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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1950

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Gaol Second Time; S.M. Warns Drivers

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 3

PENRITH, Monday.—"There have been far too many cases of drunken driving and I intend to impose imprisonment…

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Auburn Solicitor Charged with Them of £12,714

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday:—James Michael Kelly, 50, solicitor, of Helena Street, Auburn, appeared in Central Court to-day on…

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Gen. Robertson Wants German Police Punished

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 1

BONN, Monday (A.A.P.).— Britain's High Commissioner in Germany (General Sir Brian Robertson) - has demanded…

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'Peeping Tom' Scared Tarrawanna Women, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 3

Women living in two streets at Tarrawanna had locked their doors and windows every night in fear of an Italian migrant who had been seen peering into bedroom windows, a detective said…

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£5 fine for stealing bank mat

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 8

A man stole a mat from the Corrimal Branch of the Bank of New South Wales, and put it to use at his own front door…

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Death Sentence for Moss Vale Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Stanley David Kennedy, 21, was formally sentenced to death in the Central Criminal Court today…

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Salesman to Hang for Time Bomb Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 3

QUEBEC, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—Thirty-two-year-old jewellery salesman J. Albert Guay will hang for the murder of his wife…

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Woman Charged With Husband's Death

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A woman, whom police allege, watched her husband die of cyanide poisoning was charged…

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Police Raid on Migrant Camp

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 1

Wollongong detectives raided the Port Kembla Camp for European Migrants in Five Islands Road, Unanderra, late on Wednesday night after receiving a report of a disturbance there…

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Dramatic Scenes Dugan and Mears Appear In Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—-A dramatic incident occurred in Central Court today at the hearing of charges against Darcy Dugan and William Mears when a young woman ran towards Det. Sgt…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 6

At Kiama Court on Wednesday last. Mr. J, Fleeman, S.M. had only a short list of cases. Three charges of assault involving…

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Bail For Widow On Husband Murder Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A 39 years old woman, whom police allege survived a double death pact with her husband, was…

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More Outbursts By Mears At Court Hearing

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—-Gaol escapee William Cecil Mears in another dramatic outburst in Central Court today declared that "a comb should be run through the police force to rake out all those…

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Husband Beats Wife in Court Fight for Treasury Bonds

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A 77-years-old husband won his claim for the return of more than £7000 worth of Treasury bonds and…

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Youths Charged With Theft Of Motor Cycle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 2

Two youths, aged 18 and 19, were arrested by Sutherland Police on Saturday and charged with Illegally using a motor cycle,…

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Police Unable Locate Main Inquest Witness

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 3

At the inquest held in Wollongong on Friday into the death of Helen Sarah Butler who died on February 12, police stated that they had been unable to locate the principal witness, Alan Joseph…

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Motoring News of Views Interesting Court Case at Brisbane

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 5

An interesting court case is reported from Brisbane. Mr. Justice Matthews gave judment for the defendant in a case in…

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Drivers' Silence Lands Businessman in Court; Magistrate Sympathetic

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

In the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday Mr. J Fleeman, S.M., dismissed the information in a charge against…

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Five Years' Gaol for Youth of 16

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. — George Thomas Young, 16, who set fire to a city building after robbing it, causing £4000 damages, was…

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Magistrate Warns on Illegal Use of Motor Cycles

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., fined Arthur Edward Davis, 19, a shunter, £5 when he pleaded guilty in Wollongong Court…

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