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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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Court Told of "Slow and Lengthy Struggle"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 8

Sgt. H. Rumble, of Port Kembla Police, told the Wollongong Court of a "slow and lengthy struggle" which Sgt. W. Farthing and he had to take a…

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Petrol Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 3

A drum containing 12 gallons of petrol valued at £5. the property of A. Greenow, of Reidtown, was stolen from a parked truck…

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Stealing Charge Is Dismissed

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 10

A charge of stealing fifty steel girders valued at £340, the property of the A.I. & S. Company, was dismissed at the Wollongong…

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Man Charged With Carrying A Gun

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 1

A 19-year-old fruiterer was arrested at the Thirroul Dance Hall on Saturday night, and charged with…

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Seamen In Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 8

Two seamen appeared at the Wollongong Court last week on several charges arising out of the arrest of one of them at…

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Half-caste Charged with Murder of Miss Workman

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 7

WAUCHOPE, Mon.—Augustard Clarke, 42, half-caste aboriginal, was committed for trial by Wauchope Coroner (Mr. A. Brunsden) on a charge of…

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Dugan In Vain Gaol Break

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Notorious gaolbreaker Darcy Dugan was the ringleader of a mass attempt to escape from Graf ton Gaol yesterday, the New South…

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Court Upholds Natives' Appeal

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 8

MOMBASA, Mon.—The Court of Appeals of Eastern Africa has upheld the appeal of five of 17 Africans…

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2 Killed In Accident, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 5

Mr. Fleeman, S.M., in Wollongong Court yesterday, fined a man £30 for negligent driving before…

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£10 Fine For Assault

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 3

Michael Sczesny, of Katherine St., Gwynneville, told Wollongong Court yesterday that Josef…

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Grafton Gaol Back To Normal

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 5

GRAFTON, Tues. — Grafton gaol is back to normal routine today after Sunday's mass escape…

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Woman Charged with Poisoning Husband

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues. — A 35-years-old mother of three children was charged at Central Court, toddy, with having administered thallium to her husband…

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Court to Sit During Vacation

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.—To deal with the lag of [?]tevedoring industry matters, four Federal Arbitration Court…

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Court Rejects Appeals by Rosenbergs

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Tues.— The United States Supreme Court yesterday rejected three last-ditch appeals…

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Court Told Six People Were Living In Garage

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 1

At least six people had been living in a garage at Warilla while a man and his wife were occupying a boat shed a building inspector told Albion Park Court on Friday…

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Woman and Two Men Charged

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 13

At the Wollongong Court on Monday a woman and two men were remanded on stealing charges…

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More Cabs Needed Says Police Dept

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 35

More taxi-cabe are needed at the Wollongong Keira Street rank, according to a report by the Police Department…

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Court Hears Evidence on Alleged Assault by Taxi Driver

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 2

After an alleged assault, a Wollongong ironworker said yesterday in the Wollongong Court, he had been told to go home as he "had had a beating."…

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Remanded on Stealing Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 8

David Heeroltz, 22, labourer, of Ronald St., Corrimal, was remanded on a stealing charge in the…

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New Tennis Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 9

Near South Tennis Association will build three new courts on Towradgi Park. Another court is in…

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