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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

772 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 22 of 39

Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 5

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., had only a small list at Kiama Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last, which was probably just as well, as it is…

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Casino Couple Murdered Police Say

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 1

LISMORE, Tuesday. — The newly-married couple, whose charred bodies were found in the burnt-out ruins of their home…

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Casino Couple Murdered Police Say

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 1

LISMORE, Tuesday.—The newly married couple, whose charred bodies were found in the burnt-out rains of their home…

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Ex-policeman Charged with Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A former police constable was, to-night, arrested and charged with the murder of his…

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Man Charged With Murder Of Wyan Couple

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 2

CASINO, Wednesday. — William Abbot, 29, married, a farmer of Busbys Fiat, near Wyan, was charged, tonight…

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Kandos Police Charge Czech With Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 3

KANDOS, Wednesday. — A 20-years-old Czech was charged in Kandes Court today with the murder of Gladys Mines and…

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Coroner Threatens Witness with Gaol Sentence

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 10

The Nowra District Coroner, Mr. U. K. Walsh, at an inquest on Tuesday at Nowra, threatened to send a witness…

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Police Too Good For Balgownie Soccer Side

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 11

Police were too good for Balgownie Southern League team in the final game of the competition…

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Oxford Hotel Inquest: Three Men for Trial On CHARGE of MURDER

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 15

Three Hungarian migrants were, yesterday afternoon, committed to stand trial at a sitting of the Supreme Court to be held in Wollongong on September 18, on a charge of murdering Mrs. Lucy Francis Barrows. The migrants, Lazlo Kerekes…

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Fined for Petrol Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 7

James Brown, of Wollongong, was fined £10 at the "Wollongong Court on a charge of stealing three gallons of petrol…

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Six Weeks Gaol for Healy: Appeal Lodged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—General Secretary of the Australian Waterside Workers' Federation, James Healy, was today in the…

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Ex-policeman Remanded On Murder Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Terence Heffernan, a 23-year-old former policeman, was charged at Newtown [?] today with the…

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Crazier On Murder Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 3

QUIRINDI, Friday.—Thomas Langhorne Fleming, 43, grazier, of ML Parry, hear Willow Tree, appeared in Quirindi Court…

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Bead Report of Own "Murder"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

PARIS, Sunday (AAP).—An Irish woman living in France who read in newspapers of her own murder walked into a…

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Woman on Murder Charge Intent Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A 32 years old woman was charged early today at the City Watchhouse with wounding with…

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Vehicle Lighting—police Help Sought

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 4

Selfishness of many motorists and pedal cyclists in refusing to obey the lighting regulations is attacked by the…

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Man Found Hanged in Wollongong Police Cell

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 1

A man who hanged himself in his cell at the Wollongong Police Station on Saturday night is [?]lieved to have suffered from schizophrenia [?]plit personality)…

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Woman Charged With Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Monday.—Doris Wilma Beavan, domestic, 53, of [?]odlet Street, Surry Hills, was charged at Central Police Court…

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Brother Charged with Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The brother of a two-up player whose body was found down a disused mine shaft, was charged with…

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Brother Charged with Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The brother of a two-up player whose body was found down a disused mine shaft, was charged with…

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