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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

772 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 18 of 39

Police, Wharfies, In Ugly Clash

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Police and waterside workers clashed in a short, but ugly demonstration in Martin Place today. The clashes occurred after…

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Police, Motorist Relations Should Be Amicable

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. stresses the importance of maintaining amicable relations between motorists and the traffic police…

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Healy Before Court; Case Adjourned

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Mr. Meagher, S.M., in the Special Federal Court, today adjourned until june 27 the hearing of four summonses under the Crimes Act against James healy, General…

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Kiama Court of Petty Sessions

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 1

On Wednesday last Mr. M. J. McCauley, S.M., who is relieving whilst Mr. J. Fleeman is on holidays, dismissed two defended cases…

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Stealing Charge Remanded

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 7

A Port Kembla truck driver, Ronald Eric McDonald, was charged in Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions with the theft of…

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Further Remand on Radio Theft Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 3

A 25-year old truck driver was again remanded at the Wollongong Court on Tuesday on a charge of breaking and…

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Warrawong Licensee Charged with Selling Adulterated Rum

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 3

A summons served by the Board of Health on Reginald D. Tolley of the Open Hearth Hotel, Warrawong, charging…

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Police Say Highway Is Dangerous

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

Police fear grave consequences may result from the rapid deterioration of the Prince's Highway north and south of Wollongong. They maintain the state of roads is a major factor contributing to the soaring accident rate in Greater Wollongong…

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3 Months' Gaol For Stealing Purses

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 2

A 56 years old wharf labourer was sentenced to three months' gaol by Mr. J. Fleeman S.M. in Wollongong Court for…

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Brief Gaol Terms for Students

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Friday. — Mr Justice Abbott today sentenced four senior medical students to two months' hard labour for…

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Three Months Gaol For Shop-Lifting

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 11 June 1951 · page 7

At the Wollongong Court on Thursday a sentence of three months' hard labour was imposed on a 56-year old wharf…

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Supreme Court Writ

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 11 June 1951 · page 5

Wollongong Council, Main Roads Board and the Commissioner for Railways, have been served with a Supreme Court…

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Police Manhunt For Hotel Murderer

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 1

Det. Inspector J. Ramus and a squad of Sydney C.I.B. detectives and scientific men will arrive in Wollongong today to join the intensive manhunt for the brutal murderer of Mrs. Lucy Frances…

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MURDER At Wollongong

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 3

Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows, licensee of the Oxford Hotel, Wollongong, was found murdered in her room at the hotel On Monday morning last…

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Sailor Collapses in Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 3

A sailor collapsed and had to be carried from Wollongong Court yesterday while he was appearing on charges of driving…

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Migrant Fined for Stealing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 3

A Czecho-Slovakian migrant was fined £10 at the Wollongong Court on Tuesday for stealing. He was Jaroslay Kaboka (24)…

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Funeral of murder victim

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 1

The funeral of the late Mrs. Lucy Barrows, victim of the brutal murder early Monday morning was held on Tuesday afternoon. A large and representative…

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Murder Arrest Likely Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 1

Investigations into the murder of Mrs, Lucy Frances Barrows, 53, Oxford Hotel licensee, shifted from Wollongong to Sydney last night as Sydney detectives detained two New Australians for questioning…

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Bulli Traffic Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 8

Crossing the double lines on the Bum Highway at a bend known as Devil's Elbow appears to be a constant…

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Sailor Collapses in Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 2

An R.A.N. Naval Mechanic of the H.M.A.S. Albatross, Nowra collapsed in the Wollongong Court on Tuesday…

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