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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

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Diary Read At Murder Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 31 August 1951 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Thursday. — Mrs. Betty Fleming, 39, gave no indication she was likely to die soon when she discussed her…

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Car Dealer For Trial on Three Charges of Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 31 August 1951 · page 2

A former Wollongong used car dealer was committed for trial on three charges of stealing involving cars, yesterday…

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Court Told of Struggle to Arrest Migrant

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1951 · page 8

A Port Kembla constable who attempted to arrest a man at the Steelhaven Hostel was unable to do anything owing to the…

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Six Stealing Charges

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 6

On six charges of stealing, breaking, entering and stealing goods to the total value of £1129, a 37 years old…

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Berry Man Charged with [?]

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 2

A 24-year-old mill [?] residing at Berry, was [?] on Thursday by Wollo[?] detectives and charged [?]…

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Construction of Police Boys' Club Commenced

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 2

Construction has commenced on the new Police-Citizens Boys' Club at North Wollongong. It is being constructed by R. A. Baxter Pty. Ltd., who…

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No Police Action in Coalcliff Rail Tragedy

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 1

There is little likelihood of any action being [?]ken by the police in the rail crossing tragedy at [?]he Coalcliff Colliery on Saturday when two railway workers were killed and three others injured…

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Police Funeral for Sgt. W. H Smith

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 2

A police funeral will be accorded the late Sgt. First Class William Roy Smith, officer in charge of Port…

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Accident Victim Dies; Driver Charged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 1

Kevin O'Day, of Denison Street, Wollongong, who was critically injured when he was struck by a car on Saturday…

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To Be Sentenced Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 September 1951 · page 11

Leslie Thomas Carr, 37-years-old fisherman of Shellharbour, today will appear in Wollongong Quarter Sessions to be…

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Suspended Sentence For Bike Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 September 1951 · page 3

A youth who admitted stealing a motor cycle told detectives it was dismantled and some of the parts were dumped in Fairy…

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Bond For Man On Stealing Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 September 1951 · page 2

A man was convicted on a charge of stealing scrap metal from Lysaght's Works, Cringila, in a Wollongong Court…

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£12 Fine For Stealing Iron And Cement

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 September 1951 · page 10

An electrician who used a Wollongong Council panel van to steal cement and rofing iron from a building in course of…

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Police March At Funeral

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 September 1951 · page 2

Preceded by the Steelwork's land a large detachment of police marched at the head of he funeral of Sergeant W. R…

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New Police Station to Cost £63,000

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 September 1951 · page 1

Preliminary work has started on the site of a new Police Station at Wollongong, which will take two years to complete and…

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Sedgman "Sweeps Larsen Off Court" In National Title Semi

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 September 1951 · page 11

FOREST HILLS (New York) Tuesday (AAP).—Rising to heights of tennis glory, Frank Sedgman swept defending…

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3 Years Gaol For Theft From Steelworks

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 3

A Shellharbour resident with a lengthy criminal record was sentenced to three years' imprisonment at the Wollongong Quarter…

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Magistrate Refuses to Impose Parking Fines

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 1

At Wollongong Court on Monday, the Magistrate, Mr. J. Fleeman, stated that he would not convict drivers for parking…

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Bonds for Four Men on Stealing Charges

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 2

Four men who pleaded guilty to stealing charges before Judge J. O'Sullivan in the Wollongong Quarter Sessions Court…

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Woman Charged with Shooting at Priest

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A 27 years old woman Noreen Gwendoline Piper appeared in a specially constituted court this…

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