three thousand Communists battled with German police in the streets of Hamburg yesterday. This was the only big outbreak of a day which…

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"Out of Court" Move in Stealing Case Fails

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 7

A man charged with stealing £210 allegedly attempted an "out-of-court" agreement shortly before his case was heard in the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions…

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£40 Bail For Man Charged With "Exposure"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 5

Charged on two counts of indecent exposure, a Wollongong labourer was remanded on £40 bail in Wollongong Court of…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 3

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., had a lengthy list at Kiama Court on Wednesday last. Thomas Monteith, of Berry, was…

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Comic Court Fit

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Comic Court, equal favourite for the Caulfield Cup, has recovered from his muscular coreness and…

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50 Police Sacked in Vienna

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 2

VIENNA, Tuesday (A.A.P.).—Fifty members of the Vienna police, suspected of Communist sympathies, were dismissed…

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£50 Theft From Car

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 October 1950 · page 18

Absence of the driver of a car, a commercial traveller for five or ten minutes in Crown Street, Wollongong on…

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Jap "So Sorry" At Crimes Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 October 1950 · page 3

LOS NEGROS, Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—A Japanese witness told the War Crimes Court today he had apologised…

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Supreme Court Sittings For Wollongong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Supreme Court sittings in Wollongong would be proclaimed next year, said, the…

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£26.000 Police Boys' Club For W'gong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 October 1950 · page 3

The Minister for Secondary Industries and Building Materials (Mr. W. E. Dickson) has granted approval for the construction of the £26,000 Wollongong Police and Citizens Boys Club. This was announced by Mr…

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