Sentries Guarded the Gaol Sidelights On The Farly Days
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1950 · page 8
Possibly because of the healthy outdoor life of the early days there was very little crime in the district, although Wollongong had a large gaol. It was built on the principle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →'Different Foot-prints' Says Specialist: Toukley Murder Trial
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1950 · page 2
SYDNEY, Friday.—A Macquarie Street specialist told Central Criminal Court today there was a difference between plaster casts of footprints near the scene of the Toukley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Sequel To Bank Incident
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1950 · page 3
SYDNEY, Friday. - Vincent Bernard Murphy, 21, shaver, of Alfred Street, Mascot, was charged in Redfern Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swab May Have Been Tampered With; Court Ruler Dope Case
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1950 · page 16
SYDNEY, Friday.—A canister containing a swab from the racehorse Court Ruler was left unattended for 20 minutes and could have been tampered with, it was suggested…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Shearer Charged With Murder Of Taxi Driver
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 18 December 1950 · page 1
BATHURST, Sunday.—A 21-years-old Victorian shearer was charged at a special sitting of the Bathurst Court tonight with the murder of a Sydney taxi driver, Norman Cecil…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Magistrate Warns [?] Dapto Miner
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 December 1950 · page 16
"Come back again on this [?] class of offence and I will [?] put "you on bond" This was [?] stated by Mr. J. Fleeman…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fined £10 for Stealing £5
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 5
A 19-years-old Wollongong storeman pleaded guilty in yesterday's Petty Sessions to stealing £5 from a woman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shearer In Court Killed Widow And Taxi Driver Police Say
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 3
BATHURST, Monday. —— Police alleged at Bathurst Court today that a young Victorian shearer battered to death a wealthy socialite, stole her jewellery and three days later shot dead…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Birtle Denies Girls' Murder
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 3
SYDNEY, Monday.—Wiliam Birtle, 25, fisherman, told Central Criminal Court today he had not seen two English migrant sisters on the day they were murdered at Toukley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Peace Delegates Seek High Court Injunction
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 1
LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.).—Three Australian delegates to last month's Warsaw Peace Congress are believed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coledale Man Remanded On Assault and Robbery Charge
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 3
A 24-years-old Coledale man, charged with assault and robbery, was remanded in the Wollongong Petty Sessions yesterday on £100 bail…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rhee Denies "Wholesale Murder"; to Review Death Sentences
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 3
TOKYO, Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuter).-The South Korean President (Syngman Rhee) announced in Seoul he would review all death sentences passed by the South Korean…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Offered No Evidence Motorist Discharged
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 8
No evidence was offered by the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant W. J. Smith) on a charge of negligent driving against a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court Told of Fight Over Female'
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 8
A fight at a Wollongong dance hall had started "over a female," said a man in Wollongong Court of petty Sessions yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court Reserves Decision In Red Act Case
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tuesday.- After a 23 days' hearing before the Full High Court of seven justices, the challenge to the Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Say Unable To Get Doctors To Examine Men In Custoday
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 5
Police told Wollongong Petty Sessions yesterday they had been unsuccessful in their attempts to have doctors examine men in custody tit the police station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fined for Stealing From Colliery
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 9
"This is the first time I have ever taken anything from a mine and it will be the last" said Norman Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Remand On Charge Of Assault and Robbery
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 23
A 24-years-old roofer and tiler appeared at the Wollongong Court on Tuesday to answer a charge of assault…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Birtle To Face Second Murder Charge
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 5
SYDNEY Wednesdays—William Birtle, 25, was found not guilty of the murder of Kathleen Holmes, 11, at Toukley, on August 2…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For Court Ails
Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 7
Halter revers of white and gold brocade are featured in this knife-pleated black crepe cocktail dress, which has a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →