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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

867 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 31 of 44

New Evidence In Thallium Murder Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri. — Mr. Justice Kinsella today granted the Crown leave to introduce new evidence…

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Theft of Electric Motor

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 1

A flame proof 5 horse power electric motor, valued at £175 has been stolen from Austinmer Central Colliery Railway Ave…

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Magistrate's Warning To Motor Cyclist

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 5

"Apparently yon have not a proper appreciation of traffic regulations. You realise that there is only one answer…

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"Waste of Court's Time" — Says Judge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 8

Mr. Acting Justice Brereton, in the Wollongong Supreme Court on Thursday commented on time which was lost…

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N.R.M.A. Backs Police Road Safety Blitz

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. congratulates the Acting Commissioner of Police (Supt. Delaney) upon his decision to intensify traffic law enforcement by making available for traffic patrol duty a number of men other than those of the Police Safety Bureau. The Association's general…

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Six Months' Gaol for Attempted Theft of 100 Bricks

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 6

Magistrate Fleeman yesterday sent to gaol for six months two men who had pleaded guilty to the attempted theft of 100 bricks valued at £1…

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£100 Bail on Indecent Assault Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 6

In Wollongong Court yesterday Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., allowed £100 bail to a man whom police have…

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Police Dept. Changes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—Superintendent W. R. Lawrence today took up duties at Police…

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Police Have To 'Hitch-Hike'

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 1

Police at Austinmer had to hitch-hike at times when performing their duty, Ald. Squires…

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Accident Claim Settled Out Of Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 6

An out of court settlement was made La the Supreme Court action of Robert Gordon Grey…

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Motor Cyclist Shot in Attack on Police Constable

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Mon.—After he had twice stabbed a policeman with a screwdriver, a man was shot through the heart on the Henley Beach Road, near…

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Widow Sentenced to Death for Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—Mrs. Yvonne Gladys Fletcher, 30, was tonight sentenced to death, at the Central Criminal Court, for the murder of her first…

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"Court Should Observe Capacity To Pay"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.—The employers asked the Arbitration Court today to fix the basic wage on the capacity of industry to pay—not on the present "needs" principle, under which a man is awarded the minimum…

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Nowra Man on Cattle Theft Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 13

Before Nowra's Tuesday court sitting was a cattle dealer charged with stealing a heifer valued at £14 from…

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Big Attendances at New Police Boy's Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 1

Well over a thousand boys have already passed through the portals of the Wollongong Police Boys' Club since it commenced operating on September 15, while another 40 or 50 boys are joining nightly…

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Two Stokers Charged with Murder at Geelong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—Following the finding of the battered body of a 42-years-old traveller in a lonely part of the Eastern Gardens, Geelong, early this morning, detectives late this afternoon arrested and charged two…

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Magistrate to Study Nudes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Thur.—Guildhall magistrate Sir Frederick Wells will spend much of his spare time…

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Man on Murder Charge Suicides in Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1952 · page 5

BRISBANE, Fri. — Frederick Thomas Carpenter, 63, awaiting trial on a charge of having murdered his…

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Stokers On Murder Changes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Fri.—Two stokers from HMAS Burdekin, one f om Preston (Vic.) and the other…

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"Police State." Say Peking Delegates

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Fri.—Delegates to the Peking Peace Conference, who were prevented from leaving Australia because of the Government's passport…

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