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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

867 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 22 of 44

Soldier for Trial on Murder Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 11

SYDNEY, Wed.—Gilbert Ryan, 23, soldier, was today committed for trial on a charge of…

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Court Sequel After Collision

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 4

A head-on collision between a car and a jeep in Cordeaux Rd., Unanderra on 5th. January led to the appearance at the…

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Tenancy Application Rejected By Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 11

Alleged banging of doqrs by tenants prayed insufficient pounds for ejectment when Milton James Dobson and Ivy…

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2 Charged with Stealing Coppers, Sinks

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 7

Two men were remanded at Wollongong Court yesterday on charges of stealing seven stainless…

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£12 Fine For Stealing Paint

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 7

A Cringila painter was fined £12 yesterday in Wollongong Court on a charge of stealing paint…

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Bogus Police Rob Jeweller

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—Two men posing as police robbed a manufacturing jeweller of two bars of…

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Explosion in Truck Mystifies Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—Detectives are puzzled at the motive behind an explosion which wrecked a…

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Traffic Fines at Bulli Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 2

For failings to keep as near as practicable to the left hand boundary of the road cost Archie Thomas Prior, 22 Mitchell St…

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Labourer Charged with Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Police have charged a 28 year old labourer with the murder of Wilfrid John…

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Fined for Theft of Timber

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 11

Roy Reginald. Fahey, 38, wharf labourer, of New Dapto Road, Wollongong was fined £20 for stealing…

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Court Told Of Collision In Crown Street

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 5

Coast. R. J. Paff said at Wollongong Court yesterday he arrived at the scene of an accident in…

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Two Charged With Assault And murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tues.—Charged with assault, robbery and murder, a white man and a coloured girl…

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Two Charged With Theft Of Steel

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 7

Last night Wollongong detectives arrested two men at Warrawong on a charge of stealing nine tons of…

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Punched, Kicked and Bit Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 5

A man who punched, kicked and bit a policeman after being told to leave a hotel was fined on three…

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Police Asked for More Supervision

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 6

Better police supervision at Gerringong Town Hall when major functions are held there is to be requested by the local Citizens…

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Seven Before Court on Speed Charges

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 5

At Wollongong Court yesterday Mr. Fleeman, S.M., ordered seven speed offenders to pay fines and…

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£8 Fine For Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 25

The theft of an axe from the Mt. Nebo Colliery brought a 31 year old miner, William Love-day, of Miners Cottages…

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Two Men on Theft Charges

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 25

Two men Were remanded at the Wollongong court on Thursday on stealing charges. They were:…

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Court Dismisses Driving Case

Kiama Independent · Saturday 19 July 1952 · page 5

A charge of negligent driving on the Princes Highway at Minnamurra was dismissed by Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., at Kiama Court on…

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Court Told of Mystery Driver

Kiama Independent · Saturday 19 July 1952 · page 3

A man who claimed to be an organiser for the Australian Workers' Union, Robert H. Hickey, of Cringilla, told Kiama court…

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