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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

867 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 24 of 44

Driver Charged After Accident at Scarborough

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 1

At Bulli Court on Friday, a man was remanded on three charges arising from an accident at the foot of…

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Youth Charged With Embezzlement

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 7

National Service trainee, Barry Kenneth Cooper, 18, of Campbell Street, Wollongong, was remanded when…

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Wollongong Court Told Stolen Sinks Sold At Gwynneville

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 5

After stealing stainless steel sinks and electric coppers from K. Rice Constructions Pty. Ltd., two men had sold them to a Gwynneville builder, it was alleged at Wollongong Court yesterday…

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Woman Charged with Murder of Daughter's Fiance

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 2

COWRA, Tues.—A 50-years-old woman, of Noonbinna, near Cowra, was arrested today and charged with the murder of her daughter's fiance…

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Youth to Face Trial for Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—The City Coroner (Mr. E. J. Forrest) today found that Peter Mannington Harvie,…

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Police Check On Cowra Man's Illness

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 5

COWRA, Tues.—Detectives are investigating circumstances surrounding the mystery illness of a…

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Marriage Poser For Full Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tues.—The validity of a marriage ceremony from which the bride fled as…

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Suspended Sentences for Theft from Lodge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 19

Suspended prison sentences were given to two men at the Wollongong Court on Monday for the theft of £50/4/0 in money and a suitcase from the Wollongong Buffaloes' Lodge on 20thy July…

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Police Inspector Dismissed

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 2

PERTH, Wed.—The West Australian Executive Council today approved the dismissal from the police…

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Traffic Fines at Nowra Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 19

Police Officers from Wollongong and Nowra gave evidence at the Nowra Police Court on Tuesday against a large number…

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South Australian for Arbitration Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs.—The Commonwealth Government will recommend to the Governor-General the…

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Spiders Put in Bed, Woman Tells Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thurs.—In the Divorce Court today a woman claimed that her husband had tried to…

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Police Claim Confession at Taxi Death Inquest

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 August 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—"I hit the taxi driver all right, but I didn't mean to kill him," one of the two men charged with the murder of taxi driver William Vincent Corbett, allegedly told detectives…

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Korea Veteran Charged With Shooting Wife

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Mon.—A soldier who was wounded in Korea was charged in Muswellbrook Court today…

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Slogans Painted on Arbitration Court Pavements

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.—A 20 feet long notice reading "Reject bosses' Starvation Log" and another underneath saying "Double Margins" was painted…

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N.A. Broke Up The Home" Police Allege

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—A New Australian had broken furniture and, assaulted a woman and…

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Four Months' Gaol For Vagrant

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 August 1952 · page 13

A man who had previous convictions in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, end New South Wales, extending over the past…

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Suspended Gaol Sentence on Car Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 August 1952 · page 19

A 27-year-old labourer, Ceslaw Bednarz, of the Department of Main Roads, Cooma, was given a sentence…

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Police Refuse Permission for Bicycle Race

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 August 1952 · page 8

The Police Traffic Department was not prepared to grant permission for the holding of a bicycle race from Liverpool to…

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Two for Trial on Murder Count

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs. — Two young men were today committed for trial by the City Coroner (Mr. E. J…

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