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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

772 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 21 of 39

Port Kembla Neighbours in Court Proceedings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 7

Port Kembla neighbours' quarrels were aired in the Wollongong Court on Thursday last, when Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., heard proceedings by William Patrick Harrison, trader's assistant, 25. Port Kembla Street, Port Kembla, against R. Blair, alleging…

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Assault Charges Withdrawn

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1951 · page 4

Two charges of assault and one charge of apprehended violence against William Joseph Duct, 47, of Crown-Street…

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Persia to Comment on Court Finding

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1951 · page 2

TEHERAN, Monday (A.A.P.)—The Premier (Mr. Mossadeq) said yesterday Persia would soon make a detailed statement on…

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Murder Charge Follows Police Raid On Cafe

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Detective tonight arrested, at gunpoint, 35-years-old William Hollebone and charged him with the…

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Vehicle Lighting Police Help Sought

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1951 · page 6

Selfishness of many motorists and pedal cyclists in refusing to obey the lighting regulations is attacked by the N.R.M.A., which…

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Traffic Offenders At Wollongong Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1951 · page 5

Before Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., at the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions, yesterday, a long list of traffic breaches were…

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Minister Charged with Discourtesy

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 1

In a letter to the Minister for [?]ands the Acting Secretary of [?] former Showground Trust charges the Minister for Lands…

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Police Allege Failure Report To Accident

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 7

He was in a hurry. He had been told his wife was sick, and he was on his way home. This was stated in…

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Man For Trial On Wife Murder Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 2

AUCKLAND (N.Z), Thursday (AAP-Reuter)—George Cecil Horry, 44, charged with the murder of Mary Bileen Turner,…

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Police Guard British Embassy In Egypt

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 1

CAIRO, Thursday (A.A.P.)—The state of emergency declared yesterday extended throughout today in Egypt…

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Murder of Boxer Alleged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Arrested at Ultimo in the early hours of this morning, John Frederick ("Chow") Hayes, 39, later…

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Police Essay Competition for Children

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 7

The New South Wales Police Dept. has decided to conduct a school children's essay competition on similar lines to that…

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Queensland Arrest On Car Theft Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 1

A man who will appear in the Wollongong Court today on a oar stealing charge was escorted from Coolangatta, Queensland,…

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Habitual Criminal Gets Nine Months' Gaol

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 3

[?]man who has been twice declared an habitual [?] was sentenced to nine months gaol by [?]trate Fleeman at the Nowra Court on Thursday [?] five charges of false pretences and one of…

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Police Seek Hit-Run Motorist

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 1

A young girl, after alighting from a bus on the Prince's Highway, near Corrimal, last night, was struck by a car which…

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Many Cases at Wollongong Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 11

At the Wollongong Court on Tuesday Mr. J. A. Fleeman S.M. disposed of nearly forty traffic cases…

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Comic Court Heads Cup Weights

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Comic Court is rated Australia's outstanding horse for the second successive year, heading the…

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7 Death Sentences By Czech. Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—A Czech court at Jihlava (Moravia) sentenced seven people to death for murder, high treason,…

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Gaol Escapee Recaptured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Victor Franz (26) who escaped from Pentridge Gaol at 6 a.m. today was recaptured by Police…

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Gaol Escapee Recaptured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Victor Franz (26) who escaped from Pentridge Gaol, at 6 a.m. today was recaptured by Police…

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