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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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

Gaol Prisoner's Xmas Wish

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1952 · page 10

LOS ANGELES, Fri.—Gaolers yesterday held up a letter to Santa Claus. It was signed "anonymous"…

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Police Hunt For Waverton Killer

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.—Detectives are still searching for the killer of 21-years-old Shirley Butler, whose battered and strangled body was found about 75 yards from her Waverton home on Christmas Day…

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Man Charged With Death Of Woman

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 29 December 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.—Police today discovered the body of an 86-years-old woman battered and strangled to…

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Court Officials "Frustrating" Royalty

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 29 December 1952 · page 4

LONDON, Sun.—The Sunday newspaper, "The People," said today the public should be made…

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Labourer Charged With Stealing Clothes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1952 · page 3

A 21-years-old labourer was in Wollongong Court yesterday remanded until next Monday on a charge of…

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Watchman Charged With Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—A 42-years-old watch man was charged in Central Court today with the…

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Theft From Caravan

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Wednesday 31 December 1952 · page 7

James Louis Highlands, who occupies a caravan at Stuart Park, near Virginia Street, reported to Wollongong police…

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