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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

876 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 39 of 44

Police Seek Interview with Man About Portland Boys' Death

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The inquest into the death of two young boys whose bodies were found in a cave at Portland early this month is not likely to be held until after police…

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Suspended Sentences for Stealing Coolers

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 9

Two men, charged with stealing six copper coolers valued at £90, had said they did not know why they were taking the coolers, it was stated in Wollongong Court of Petty…

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3 Years' Gaol for Traveling Thief

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 2

WAGGA, Tuesday. — A youth who stole a car at Manly and drove it to Bargo, Mittagong and Goulburn, stealing goods…

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Woman Declines To Attend Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 2

A slightly deaf -woman who had been knocked down by a car had declined to attend court, a constable said in the…

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Teacher Successful in Court Application for Home

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 4

On tie grounds of hardship, a Wollongong school teacher was successful in his application to the Wollongong Court of Petty…

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Man Charged with Murder of Portland Boys

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Wednesday.—A State-wide search ended in Tamworth today when a man was arrested and charged with the murder of two boys whose bodies were found in a cave…

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Three 'Teen-agers on Theft Charges

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 5

Three 'teen-age youths (two boys and a girl) will appear in the Wollongong Court on Monday to answer charges of breaking, entering and stealing, following three thefts at…

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Man & Woman for Trial on 3 Stealing Counts

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 15

A man and a woman were committed for trial at Wollongong Court yesterday on three, charges of stealing from Wollongong stores. It was alleged that the two carried out a shoplifting…

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Court Gives Widow Possession of Home

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 19

A woman who had lived in a tent in a backyard had then moved into her sister's flat, it was claimed in the Wollongong…

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Evatt Continues Address To High Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Every Regulation deemed to be void during the war could be opened up in peace-time if the…

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Court Told Sydney Couple Stole From Shops; Committed For Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 4

A man and a woman, charged with stealing nearly £200 worth of goods from three Wollongong department stores, were yesterday committed for trial to the Quarter…

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4 Youngsters For Trial On Murder Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The City Coroner (Mr. Bott) today committed for trial two girls and two youths on a charge of…

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Police Say Portland Boys Assaulted Then Smothered

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—John Kevin Seach, 26, quarryman, of Ridge Street, Portland, demonstrated to police how he had smothered two boys at Portland on October 30, after…

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Vital Ruling on Basic Wage by Full Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday. —The Full Arbitration Court today ruled that the whole basic wage, including prosperity loading, will be subject to cost-of-living adjustment…

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Sharkey Released From Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Laurences Louis Shackey, of the Australian Communist Party, was released from Long Bay Gaol at…

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Speedsters Fined at Wollongong Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1950 · page 2

Two Prince's Highway speedsters were each fined £5/3/ in the Wollongong Court of Petty. Sessions…

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Slow Moving Machinery of Arbitration Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 5

In the Federal Parliament Mr. W. Davies questioned the Minister for Labour and National Service regarding the…

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Court Told of Search For Missing Barmaid

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 2

At the Bulli Court on Friday the magistrate was told that a Mrs. Nan Thompson, also i known as Mrs. Roberts, formerly employed as a barmaid at the Bulli Hotel "had disappeared" and a search by…

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Told To Appear In Court In Better Condition

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 3

When Frederick Ackurst, 66 engineer, Raymond Road, Thirroul, appeared in the Bulli Court of Petty Sessions on Friday, Mr…

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Police Say 'Notorious' Woman Has 119 Court Appearances

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 5

Police claimed that a woman, described as "notorious," who appeared in Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, had appeared in court 119 times since 1919…

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