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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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"A Mean Type of Theft"

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 8

A man who committed what the Judge called a particularly mean type of theft was given two sentences of three years' penal servitude at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions on Monday. He was Reginald Kenneth…

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Good Behaviour Bond For A "Mean" Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 2

Alleged breaking and entering a week-end cottage and stealing bedclothes and tinned tadd were the subject of charges for which Carl Lewis Henry Biesman was tried at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions this week…

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Offence "Shocking," Judge Says: Three Years' Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 2

A 38-year-old labourer, convicted in the Wollongong Quarter Sessions yesterday, of what was described as "an offence which shacked me conscience of…

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Arbitration Court To Show Cause

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs. An order was granted in High Court Chambers to-day calling on the…

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'Questioning at Secluded Spots' Admitted by Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 8

A man, who appeared in the Wollongong Quarter Sessions yesterday on a charge of stealing, alleged that a police officer had knocked him to the ground…

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Fine Instead Of Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1953 · page 11

A 73-year-old man appealed in the Wollongong Quarter Sessions against a six months' gaol sentence…

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Jury Finds Miner Guilty of Stealing

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1953 · page 11

A 30-year-old miner, who had alleged police had "severely bashed him to get a confession" was [?]day found guilty on a charge of stealing…

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Police Close In On Hut Of Aborigine

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1953 · page 1

WAUCHOPE, Fri. — Police believe that a wanted half cast aborigine may have joined an…

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Three Years' Gaol

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 25 May 1953 · page 12

A 36 year old man, described by the police as a "backward type" was at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions last week…

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Claim Against Police "Cowardly," Says Judge; Gives 18 Months' Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 5

Judge O'Sullivan, sentencing a man to 18 months' gaol in the Wollongong Quarter Sessions yesterday, described the action of the man in accusing police…

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Six Years' Gaol For Stabbing

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon.—A man who stabbed his wife and then himself was sentenced to six years' gaol…

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4 Months' Gaol For Vagrancy

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 5

A man was sentenced to four months' imprisonment when he appeared in Wollongong Court of Petty…

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Half-caste on Murder Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 1

WAUCHOPE, Mon. — Wauchope courtroom was crowded today when a half-caste aborigine, Augustus…

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"Canberra police Heap Of Intrigue"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 2

CANBERRA, Mon. —The Chairman of the A.C.T. Advisory Council (Mr. A. T. Shakespeare)…

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Second Failure on Everest—ready for Another Assault

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tues. — Two teams of British Mount Everest climbers—racing to scale the world's highest peak to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth…

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Road Crossing--alderman on Police Attitude

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 1

The Police Department has rejected a request from Shellharbour Council for a marked pedestrian crossing in Shellharbour Road near…

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Witness Says Man Charged For Too Many Building Materials

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 9

A builder said in the District Court at Wollongong yesterday that his company, Keira Constructions Ltd., had charged a man for certain building…

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Police Motor Cyclist Critically Injured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 1

A Sydney police motor cyclist was critically injured when he lost control of his motor cycle on…

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High Court Asked To Return Judge To Wages Case

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed. — A.C.T.U. counsel asked the Full High Court today to order Mr. Justice Foster's return to the wages-hours case, but refuse employers a…

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Assault Alleged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 3

Following an alleged assault in Illawarra Rd. Port Kembla, last night, when a man was struck with a bottle,…

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