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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

876 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 44

Policeman's Wife Charged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—A policeman's wife appeared in North Sydney court today charged with having shot at her husband…

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First Court Gowns for Eleven Years

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 10

Debutante Court Presentation gowns, the first that have been made for eleven years, have just been created by the Queen's dressmakers, Hartnell and Worth, for the Symphony of Fashion…

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Men Charged With Entering Shop at Kiama

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 3

At the Wollongong Court on Monday, 27th February, three men were committed for trail on a charge of breaking and entering the shop of a…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 4

At Kiama Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last, before Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M. only one case was proceeded with, the others listed…

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Four Years' Gaol for Shooting at Father-in-law

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A man who was convicted of having maliciously shot at his father-in-law with intent to do grievous…

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Man On Drink Charge Praises Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

At the Wollongong Court yesterday a man apologised for having been drunk and said the police did a good job in…

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Month's Gaol for Westerling

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Wednesday (A.A.P.)-Reuter). Captain Turk Westerling was sentenced to one month's simple…

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Assault Charge Against Migrant, Withdrawn

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 1

At the Wollongong Court on Tuesday police offered no evidence against Joseph Naggy (22), of the Port Kembla Migrant…

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Seven Years' Gaol For Manslaughter

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednes.—Kenneth Day, 17, a State ward, was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in the Central Criminal…

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Labourer for Trial for Army Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A Sydney labourer was committed for trial today on a charge of having broken into a Government…

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14 Days' Gaol on Vagrancy Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 22

A miner when arrested in Wollongong for vagrancy stated to the police that he had lived for a i week on 2/6, and for meals…

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Three Months' Gaol for For Wollongong Man

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 23

A labourer, who on January 19 was granted a two years bond when convicted for assault pleaded guilty to two…

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Police Guard Contracts Poliomyelitis

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—A police officer who has been guarding a prisoner polio victim at the Northfield Infectious…

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Dapto Dogs Incident Taxi Driver Committed for Trial on Charge of Attempted Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 2

A taxi-driver at the Dapto greyhound meeting who was allegedly given a £30 ticket by mistake instead of a £6 ticket, duty presented it when the dog Okay Jerry won, but the bookmaker refused…

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Tarakan Officers to Be Court-martialled

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Two of the ships officers of the H.M.A.S. Tarakan will be tried by court martial for…

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Police Not Guilty of Assault

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

GRAFTON, Thursday.—Three Dorrigo policemen were acquitted of charges of assaulting a man at Dorrigo Police Station last…

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Court Refuses To Deregister Tramwaymen

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—When an application for deregistration of the Tramway Employees' Association came…

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15 Years' Gaol For Espionage

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK, Friday (A.A.P.) —Former Justice Department employee, Judith Coplon, and Russian engineer, Valentin…

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Court Todd Car Turned Over

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 4

Arising out of an accident at the intersection of Prince's Highway and Russell Street, Woonona, on November 8, when one…

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Gaol for Drunken Driving

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 2

MR. STONHAM, S.M., set an example which other magistrates might well follow with profit to the community, in a pronouncement at Penrith Court yesterday. "There have been far too many cases of drunken…

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