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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Story Told of Assault at Tarrawanna, Miner Committed for Trial

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 12

At the Wollongong Court on Thursday, evidence was given by a 64-year-old pensioner who entered the witness box wearing dark glasses, his left eye having been removed by a surgical…

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Solicitor Says Police Charge "Contemptible"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 1

Mr. H. Peedom, Wollongong solicitor, said a police charge of violating a good behaviour bond, brought yesterday afternoon in Wollongong Court against a man convicted of stealing…

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British Police Go on the Films

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 3

For the first time, British Criminal investigation headquarters at Scotland Yard have helped make a full length film…

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Armed Police Block Road Near Singapore

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Police, armed with rifles, last night blocked roads near Kallong airport, Singapore's…

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Traffic Offences at Bulli Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 16

At the Bulli Court on Friday fines totalling £27 were imposed oh ten men for various breaches of the traffic…

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Police Place No Value On Dugan Letter

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. — Police place no value on a letter sighed by escapee Darcy Dugan which was received by a Sydney…

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Migrant on Charge of Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Polish migrant charged with the murder of an Army private at Moorbank military camp on January…

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Albion Park Court

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 5

At Albion Park Court on Friday, 3rd February, Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M. disposed of a substantial list of cases, mostly of which were heard…

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Air Navigation Challenged In High Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 2

Melbourne, Tuesday.— The validity of the Air Navigation Act 1920-47 and regulations made thereunder was…

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Cyclist Knocked Down; Summonsed by Police; Discharged by S.m

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 1

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., dismissed an information against John Harold Davies, of Church Street, Wollongong, yesterday in the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions. Davies was charged with having had no…

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Man Charged with Stealing Fountain Pen

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 2

Police arrested a 63-years-old labourer on Tuesday on stealing charges. Yesterday in Wollongong Court he was remanded…

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Spies Sentenced in Poland

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Andre Robineau, 25, a French consular official, was yesterday sentenced at Czozecin (Poland) to 12 years'…

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Four Men on Charges of Assault

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 18

A cafe proprietor in evidence at Wollongong Court on Monday stated he seized a billiard cue from a spectator and with it…

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Port Kembla Man's Holiday Jaunt Ends in Gaol

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 6

Two Port Kembla men touring various N.S.W. country towns during the holdays in a hired car, received a blow-out at…

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Police Declare "War" On Sydney's Underworld

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Police are intensifying their drive on Sydney's underworld. This warning to "crooks" of every class was…

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26 Japanese Charged with Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1

TOKYO, Friday (A.A.P.Reuter).—Twenty-six Japanese war criminal suspects held at Sugamo Prison, in Tokyo, have…

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Police Break Up Bottled Beer Stealing Racket

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A highly-organised gang dealing in blackmarket bottled beer is fleeing for cover with the arrest of three men whom police claim are concerned in the racket…

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Gaol Escapees Recaptured At Pistol Point

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 5

DENILIQUIN, Friday.—Three convicts who escaped last Saturday from Ballarat Gaol were recaptured at pistol point by police…

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Kiama Court of Petty Sessions

Kiama Independent · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 3

Kiama Court of Petty Sessions was held on Wednesday last before Mr. J. Fleeman, S. M. David R. Dickson pleaded guilty…

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Court Sequel To Melbourne Street Shooting

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fridays.— Frederick William Harrison, 27, of Eildon Courts, St. Kilda, and Norman Edwin Bradshaw, 24, of…

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