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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

867 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 40 of 44

Court Told Parents "Starved" Child

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.—A man and his wife had feloniously slain their seven weeks old son, Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. E. T. Smythe) found today…

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Police Allege Attempt To Bribe Vice Squad

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—Police today charged two men in connection with an alleged attempt to bribe a young member of the Vice Squad…

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Police Follow Blood Trail

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 1 December 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.—Two policemen today followed a trail of blood for two miles from the body of a…

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Berala Train Smash Driver Charged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—Crown Prosecutor Mr. J. Nolan said today an electric train, involved in a smash on May 7, was not driven "with proper regard for the safety…

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Police Suggest Neon Sign at Bulli Pass Turnoff

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 3

Sgt. Adams, officer in charge of road safety at Wollongong, last night asked Northern Zone aldermen to erect a large neon sign over the Bulli Pass turnoff on…

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Builder Charged with Receiving Sinks Committed for Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 December 1952 · page 7

A Wollongong builder was committed for trial at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions on a charge of having in his possession stainless steel sinks…

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Rest of the News in Brief Police Recapture Two Convicts

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 December 1952 · page 2

PITTSBURGH, Tues.—Police yesterday recaptured two of the eight convicts who broke out of the…

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Driver Charged

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 2

A man pas been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following an accident about at mile south on Waterfall…

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Remanded on Alleged Tyre Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 35

A man, whom it was alleged stole over £500 worth of tyres from a storeroom at Brick Transport Company Pty. Ltd…

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Bond Instead Of Gaol Sentence

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 35

Because he was short of reinforcements for the floor of the house which he was building, William Thomas P. Smale…

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14 Years' Gaol for "Ruthless Animal"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 12

SYDNEY, Wed.—A 36-years-old Victorian was sentenced to 14 years' gaol by Mr. Justice Brereton in Central Criminal Court today for assault with attempt to…

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Good Behaviour Bonds Instead of Gaol

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 32

Two men who had been sentenced to terms of imprisonment, were given bonds instead by Judge O'Sullivan, at the…

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Motor Driver Charged with False Pretences

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 2

A Wollongong motor driver was remanded to the Collarenabri Court on a charge of false pretences…

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Freed On Charge Of Attempted Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—A Central Court jury today acquitted William Francis Donohoe, 31, of attempted…

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Idiot Baby Strangled Police Allege

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—A 35-years-old woman was alleged in Central Court to-day to have strangled, decapitated and dismembered the body of her sister's…

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Heavy List For Quarter Sessions and District Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 36

The Wollongong Quarter Sessions and District Court occupied the whole of last week, His Honour Judge O'Sulivan…

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Remanded On Assault Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 5

A 31-year-old plasterer, Donald Adrian Gittins, of Swan Street, Wollongong, was remanded on two…

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Woman On Four Theft Charges

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 3

Wollongong police yesterday charged a woman with four counts of stealing. The woman's arrest…

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Baby Murder Charge "Tragic Case"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—A woman charged with having murdered her eight-day-old niece had been motivated "by a feeling of affection for her sister" the woman's…

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Two Charged with Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1952 · page 10

Police yesterday charged two men with stealing from a baker's vehicle in Crown Street…

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