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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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Mother Not Guilty Of Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thurs. — Mrs. Lillian Lee, 35, was today found not guilty of murdering her 11-years-old…

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Girls and Youths in Car-stealing Gang

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri. — In a series of arrests of a gang of girls and youths in the last week…

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Gaol Sentences For Assault At P.K. Police Station

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 7

Three Hungarians, who forced their way into the Port Kembla police station and assaulted a constable were given gaol sentences at the Wollongong Court on…

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Theft From Home

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 3

Thieves who entered a home at 13 Mercury St., Wollongong, stole £15 in cash, a Commonwealth Bank Pass book showing…

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Motorist Charged at Bulli

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 3

Bulli police yesterday charged a motorist with negligent driving; driving under the Influence; and driving in…

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Farmers' Co-operative Charged With Using Unregistered Vets

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 6

There was a big "gallery" of interested district dairy farmers at the Kiama Court on Wednesday to hear the commencement of an action in which Paul Francis Affleck Hardman, of Parramatta, was proceeding against the Kiama Animal Health…

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Driver Passed Sobriety Tests, Said Police

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 3

A constable who arrested and charged a man with driving under the influence, and the station senior-constable on duty at the time, both told the magistrate at the Bulli Court on Friday that a half-hour later the…

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Came To Court On Crutches

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 12

A New Australian who took his friend's motor cycle without permission, had an accident with it and broke…

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Discharged On Charge Of Assault

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 2

Adam Zabek. 33. labourer of the U.N. migrant hostel, Port Kembla, was discharged in an assault…

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Judge's Question on Police and Clubs

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Mon.—Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) today said he wanted to know…

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Acquitted On Charge Of Child Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.—A 26-years-old labourer was acquitted in the Central Criminal Court today on a…

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French Police Leave Stopped

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 1

PARIS, Tues.—All leave for Paris Police has been cancelled in case French Communists try to incite…

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Gaol Terms IN Atom Test Security Bill

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.—Penalties ranging from two to seven years' imprisonment will be imposed…

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Congested Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 12

When an advocate in a Fair Rents application was told at the Wollongong Court on Monday that his case could not be…

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Anger Over Murder At Broken Hill

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 2

BROKEN HILL, Wed.—Public opinion over the murder of 17-years-old Thelma Dal Pozzo, early…

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In Court Again After Four Days

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 2

Before the Court again only four days after being convicted of driving without a licence 585 year old ice carter, Robert…

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Court Reserves Decisions on De-registration

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.—The Arbitration Court today reserved its decisions on deregistration applications'…

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Theft From Brickyard

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 9 June 1952 · page 3

A truck and £420 worth of equipment were stolen on Wednesday night from Pendlebury's brickyards, owned by the…

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Hard Labor for Stealing Bicycle

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 9 June 1952 · page 8

Lancelot John Edwards, an 18 year old labourer, of the Official Camp, Port Kembla, was sentenced at the…

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Court House Ceremony Next

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1952 · page 1

The Attorney-General (Mr. C. E. Martin) will unveil a plaque commemorating the first sittings of the…

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