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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

907 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 24 of 46

Man Fined £20 for Betting Ticket Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 7

A waterside worker was fined £20 when he appeared in the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge of stealing a betting ticket…

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Police Warn On Danger Of Alsatian

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 1

The public is warned to watch out for an Alsatian dog which is wandering around the district…

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Court Challenge On Union Ballots Likely

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—A High Court challenge on the right of the Arbitration Court to control union ballots may be made by the Amalgamated Engineering…

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Youth to Go for Trial on Stealing Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1953 · page 3

A 19-year-old Corrimal labourer was committed for Quarter Session trial by Mr. Fleeman, S.M., yesterday, on a charge of breaking, entering and…

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Youth Charged With Manslaughter HAD 25 Beers, Coroner Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1953 · page 12

A youth, who was the driver of a car involved in an accident, had admitted to drinking 25 beers on the afternoon and night preceding the accident, and then gone looking for more, according to the evidence given by a detective at the…

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Court Order For A.E.U. Leaders

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1953 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Fri. — Mr. Justice Dunphy, of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court today made an…

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Bond on Theft Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 3

At the Helensburgh Court on Wednesday, a 21 year old labourer, Sa[?]ey Garner, of Lady llargreave Drive, Helensburgh…

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3 On Theft Charges Case Adjourned

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 6

Three men appeared at Wollongong Court on Monday on charges of stealing £160 worth of steel plate from the Port…

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Blow With Axe Alleged; Man Charged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun. — Police charged a 53 years old labourer with attempted murder today after a man had…

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Fined For Theft of Winning Betting Ticket

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 2

A 42 year old waters[?]de worker who said he was given a betting ticket by a total stranger and asked to collect on it, was charged at the Wollongong Court on Thursday with stealing the ticket…

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E. German Police "Arrest" Adlai Stevenson

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 3

BERLIN, Sun.—East German police held Mr. Adlai Stevenson, United States Democratic Leader, for 20 minutes when he paid a visit to East Berlin yesterday…

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Bulli Court Told of Two Accidents

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 3

Two men were fined in Bulli Court on Friday for negligent driving, said to be before accidents…

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Father Charged with Stabbing Son

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 2

SIDNEY, Mon.—Police alleged in Central Court today that a 68-year-old man had stabbed his son with a knife and then fatally wounded another man…

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Court Told of 65 M.p.h. Chase

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 8

A motor cycle rider, who a constable charged at 65 m.p.h. along the Port Kembla Road recently…

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Drink Blamed for Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 6

"I appreciate a man would not do such a silly thing unless he was drunk a man told the Wollongong Court yesterday. He was Lionel Mason…

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Birthday Celebration Ends In Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 5

It was claimed in the Wollongong Court yesterday that a birthday celebration caused two young men to steal a car at hairy Meadow, They were convicted and sentenced to six months' hard labour…

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Decision Reserved On Court Order

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.— A High Court order was sought today to compel the Arbitration Court to…

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Lost Wife To Doctor, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tues.—A doctor living with a migrant's wife had told the husband, "You are not in…

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Electrified Door to Give Wife Shock, Police Allege

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—Police alleged to-day that a man had electrified a back door lock of his home to give his wife a shock…

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Court Move On Money Paid By Doyle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—The financial affairs of bankrupt punter and investor, Reginald Aubrey Doyle…

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