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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

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R.A.N. Man Cried When Charged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 7

When a naval rating was told that he would be charged with driving under the influence he started to cry, it was stated in…

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New Australian To Face Murder Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 3

KANDOS, Wednesday. —[?] Djuro, 20, labourer, of Ka[?]do was today committed for trial at the Bathurst Criminal Court…

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Shunter Charged with Stealing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 15

A 25-year-old shunter, Robert James Edwards, 7 Bath Street, Thirroul, pleaded guilty at the Bulli Court on Friday before…

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Shunter Fined Sleeper Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 5

A railway shunter, Robert James Edwards, 25, of Bath Street, Thirroul, was fined £10 at the Bulli Court on a…

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Magistrate Says Man's Evidence "Pack Of Lies"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 6

"I have come to the conclusion that you have been telling a pack of lies," Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., told a man in the…

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"Fair Cop", Cyclist Told Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 4

After being warned a few days previous, Raymond William Lang, Illowra Crescent, Primbe, was seen by police ridign a…

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Not Guilty Of Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 9

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Leonard Vaughan Toms, 38, and George Joseph Hackett, 31, labourers, were today found not guilty of…

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Murder Charge At Newcastle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—Newcastle District Cor[?]er (Mr. T. H. D. See) today committed Michael Joseph Maher, 50…

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Ex-policeman for Murder Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Former police constable Terence Heffernan, 23, was committed for trial at the Coroner's Court today on…

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N.R.M.A. Urge Strong Police Action

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 7

In a plea to motorists to observe faithfully the "Keep to the left" traffic regulation, Mr. H. E. Richards said that…

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Month's Gaol for Assaulting Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 4

A man was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for assaulting the police at a special sitting of Albion Park court…

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Witness Says Woman Confessed Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A woman charged with murder had admitted to her at Ziegfield's Cafe the night before a…

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Bulli Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 23

The following were among cases dealt with at the Bulli Court on Friday by Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M…

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Kiama Court of Petty Sessions

Kiama Independent · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 2

A sitting of Kiama Court was held on Wednesday last before Mr. J. Fleeman, S. M. A Shellharbour resident was fined…

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Man Charged With Theft From A.I.S.

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 1

Wollongong detectives' yesterday arrested a man at Shell-harbour and charged him with stealing lead-bronze and copper…

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Stealing Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 7

At the Wollongong Court on Tuesday, George Norman Rankmore, 39, crane driver, 39 Fitzgerald Street, Cringila, was…

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6 Months Gaol For "Mean Theft"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 7

"It was a mean theft and, in a few days, he had squandered the money the old man had saved for a holiday," said the Police…

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Remanded on Theft Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 2

A Shellharbour fisherman was remanded in the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on several charges of…

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Stealing Charge Remanded

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 3

Clyde Wallace Fairhall, Wallace Road, Fernhill, was remanded on a stealing charge yesterday, until September 4…

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Storeman Fined For Stealing

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 3

A man who had been employed for one week at Lockett Bros as a storeman, was fined £10 for stealing from his firm, in a…

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