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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

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Youth Charged With Boy's Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A 15-vear-old boy was today charged, at the City Watchhouse, with murder…

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Police Claim Doctor Assaulted Girl Aged 12

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday—Police in the Brisbane Police Court today said a doctor had committed an act of indecency against…

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Court Holds Bus Driver Was Negligent

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 3

The Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. J. Fleeman, said in Wollongong Police Court that if he had been in the position of the…

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Albion Park Court of Petty Sessions

Kiama Independent · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 1

Mr. J. Fleeman, S. M., had a substantial list of cases for hearing at Albion Park Court on Friday last. Thomas Johnson pleaded not guilty…

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Police Fire on Rioters in India

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 11

COOCH (Behar, India), Sunday.—Police opened fire of 5000 rioting hunger marchers, killing, five, including one girl, and…

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Bond for Assault on Woman

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 6

In Wollongong Police Court yesterday Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., piaced a man on a £10 bond to be of good behaviour for 12…

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Solicitor Says Police Inquiry "Inadequate"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 3

Wallongong Police Court, Magistrate (Mr. J. Fleeman) yesterday convicted a man of negligent driving, despite strong…

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Court House Site for Port Kembla

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 10

Mr. Rex Connor, M.L.A., announced last night a site had been chosen for a court house at Port Kembla…

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Cokeworks Dispute Before Arbitration Court Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

The President of the Southern District Miners (Mr. W. Parkinson) said last night he had been summoned by telegram to attend the State Industrial Arbitration Court at Sydney…

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Court Told of Plot to Kill Husband

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 8

KATOOMBA, Tuesday.—A police witness said in Katcomba Court today a man had told him he had intended to kill another man, take the body away in a car and burn it…

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Sanitary Employee Charged With Assault by Son-in-law

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 12

Two Greater Wollongong City Council sanitary employees appeared at Bulli on Friday, when John Michael Davis charged his father-in-law with assaulting and with using insulting words. The defendant, Thomas…

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Police Enouiries Queried in Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 15

Police enquiries prior to a man being charged with negligent driving were queried by the Magistrate and a solicitor at the Wollongong Court on Monday…

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Police Swoop on S.p. Bettors

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 24

Armed with special warrants, police raided three Corrimal residences on Saturday and arrested 3 men…

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Smashed Bed In Gaol Cell

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 8

A Thirroul man who smashed a bed in a gaol cell was fined a total of £19 in Bulli Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. He…

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Appeals Against Murder Convictions Dismissed

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. — Appeals by two women and a man against their convictions for murder were dismissed by the…

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Unusual Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 13

An unusual theft was reported to Wollongong police on Saturday morning. Mr. Stenhouse, of McMahon…

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Magistrate Dispenses "Treatment"

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 2

Magistrate J. Fleeman ordered some novel treatment for an old-fashioned complaint when a…

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Migrant Fined for Stealing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 13

A New Australian who was building a garage for his sister to live in and who stole three sheets of fibro to complete it…

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Sabotage Precaution Civilians To Aid N.Z. Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 1

WELLINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—The New Zealand Government has decided to set up a Civil Emergency Organisation to aid the police in preserving law and order, the Prime…

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Woman Remanded On Stealing Charges

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 2

At the Nowra Court on Tuesday, 21-year-old woman from Blackheath appeared on five charges of stealing in the…

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