£5 Fine For 2/- Theft
For stealing a small triangular piece of aluminium valued at two shillings, a 22 years old labourer, Frederick James Pomeroy…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Courts & crime, 1953
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Gaol Verdict On 2 Charges Of Indecency
SYDNEY, Wed.—A 31-year-old welder who pleaded guilty to two charges of having committed an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Jury Acquits Woman Of Murder
BRISBANE, Wed.—A Criminal Court jury today found Mrs. Brenda Estelle Haussman, 29, not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Court Told Of Series Of Car Transactions
A complicated series of transactions concerning the purchase of cars was the basis of a District Court case at Wollongong last week in which Gordon Leslie Gunther Jones sued Douglas Walter Pugh for £125, balance of…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →R.a.a.f. Man Charged with Murder and Unlawful Wounding
PERTH, Thurs.—An intruder broke into a Subiaco nursing home early this morning and stabbed a 19-year-old nurse to death and seriously wounded her room-mate. Police later charged a 22-year-old member of the R.A.A.F. with murder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Harge Over Umberella Dismissed by Court
A man "slightly under the influence" and carrying a woman's umbrella with on in Crown Street on New Year's Eve had been arrested on a charge of goods…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Watson Handed Doyle £17,500, Court Told
SYDNEY, Fri.—A detective said in Central Court today that Reginald Aubrey Doyle had admitted to him that he had lost £43,878/15/- which did not-belong to him, at the races. Dovle is charqed on 18…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Theft of Clothing
Wollongong Detective office resembled a clothing store showroom on Saturday, with ladies' dresses, men's sports…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Labourer's Action Indecent Magistrate Told
Alfred Bondas, 32, labourer, of Steelhaven Hostel, Port Kembla, was fined £5 in Wollongong Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£20 Fine for Cycle Theft
A police constable told Wollongong Court yesterday a New Australian had walked into Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →3 Prisoners Killed In Gaol Break
FORT WORTH (Texas) Mon.—Three prisoners were killed and wounded in an attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →2500 Kikuyus Arrested in Big Police Raid
NAIROBI, Mon.—Two thousand five hundred Kikuyus were arrested yesterday when hundreds of troops and police with armoured cars swooped on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court Told of New Year's Eve Raid; 15 Fined
Fifteen men were fined in Wollongong Court yesterday on gaming charges arising from a police raid on New Year's Eve…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rest of the News in Brief Woman Officer Court Martialled
LONDON, Tues.—Captain Marina Bloxham, a staff officer in the amphibious warfare headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remanded On Theft Charge
A 21 years old labourer appeared at Wollongong Court on Tuesday on charges of stealing a suit of clothes in Sydney in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Assault On Woman Cost £28/5/0
An assault on a woman relative by marriage cost Ronald Bailey, of Lakes Heights Road, Lake Heights, a total of £28/5/0 in fines, costs, expenses and compensation at the Wollongong Court on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →French Police Raid Union Offices
PARIS, Wed.—French police, in a new offensive against the French Communist Party, yesterday raided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gaol For Rape Of Old Woman
BRISBANE, Thurs.—Central Criminal Court today Robert William [?]oy, 24, truck driver, was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nine Months' Gaol for Carrying Unlicenced Pistol
A man who broke into a Wollongong radio announcer's flat and stole a watch and other articles; and admitted later hi carried a loaded pistol, was sentenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Metropolitan Police Supt
SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Commissioner of Policy (Mr. Delaney) announced today that Superintendent…
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