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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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Court Told Of 90 m.p.h. Chase

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 December 1952 · page 10

In a case heard at Albion Park Court it was stated the pursuing constable on the straight stretch of…

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Motorist Denies Telling Police He Had Been Drinking Before An Accident

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 17 December 1952 · page 2

A motorist who denied telling the police that he had drunk five or six half-schooners of beer before driving down from Sydney, defeated a charge of driving under the influence at Albion…

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2 Charged With Breaking Into Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 22

MELBOURNE, Wed.—Two men were arrested when they allegedly broke into Pentridge Gaol during…

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Theft From Home

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 34

Wollongong police are investigating the theft of jewellery and clothing from the residence of Mr. Stanley Enos Brook of Mt…

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Laborer Warned by Magistrate

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 15

"You had better leave the drink alone if it affects you like this. The next time you come before me, it will hot be a…

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3 Months' Gaol for Bankrupt

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—A former business associate of night club proprietor Sammy Lee was sentenced…

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All Parties In Assault Case Are Convicted

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 4

The feud between the Marsh and Malija families of Cringila, which had led to the hearing on several occasions at the Wollongong Court was brought to a conclusion on Monday last, when Magistrate J. Fleeman bound over all…

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Union Criticised in Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 14

Strong criticism of the methods alleged to have been adopted by a union to get members was voiced by solicitor McInterney at…

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Fourth Gar Theft In Week

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 3

Wollongong police last night reported the fourth Greater Wollongong car theft in less…

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Supreme Court Writs Against Vice Squad

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—Supreme Court writs claiming heavy damages against three police Vice Squad members have been issued following an arrest at…

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Police Believe Youth Died in Vain Rescue Attempt

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 December 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—The bodies of two youths were found in a waterhole on Ryde-Parramatta golf inks, Ermington today. They were Kevin…

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Theft of Tree

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 December 1952 · page 1

Wollongong detectives are investigating the destruction of an ornamental pine tree, which was chopped down with an axe…

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Remanded On Assault Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 December 1952 · page 12

At the Wollongong Court on Thursday, 24 year old domestic, Helen Victoria Stenhouse, of Lake Avenue, Cringila, was…

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Police Continue Search For Corrimal Gunman

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 22 December 1952 · page 1

Police today will continue their search for an armed man who assaulted a Corrimal woman on Friday…

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Plumber to Face Murder Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon.—Arthur Ernest Halliday, 42, plumber, was today committed for trial on February…

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U.N. Rejects Russian "Murder" Allegation

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Mon.—The United Nations General Assembly today rejected by an overwhelming majority a charge by the Soviet Union that the United States had committed "mass murder" against Communist prisoners of war…

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Court Suspends Motor Cyclist's Licence for Speeding

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 2

In Wollongong Court yesterday Magistrate Fleeman suspended for six months the licence of a motor cyclist who exceeded the speed limit…

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Court Told Of Disturbance In Hotel Bar

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 11

Sergt. Bigg, of Corrimal, said in Wollongong Court yesterday he had seen a 45-years-old…

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Gaol Escapees Made Tunnel

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1952 · page 1

SEATTLE, Tues.—Seven convicts, including a murderer, escaped from the Washington State Gaol at…

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Death on Railway Accident; Verdict at Coroner's Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1952 · page 10

At the Wollongong Coroner's Court yesterday, the Deputy Coroner, (Mr. W. S. Musgrave) returned a finding of accidental death at the inquest into the…

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