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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

876 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 42 of 44

Police Allege Assault In Flinders Street

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1950 · page 2

A man is alleged to have assaulted a man and a woman in Flinders Street, Wollongong; last night; Later, when the…

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Court Told Man Shot After Police Left House

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 December 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY, Monday. - A man was shot dead at an Inverell home on July 15, shortly after three policemen had left the…

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Police Warn Xmas Shoppers

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 December 1950 · page 4

A warning to Christmas shoppers who handle purses and bags carelessly was sounded by Wollongong detectives yesterday…

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Civilian Holds Man For Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 December 1950 · page 3

A man chased and held a youth whom he had allegedly disturbed in the keiraville Post Office and Store, Keiraville late…

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Moslems Riot Outside Court at Bertha Hertogh Appeal

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 December 1950 · page 2

SINGAPORE, Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter). -A hostile mob of Moslems attacked Gurkha and Malay police outside the Singapore Supreme Court after the hearing of the Bertha…

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South Coast A.E.U. "Thumbing Nose At Arbitration Court" Says Judge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 December 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.-The South Coast branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union was "thumbing its nose" at the Arbitration Court, the Acting Chief Judge (Mr. Justice Foster) said today. The men were, in effect…

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Five Years' Gaol For Shooting Father

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1950 · page 11

SYDNEY, Tueday.—Mr. Justice Dwyer today sentenced Kenneth McIlwain, 18, to five years' gaol for the…

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"Last Person He Would Suspect of Murder"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1950 · page 11

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Toukley timber merchant told Central Criminal Court today he had known 25-year-old fisherman, William Birtle, for two years, and he was the "last…

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Confidential Police Files At Dog Inquiry

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1950 · page 12

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Police Commissioner (Mr. Scott) made confidential police files available to counsel at the…

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Police Tow Fishing Boat to Safety

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1950 · page 1

During the height of yesterday morning's southerly squall Bulli police were alerted when a fishing boat was seen drifting…

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Magistrate's Doubts About Cyclists' lights

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 28

A motor cyclist who was carrying: a box passenger swore that his head and sidelights were burning on the night the…

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Theft At Keiraville P.O. Alleged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 4

Charged with breaking, entering and stealing at the Keiraville Post Office on Monday night, a man was remanded in…

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Police Warning

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 1

Officer in charge of No. 19 Police Division detectives, Detective Sgt. R. A. Debney has issued a warning to…

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Quarryman for Trial on Murder Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 3

PORTLAND, Wednesday.—A finding of murder was recorded by the Coroner (Mr. Few) today at the inquest into the death of two boys found in a quarry cave at Portland…

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Footprints Led to Arrest: Toukley Murder Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 17

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—William Birth, 25, fisherman, of Toukley, had made footprints similar to those found near the battered bodies of two English girls, it was alleged at…

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Police Allege Tombstone Fraud

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two men who had allegedly obtained money fromi relatives of deceased persons by promising to erect gravestones appeared at Central Court today on charges of…

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Police Made Early Inquiry On V.M. Peters

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 15

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Detective-Sergeant F. M. Lynch to-day told the Greyhound. Royal Commission that in June this…

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Police Claim Fisherman Said 'You've Got Me Now'

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 14

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A Toukley fisherman accused of murder had said "You've got me now"when questioned about footprints in the sand near the scene of the crime, Detective-Sergeant Ralph…

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Court Move To "Unfreeze" A.E.U. Funds

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 11

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Amalgamated Engineering Union made a move in the Equity Court today to have its frozen funds…

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Robbery Possible Motive In Widow's Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. — Detectives investigating the brutal murder of wealthy Mrs. Edith Hill, 70, yesterday, believe valuable jewellery may have been stolen from the flat…

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