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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

907 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 16 of 46

Girder Theft Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 30

A 24 years old truck driver, John Brian McIntosh, of 5 High Street, Woonona, was charged at Wollongong Court on…

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Theft of Glasses From Hotel

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 16

A 38 years old miner was fined £5 at Wollongong Court on Monday after pleading guilty to a charge of stealing two beer…

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Thefts Reported To Police

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 16

A four horse power launch engine has been stolen from a boatshed at Coalcliff. The engine is valued at £70…

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Two For Trial On Car Theft Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 7

The action of two men with a car in Gladstone Aye., Wollongong, aroused the…

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Court Told Of Arrest

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 7

A Unanderra man who, it was alleged, had turned a lorry over near Geard's Hill, Wollongong, at 3 a.m…

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Police Warns Delegate Off Mount Keira Mine

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 1

Police yesterday warned a delegate of the John Darling Lodge, Mr. W. Gardner, off the Mount Keira mine. The mineworkers…

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Two Charged with Girder Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 10

Two men were remanded at the Bulli Court on a charge of stealing' steel girders at Bulli valued at…

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Court Heard Bets Recorded on Tape

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.—A Magistrate In the Carlton Court today heard one of the strangest pieces of evidence ever given in the Court—a recording of people…

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Proprietor of "Black Tulip" Examined in Bankruptcy Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—Fines and legal expenses for liquor law breaches had sent him bankrupt, former "Black Tulip" restaurant proprietor, David Bos, told the…

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Suspended Sentence On Theft Charges

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 19

A 21 year old labourer who pleaded guilty at the Helensburgh Court on Wednesday to three charges of stealing from…

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Police Sergeant Gives Evidence

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 19

A case was commenced at the Wollongong Court on Thursday in which the evidence was taken of a police sergeant who is on…

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No Police Officer Yet For Unanderra

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 6

The Minister for Housing, Mr. C. Evatt, is having enquiries made to ascertain if an Housing Commission home can be made…

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Police Boys Club Visit Ford Factory

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 7

Last Tuesday over 100 boys left the Wollongong Police-Citizens Boys' Club for the visit to the Ford Factory at…

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Court Told of 65 M.p.h. Car Chase

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 5

The resident engineer at the Cataract Dam admitted in the Bulli Court, he threatened to put a shot into a tyre of a car while he had a revolver in his hand…

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Miner Murdered; 48 Charged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 2

CLAY (West Virginia), Mon.—Forty-eight grimfaced men were charged with murder yesterday…

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Woman Charged On 2 Counts Of Thallium Poisoning

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—Police today charged a 63-years-old married woman with having administered thallium poison to two women with intent to murder them. The women are Mrs…

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W. German Socialists Fight E.d.c. in Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 3

FRANKFURT, Mon.—The West German Social Democratic Party executive decided yesterday to take…

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Court Order for Tongay

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 2

MLAMI, Florida, Tues.—Russell Tongay, who has been accused of fatally beating his five-year-old…

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1000 Police Boys Each Week Mix, Learn, Have Fun

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 6

The eight-year-old wonder, Billy Partridge, led with his left, blocked a neat counter from Ray King, clipped him on the jaw, and they both grinned. Ray King is eight, too…

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Court Told of Bus Capsize; Charge of Negligence Dismissed

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 7

The driver of a double decked bus which overturned on Angel's Creek Bridge at Corrimal on November 18 successfully pleaded not guilty to a charge…

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