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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

867 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 18 of 44

Weaker Cuts Way Out Of Japanese Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 2

TOKYO, Mon.—Frank Weaver last night escaped from a Japanese Immigration Department gaol,…

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Police Believe Girl Knew Killer

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 1

BROKEN HILL, Mon.—It has been established that screams heard by nearby residents about…

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Man Charged With Murder Of Policeman

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 3

KATHERINE, Tues.—Police today arrested a man alleged to have murdered a policeman and…

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Police Seek Man For Questioning

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 4

Wollongong detectives are making inquiries for a man who is alleged to have assaulted an elderly man,…

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Full Court Orders New Inquest

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tues.—The State Full Court today ordered a new inquiry into the death of…

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£5 Fine for Man Who Offered Police Bribe

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 2

Const. J. M. O'Keefe told Wollongong Court yesterday a man he had arrested for attempting to…

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Migrant Threw Door at Room-mate, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 5

After drinking two and a half bottles of wine, a New Australian had ripped a door off its hinges…

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Theft From School

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 1

Wollongong detectives are Investigating a theft from the North Wollongong Junior Technical School over the holiday…

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Communists Murder 14 Prisoners

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 3

KOJE, Wed.—The freshly-slain bodies of 14 North Koreans were found to-day in Compound 77,…

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Youths Charged with W'gong Thefts

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 8

An 18 years old laborer, Neville James Bennett of 22 Grpnulla Street, All a wall, and 20 years old laborer Stanley Coles of 20 Sturdee Street, Towradgi, appeared at Wollongong Curt on Friday on three charges of breaking and…

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Mrs. "Chow" Hayes Far Murder Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wed.—Mrs. Gladys Muriel Hayes will face trial on the charge of having murdered William…

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Woll. Police-Gitizens Boys' Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 15

Further materials are coming in from the various sources different organisations and private citizens and the bulk of…

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Judge Convinced Police Accepted Liquor From Night Club

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed — Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) said today he…

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Death Sentence for Murder of Taxi Owner

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 2

DARWIN. Thurs.— Mr. Justice Krieweldt today sentenced two New Australians to death for the murder of…

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Woman Set Fire to Guest House, Police Allege

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs. — A woman was charged at Central Court today with having maliciously set fire…

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£20 Fine for Stealing Mats

Kiama Independent · Saturday 14 June 1952 · page 1

Two men were each fined 20 for stealing three mats from the vestibule of the Brighton Hotel last week-end. They were Stephen Hugo and…

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Police Chiefs "Watching" Commission

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri. — Developments concerning police at the Liquor Commission were being watched…

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Wharfies' Secretary Replies to Court Criticism

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1952 · page 5

The Waterside Workers Federal on led serious misgivings as to whether members could hope to…

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The Rest of the News in Brief to Protect Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—Sydney barrister A. J. Goran will represent the Police Department at the Royal Liquor…

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Year's Gaol For Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 16 June 1952 · page 3

A 21 year old labourer, with a list of previous convictions dating back to 1941, was sentenced to 12 months' hard labour at the Nowra Police Court on Thursday on a charge of stealing £19 from a Nowra farmer…

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