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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

867 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 39 of 44

Bus Conductor Assaulted, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1952 · page 13

A man was fined a total of £6 with costs totalling £12/15/4, at the Bulli Court yesterday for…

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Court Told Salesman Robbed Girl

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri. — A man assaulted a young woman outside a Pitt Street Bank today and grabbed a…

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Court Told Of Number Plate Deceit

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1952 · page 13

A man who was convicted at Bulli Court yesterday of having used a number plate calculated…

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Former Grocery Store Employees Sentenced

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 24 November 1952 · page 5

Two former employees of Self Help Stores Pty. Ltd. Crown Street, Wollongong, were given suspended gaol sentences at the Wollongong Court last week, after they had pleaded guilty to stealing charges…

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Car Theft Legislation Hopes Dashed

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 24 November 1952 · page 5

Hope that N.S.W. would follow Victoria by introducing legislation making car thefts difficult has been dashed temporarily, says the N.R.M.A. The N.R.M.A. has been…

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Remanded On Stealing Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 8

Bernard Rowse, 29, outer, of Darlinghurst, was remanded until December 5 when he appeared in…

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Tyre Theft Alleged; 2 Remanded

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 10

Theft of motor tyres and machinery worth £400 was alleged against two men who appeared in…

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Seven Years' Gaol for "Vicious" Offence

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Mr. Justice Brereton in Central Criminal Court today, described an armed hold-up of a railway night officer by a 17-year-old boy, as a…

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Motorist Charged with Boy's Death: Hearing Unfinished

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 6

Christopher Charles Reus appeared at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions yesterday on a charge of the manslaughter of a schoolboy named Davis at Nowra…

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Collision Has Court Sequel

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 8

A collis on in Victoria Street, Wollongong, had a Wollongong Court sequel yesterday when Jack…

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Motorist Tells Court of Chase After Collision

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 8

A motorist told Wollongong Court yesterday he had chased and apprehended the driver of a car which did not stop after a collision…

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Gaol for Theft of Bricks Changed to Two-year Bonds

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 2

Two men who had been sentenced to six months' hard labour on charges of stealing 90 bricks from the Mt. Keira Colliery had their sentences varied and…

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Charged With Having Smuggled Goods

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 4

A man was charged at Wollongong Court on Monday with having smuggle goods in bis possession…

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Bond For Two Youths On Theft Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 13

A youth was placed in charge of a Salvation Army officer after he and a companion had pleaded…

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Court Told of Windang Road Chase

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 5

When a car raced away from a policeman at Windang his suspicions were aroused. Later it was discovered ihe car had been stolen from a Melbourne…

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Three Years' Gaol for Assault on Child

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1952 · page 2

"Young children are entitled to protection from men of your type," His Honour, Judge O'Sullivan, said, yesterday, in sentencing a man to three years'…

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Magistrate's Sentence "Too Severe"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1952 · page 6

"In the circumstances surrounding this case, a nine months' sentence is severe," said His Honour, Judge O'Sullivan yesterday, in placing a Mt. St…

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10-Year Gaol Terms For Two

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1952 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Fri.—A former police constable who had carnal knowledge of a 13 years old girl,…

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Ruse to Hoodwink Court—solicitor

Kiama Independent · Saturday 29 November 1952 · page 3

An application for adjournment of a case involving occupation of a garage at…

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Court Told Of Husband's Drunkenness

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1952 · page 11

A woman said in the Wollongong Divorce Court yesterday her husband had chased her around…

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