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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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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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Court Reserves Judgment In Sharkey Appeal

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Stale Full Court of Criminal Appeal today reserved judgment on the appeal by Laurence Louis…

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Hungarian Charged With Assault At Unanderra Hostel

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 3

Detectives yesterday afternoon arrested and charged a Hungarian with, having assaulted the assistant manager of the…

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"Soviet Secret Police Detect Plot Against Stalin"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 2

BERLIN, Sunday (A.A.P.).—A large-scale plot against Stalin, led by Marshall Govorov, has been detected by Soviet Secret…

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Youth Charged in Court Held in Hospital

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—A youth shot by a policeman on Saturday afternoon was charged with breaking into a factory with…

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Magistrate Dismisses Application For Spoonerville House

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

An application for tenancy of a vacant house, brought by Harold Henry Billington, of Hillview Street, Port Kembla, against the City of Greater Wollongong in Wollongong Court yesterday, was…

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Radio Man For Trial on Murder Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.—John Bryan Kerr, 25, radio announcer, was commited for trial by the City Coroner…

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Six Days in Gaol Is a Long Time When You're 63

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

When your're 63 and have spent a great deal of your life In gaols, another six days more or less is a matter for…

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Well-known Players In Court Drama

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 3

Two members of the Stratford Upon-Avon Theatre Company now touring Australia are heard in the Friday night series from…

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Rail Men Have "Case To Answer" On Stealing Charges

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

At the conclusion of the prosecution's case in a charge involving the theft of live coils of Japanese copper rod by two men from the Commissioner of Railways, heard in Wollongong Court…

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15 Years Gaol For Vogeler, 13 for Sanders

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 3

BUDAPEST, Tuesday (A.A.P.)—The Hungarian Court today sentenced American businessman, Robert Vogeler, 38, to 15…

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Living Costs £343 Year, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Living costs for the average unskilled worker, man or woman, totalled £343/4/- a year the…

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Magistrate Suspends M'cyclist's Licence

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 10

The action of the rider of a motor cycle in producing to a constable a licence belonging to another man, not only resulted in the appearance of both men at the Wollongong Court on Tuesday…

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Four Months in Gaol for Former P.o.w. on Obscene Exposure Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

A former prisoner-of-war who served seven years with the R.A.F. was sent to gaol for four months by Mr. J. Fleeman,…

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Court Reduces Sharkey's Gaol Sentence

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The State Full Court reduced the three-year gaol sentence imposed on Laurence Louis Sharkey, 51,…

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Wharf Labourer Exonerated of Stealing Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 2

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., gave Frederick John Smith, 31, a wharf labourer, the "benefit of the doubt" in Bulli Court…

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Police Report on Bribery Charge Soon

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The police are expected to complete next week their investigations into the allegations of bribery…

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Mean Theft at Branch Surf Carnival

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

A mean theft occurred on Saturday afternoon in the club house of North Wollongong Surf Club while the Illawarra Branch…

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Swiss Spied For Allies; 20 Years' Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 3

BERNE, Sunday (A.A.P.).—A military tribunal sentenced 47-years-old Swiss Army mechanic Will Gerber to 20 years'…

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Bandits Shoot It Out With Police In New York Night Club

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.).—Three drug-crazed bandits and two detectives shot it out in a New York night club early yesterday. The bandits and detectives exchanged 20 shots, which…

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