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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

867 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 7 of 44

Arrested in Adelaide on Theft Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 3

A man who was arrested in Adelaide last month appeared at the Wollongong Court on Thursday morning…

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Cringila Neighbors Air Grievances in Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 7

A man who had purchased a garage at Cringila and removed most of it but found he could not get some, of the items attached to the building, came for the Wollongong Courts on Thursday and…

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Police Can't Trace Woman Who Saw Body

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

A woman who identified the body of a Pole who died of injuries received in a motor cycle accident cannot now be traced…

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Boilermaker Charged with Stealing £285 From Partners

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 9

A boilermaker who was brought back from Adelaide after allegedly stealing £285 from his two…

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Remanded On Tyre Theft Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 4

A Deewhy carrier was remanded in Kiama Court yesterday on a charge of stealing a rim, tyre and…

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Hayes Faces Second Murder Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY, Mon.—The retrial of John Frederick ("Chow") Hayes, on a charge of murdering William John…

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Police to Protect Jockeys

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Mon. — Secretary of the Victorian Racing Club (Mr. K. A. Morrison) said tonight…

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Man Charged After Fatality

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues. — A man was killed and three others injured when a lorry and a car collided…

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Police Arrest Stranger

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 6

Sgt. James and Constable Green, of Kiama, arrested a man on Sunday morning after he had approached a Kiama resident in an effort to sell…

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Six Months' Gaol

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 19

At Kiama Court yesterday a 28 year old interstate carrier was senten[?] to six months' gaol for [?] tyres at…

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Theft of Partnership Funds Alleged

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 3

At the Wollongong Court oil Tuesday after a two-days hearing Alfred Giben McCaKon, 37, boilermaker, no fixed place of abode, was committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions on…

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Man Charged With Mrder of Policeman

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—The City Coroner (Mr. Burke, S.M.) today, committed William John…

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Five Years' Gaol for Toy Pistol Hold-up

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY, Thurs.—A youth who held up two woman in a shop with a toy pistol, was sentenced…

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Police Remove Man From Geiseking's Concert

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Police ejected a man from the Sydney Town Hall tonight 20 minutes before the…

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Woman Gaoled for Defying Court Order

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tnurs,—A woman was sent to gaol at the Supreme Court today when in defiance of a court…

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6 Months Gaol for Tyre Theft

Kiama Independent · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 1

A man was sentenced to six months gaol in Kiama Court last Wednesday on charges of stealing motor tyres valued at £250…

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Tennis Court to Be Repaired Council to Help

Kiama Independent · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 4

The tennis court at Jamberoo is to be renovated The Club asked Council to do certain work and offered the sum of £70 toward the cost…

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Gaol on Theft Charges

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 7

An interstate carrier who stole four heavy duty motor tyres with wheels complete from various places between Sydney and Melbourne was sentenced at the Kiama Court to six months' hard…

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Nine Months' Gaol for Stealing Motor Cycle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 3

A Ryde youth who took a motor cycle from Drummoyne on March 3 and rode it to work until he…

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Solicitor Clashes With Magistrate

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 7

Solicitor Mr. H. Peedom declined to address Wollongong Court on behalf of a client yesterday…

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