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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

867 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 42 of 44

Taxi Murder Trial Witness Tells Of Dog's Odd Conduct

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thurs.—After hearing of evidence at Southport during, the last three days, Arthur…

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Aunt for Trial on Murder of Child

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.—A woman charged with murdering her eight-day-old sub-normal niece had done so because she loved the child's parents, Central Court…

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Artist's Wife Weeps in Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.—Mrs. Florence Trindall, wife of artist Gordon Lyall Trindall, said in the Supreme Court to-day it was like "a bolt from the blue"…

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Cafe Assault Charge Hearing Adjourned Solicitor Calls Witnesses---"three Hoodlums on Beer Hunt"

Kiama Independent · Saturday 13 December 1952 · page 2

A solicitor told Kiama Court on Wednesday that three men who gave evidence against Kiama, cafe proprietor, Charles Valav[?]us accusing him of causing bodily harm, were just…

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Court Rules Girl Who Ran Out Was Married

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.—A tram driver and a conductress were validly married by the time the bride tore the ring from her finger and fled before the clergyman…

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Two Men and Two Women Charged With Stealing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 December 1952 · page 3

A Nowra detective and a senior constable on Saturday night arrested two men and two women at Eurohodalla and preferred stealing charges against them involving the theft of merchandise worth £400…

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Cafe Proprietor On Assault Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 December 1952 · page 12

At the Kiama Court on Wednesday, a charge against a well-known cafe proprietor of assault occasioning actual bodily…

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Helped Police Arrest Man

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 December 1952 · page 4

A taxi driver and another civilian went to the assistance of Constable Knott of Wollongong police on Friday afternoon, when…

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No Police House For Unanderra

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 December 1952 · page 9

The Commonwealth Department of Works and Housing is unable to provide a house for a police officer at Unanderra…

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Police Warn Car Owners Against Thefts

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 15 December 1952 · page 1

Police last night warned car-owners take precautions against theft. The warning followed thefts of three cars in…

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Police Recover £7000 Worth Of Smuggled Gold In Northern Territory

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 15 December 1952 · page 11

DARWIN, Sun. — Darwin police have recovered more than £7,000 worth of smuggled gold the biggest haul in the history of the Northern Territory…

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Magistrate, Solicitor In Heated Court Clash

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 6

Magistrate Fleeman and solicitor Mr. T. McInerney clashed heatedly in Wollongong Court yesterday…

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Women On Theft Charges Remanded

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 1

Two women were remanded when they appeared before Mr. Fleeman, S.M., in Wollongong Court…

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9 Months' Gaol for Illegally Using Car

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 3

In Wollongong Court yesterday Mr. Fleeman, S.M., sentenced a man to nine months' hard labour for illegally using a car…

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Damage To Gaol Cell Costs Man £6

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 7

A men who damaged a police cell after being arrested for drunkenness was ordered in…

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Fought Police Twice in Six Months

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 2

Police said in Wollongong Court yesterday a man had assaulted police officers twice in less than six months. The man is Reginald…

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Court 'Too Hostile', Claims Employers' Counsel

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.—A plea by counsel for less hostile treatment by the Bench of Witnesses was made at today's Full Arbitration Court hearing of the wages-hours case. Mr. A. P. Aird, Em[?]…

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Sixth Term In Gaol For Vagrancy

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 December 1952 · page 14

Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., yesterday sentenced a man to his sixth gaol term for vagrancy…

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Court Cameo— They Have

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 17 December 1952 · page 1

THE CHATTER OF A STRANGE LANGUAGE. FILLED ALBION PARK COURTROOM AS TWO NEW AUSTRALIANS ARGUED…

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Pedestrian Knocked Down Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 December 1952 · page 2

A motorist who knocked down a pedestrian was fined in Wollongong Court yesterday for negligent…

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