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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

772 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 6 of 39

Kiama Court of Petty Sessions

Kiama Independent · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 5

A rather interesting case because of its far reaching results, came before Court Mr. J. Fleeman, S. M., at Kiama Court on Wednesday…

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Comic Court To Add Another To Winning List

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 14

The present day champion of champions. Comic Court, is selected to add the St. George Stakes (standard weight-for-age) to his list at Coalfield this afternoon…

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Magistrate Refuses Cafe Owner Second Chance

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 13

"You had a chance, but you allowed it to slide, therefore you will have to take the consequences" This is what Magistrate…

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Charged With Stealing Keg Of Beer

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 10

Erik Ingrav Ehrnholm, 25. storeman, of Port Kembla, appeared in Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before…

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Magistrate to Wait for Ruling on Character

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 4

"I think I can adjourn this matter until the Supreme Court judgment comes through as to what bearing character has,"…

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Australian Before Jap. Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 9

TOKYO, Monday (A.A.P. Reuter).—A 25-years-old Australian, Kenneth William Gibbons, was today remanded in…

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Court Decision on Williams Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Arbitration Court will give its decision at 2.20 p.m. tomorrow on the contempt of court charge against Idris Williams, President of the Miners' Federation,…

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Six Months in Gaol For Theft of Beer

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 3

A Port Kembla storeman was sentenced to six months hard labour yesterday when he was convicted on a charge of…

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Demonstration of Assault Landing by Commandos

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 2

Students of the Staff College, Camberley, recently watched the Royal Navy, Marine Commandos, tanks and infantry go into action in a demonstration of assault landing and cliff climbing in the Portsmouth and Isle of Wight areas…

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Equity Court

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 3

An interesting judgment was given in the Equity Court in Sydney on Monday last, which has been reported in the Sydney Morning Herald…

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Assault Charge Dropped

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 4

A formal verdict of "not guilty" was delivered in a case in which a man was alleged to have indecently assaulted a girl…

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Assault on Milton Girl Alleged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 13

First evidence in a case involving the alleged indecent assault of a girl under the age of 16 years at Milton on…

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Shopkeepers Before Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 22

The Prices Commission also proceeded against two shopkeepers for prices breaches. The shopkeepers—Leonard H…

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Corrimal Woman Before Court After Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 22

A Corrimal woman, who was involved in a road collision last October, was fined £7 at the Wollongong Court on Tuesday on a charge of "not giving way" to a vehicle on her right…

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Will Use Gratuity For Compensation To Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 1

At Wollongong Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, Norman Adams, convicted in November 1947 of illegally using a mot…

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S.m. to Await Supreme Court Ruling

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 8

At Wollongong Court on Monday, Mr. J. Fleeman S.M. adjourned final adjudication on a case pending a ruling from…

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Six Months Gaol For Cigarette Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 5

Robert Phillip Parker, 24, a native of Perth, Western Australia, was sentenced to six months' hard labour by Judge…

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Assault on Girl 'Not Serious'

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 3

A Wollongong Quarter Sessions jury yesterday convicted a Hungarian P.M.G. linesman, Josef Andrasi, of an indecent assault upon a Milton shopkeeper's daughter, aged 13, on the basis…

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Police Allege Blow Caused Death

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 1

"Buckley was placed on the road. He may have been hit, but the police will allege a blow by Stephenson was the cause of…

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Court Upholds Kirby Award For Wharfies

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday. — The Full Bench of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court has endorsed the basis on…

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