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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

867 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 34 of 44

Police Await Post Mortem On Eden Body

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs. — Police are awaiting the result of a post mortem examination of Frederick…

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Police Allege False "Wedding" at Leigh Creek Party

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Thurs. — Allegations that a 68-year-old widow was "married" during a drinking party before an ice[?]hest decorated as an altar, with a beer…

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Liquor Royal Commission: Counsel Claim No Police Dereliction

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs. — There was no basis for adverse findings against Police Superintendent W. C. S. Thompson, Mr. J. W. Shand, Q.C., submitted at the…

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Steps To Put Down Car Stealing

Kiama Independent · Saturday 11 October 1952 · page 1

Steps to introduce a scheme for certification of car ownership have been welcomed by the secretary of the N.R.M.A., as a deterrent to car…

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Police Accuse Man of Hold-up of Women in Blue Mountains

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1952 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Fri.—Armed police today surrounded a house of Blackheath and arrested a…

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Sailor Charged with Father's Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun.—Police charged a 24-years-old sailor with murder early today following the fatal…

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Nine Months For Stealing Camera

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 6

A man, who has convictions dating back to 1939 in New Zealand and Australia for breaking, entering and…

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Possible New Car Theft Legislation

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 7

The N.R.M.A. welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheahan) that consideration is being…

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2000 Police Search For Strangler

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 9

LONDON, Sun.—Two thousand Glasgow police yesterday made a house to house search for the…

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4000 Boys Seek Membership In Police Boys' Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 13

In order to afford boys the best possible advantage of amenities and instruction of the Wollongong Police and…

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Six Months' Gaol for Stealing Radio

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 5

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., yesterday gaoled a man for six months for stealing a radio receiver tallied at £15. The man. who was…

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Balgownie Migrant Fined for Assault

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 5

One Balgownie migrant hostel resident was punched in the face by another because he refused to talk to him, it was alleged in Wollongong Court…

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Corrimal Man Charged With Rape

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Mon.—Robert William Elphinston, 28, miner, of Corrimal, and Donald Norman Hill…

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Four Shop Employees On Theft Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 1

Four employees of the Self Help Stores, Pty., Ltd., Wollongong, who allegedly "helped…

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Mr. Delaney New Police Chief

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 11

SYDNEY, Mon. — Appointment of the Deputy Commissioner (Mr. C. J. Delaney) as…

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Police Counsel Repudiates Superintendents' Evidence

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 9

SYDNEY, Mon.—The Metropolitan Police Superintendent (Mr. W. C. S. Thompson) had "deliberately attempted to mislead" the Liquor Royal Commission, Mr. A. J. Goran said today…

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£2M. Claim On Railways, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 9

SYDNEY, Mon.—Claims totalling £2,000,000 by farmers and graziers in the Wagga district are…

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Changes, But No "Sweeping Reforms" in Police Force

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues. — Changes were necesary in the Police Force although no sweeping reforms would be made, the new Commissioner of Police (Mr. C. J…

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Arbitration Court Told A.g.e. Staff Cuts "Inevitable"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues. — Further reductions in the staff of Australian General Electric Pty. Ltd., seem inevitable, the Full Arbitration Court was told today…

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£4800 Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1952 · page 2

LONDON, Wed.—A bandit swinging a sledgehammer smashed a jeweller's shop window in a busy Croydon…

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