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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

867 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 30 of 44

Court Hears Case for Possession

Kiama Independent · Saturday 13 September 1952 · page 4

An application for the possession of a house in Hothersall Street, was made to Kiama Court on Wednesday by Mrs. Jean Holz, of Brown…

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Police Seek Two Men After £300 Theft at Bulli

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 1

Sydney C.I.B. dectectives yesterday joined in a search for two young men known to police who stole £300 from a Bulli man on Saturday night…

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£3000 Theft From Flat

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sun.—Thieves last night broke into a Darling Point flat and stole jewellery worth more than £3000…

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Supreme Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 1

Sittings of the Supreme Court will commence at Wollongong tomorrow Tuesday) the second since…

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Police Investigate Grafton Fire

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 11

GRAFTON, Sun.—Kerosene was found splashed about a room after two fires had broken out in…

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Argument On Deposition At Murder Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Mrs. Yvonne Gladys Fletcher, 32, of Ferndale Street, Newtown, pleaded not…

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Negligence Fine Follows Court Appeal

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 3

A Bulli butcher who successfully appealed last week against a conviction for driving while under…

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Arsenic In Beer Bottle Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—Four members of a family had drunk beer from a bottle which he did not think had been properly cleaned, Detective-Constable F…

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Daring Jewel Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tues.—A leather satchel containing jewels worth £15,000 wholesale, and £25,000 retail, was…

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Victorian Gaol Break Fails

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.— A desperate bid by three young criminals to escape from Peritridge Gaol late…

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Railwayman Charged With Shooting

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wed,—17 years-old.. railway employee was charged in Newcastle Children's Court…

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Police Raid Betting Rooms at Nowra

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 8

Wollongong and Nowra police made lightning raids on premises used for betting last week at Nowra and on Thursday five…

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Court Urged To Disregard Govt. Opinions

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.—Mr. A. P. Aird, senior counsel for the employers, told the Arbitration Court today it should not be influenced by governments' opinions in the wages-hours case…

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Court Told Wife Said Husband Took Rat Poison

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.—The only way to get a man (who later died) into hospital, was to say he had threatened to take rat poison, a witness in Central Criminal…

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Traditional Ceremony At Opening of Supreme Court Sittings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 1

A centuries-old ceremony was enacted at the Wollongong Supreme Court sittings on Tuesday, when Mr. Acting Justice Brereton was presented with a pair of white gloves…

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Court Action Settled

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 5

An out of court settlement was reached yesterday in the Supreme Court action between Miss…

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Judge Appeals to Solicitors:— Avoid Wasting Time Of Court lime Of Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 7

Mr. justice le Gay Brereton yesterday appealed to solicitors and counsel to have Supreme Court actions ready to proceed in their listed order to avoid…

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Court Told of "Noisy Parties": Tenant Ordered to Vacate

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 2

Tenant of a house in Brownlee Street, West Wollongong, will be ejected following an order made by Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., in Wollongong Court…

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£15 Fine For 8/- Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1952 · page 10

A man who had been arrested at Bulli on a charge of being drunk was later found to have stolen…

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Police Agree

Kiama Independent · Saturday 20 September 1952 · page 1

The sergeant in charge of police in Kiama has told Kiama Council that he is definitely in accordance with the view that "Halt." signs such…

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