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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

867 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 6 of 44

Charged With Theft of 17 Bags Beans

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 18

Twenty bags of beans fell off a truck at West Wollongong on Tuesday night, but when the driver went back to…

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Bar-room Fighters in Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 10

Two men who fought in the bar of the Hotel Ryan at Thirroul last Wednesday were each fined £2 at Bulli Court on…

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Theft of Beans Alleged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 6

Cringila taxi-driver Joffre Henry Carthew was remanded by Mr. P. L. McNamara, S.M., in Wollongong Court…

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Court Orders Car Salesman to Compensate Creditors

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 5

A car salesman who had pleaded guilty to two charges of fraudulent misappropriation and one…

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Race Meeting At Kembla Grange On Tuesday For Police Boys' Club

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 12

A race meeting will be held at Kembla Grange next Tuesday to raise funds for the Police-Citizens Boys' Club new building. The chairman of the Kembla Grange Racing…

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Bond on Theft Charges

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 2

At the Wollongong Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, Bolton Christianson Robson pleaded guilty to three charges of stealing. viz, fraudulent misappropriation of of £175 and £275 from William…

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District Court Sittings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 1

His Honor Judge Brennan announced last week that owing to the state of the Quarter Sessions list, it would…

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Baby Murder Charge Remanded

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 11

SYDNEY, Mon. — A 23-year-old labourer, charged with murder, was remanded, to March 18, in…

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Sick Wife Saved Man From Gaol Says S.m

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 10

Fining a crane driver £50 for stealing, Mr. F. L. McNamara, S.M., said in Wollongong Court…

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Doctor For Trial On Murder Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 11

SYDNEY, Tues.—Dr. George Stanley Thompson, 70, of Carr Street, Coogee, was committed for trial…

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Wharflabourer Worth £20,000 Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—The Quarter Sessions Appeals Court was told today, that a wharflabourer was…

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£50 Fine for Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 11

Ordinarily I will not give [?] to people who steal. from their employers, and if it were not that your wife…

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Bond for M/Cycle Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 5

A Bomaderry motor mechanic, Wilfred John Clarkson, Who pleaded guilty at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions…

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Alleged Theft Beans Worth £60

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 4

A 36-year-old taxi driver, Jeffrey Henry Carthew, of Barry Street, Cringila, appeared at Wollongong Court on…

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New Trial Ordered for Man Charged with Arson

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 27

A jury at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions on Thursday failed to agree after an absence of four and a half hours and…

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Race Meeting Aids Police Boys' Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 32

Wollongong Police-Citizens' Boys' Club Committee hope to gain about £2000 from Tuesday's benefit race…

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Assault Charge Dismissed

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 6

Information was dismissed in the Wollongong Police Court on Thursday in the case in which Irma…

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Vandalism Warrants Police Officer

Kiama Independent · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 1

A request for a resident policeman at Gerringong is to be made by Gerringong Citizens' Committee. It was decided to make the request to the Minister for…

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Man Hit With Bottle Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 6

A man, who was alleged to have struck another man with a bottle in a Port Kembla hotel on…

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Theft From Housing Project

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 4

Wollongong detectives are investigating the theft of four steel sinks from a housing commission project at…

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