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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

867 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 36 of 44

Police Search For Migrant After Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Mon. — Following the murder late last night at Fullarton, a city suburb, of Jan Pilkowski…

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Mau Murder Discovered

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 10

NAIROBI, Mon. — Another Mau Man murder has been discovered at Nanyuki. 125 miles north…

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Corrimal Postmaster For Murder Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 1

The Deputy Coroner (Mr. W. S. Musgrave) yesterday committed Corrimal postmaster Robert William Lawson, 51, for trial on a charge of murdering his 72-years-old wife, Ellen Margaret Lawson…

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Police Disagree

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 29 October 1952 · page 1

N.S.W. Police have told Gerringong Council that they do not consider any justification exists for the re-location of the public vehicles…

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Shot Wife 8 Times, Police Say

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 October 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed. — A 24-year-old labourer fired eight bullets into his wife in a Paddington Street…

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Husband for Trial on Murder Charge Wife Said To Have "Begged and Prayed" for Her life

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 30 October 1952 · page 8

A man accused of murdering his wife by strangling her is alleged to have said: "She begged and prayed till her dying breath for me not to do it." This was stated at an…

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Court Rejects Ejectment Application

Kiama Independent · Saturday 1 November 1952 · page 2

Complaints about the tenant of their house in Minnamurra Street, Kiama, were laid before Mr. J. Fleeman, S. M., by Mr. and Mrs…

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Murder Charge Follows Camden Shooting

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.—Police charged a man with murder after a New Australian was fatally shot in…

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Spotlighting the Women Police

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 3

Production has commenced on on the first-ever feature film in which the heroines are the Policewomen of Britain…

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Murder Charge Appeal

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Mon.—Mr. J. W. Shand, Q.C., today asked the Court of Criminal Appeal to grant a…

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Sydney Wharflabourer Fined £20 for Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 8

A Sydney wharf labourer who came to the Wollongong district "to earn money for Christmas" was fined £20 in Wollongong Court yesterday for…

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Nine Months Gaol for Illegal Use of Car

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 6

Magistrate Fleeman yesterday sentenced a man to nine months hard labour [?] illegally using a car. He was Ivan Edward…

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Fight Over Fowls Led To Shooting, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Mon.—A fight over fowls and pigeons led to the shooting of a Polish market gardener at…

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Court Confirms F.E.D.&F.A. De-Registration

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission today confirmed the deregistration of the Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association (Coast Branch). The branch had refused…

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Charged Dismissed Against Taxi Driver

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 November 1952 · page 10

Saying that he was not satisfied a case had been made out, magistrate Fleeman at the Bulli Court on Friday…

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Two Men for Trial, Alleged Theft of £285

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 November 1952 · page 5

At the Bulli Court on Friday, two men were committed for trial at the next Wollongong Quarter Sessions on November 24th, on charges of stealing £285. They were James Reginald…

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Arrested While Asleep In Car—Nine Months' Gaol

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 November 1952 · page 10

A 27 yars old labourer, Ivan Edward O'Gorman, of 2 Browns Road, Church Point, was sentenced to nine months…

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Attention! Court Officials

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 November 1952 · page 31

Court Officials are requested to pick up balls and result slips on Saturday morning from the following centres…

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Gaol for Assault on Girl

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 2

A man was sentenced to three months' gaol yesterday on a charge of assaulting a 13-year-old…

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Quick Arrest: Six Months' Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 2

A man who committed an offensive act while travelling in a train between Hurstville and…

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