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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

907 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 28 of 46

Classic Court in New Spring Treatment

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 6

A classic court in a brand-new Spring treatment is this taffy coloured style in aniline calf, the new sparkling colour that brings out the natural beauty of the leather. Fine satfdle-stitching runs all around from heel to…

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Sydney Solicitor Charged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—Well-known Sydney solicitor, Harold Munro (53) was charged, at Paddington…

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Murder Near Hobart

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 1

HOBART, Fri.—A 59-year-old man was murdered near Hobart this morning…

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Escapee From Berrima Gaol Captured

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—One of the two escapees from Berrima Gaol was today captured at gun point in…

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Men Deny River Murder Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.—Counsel for two men charged with having murdered Donald Brooke…

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Son's Evidence In Stabbing Murder Case

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.—The son of a former champion boxer, who had been fatally stabbed, had told…

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Court Judgment in Morals Case

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—A State Full Court judgment in a Morals case this week removed the necessity for…

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Concussion May Have Caused Driver's Bad Condition, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 6

It was possible that concussion following an accident may have caused the condition of a carydriver charged, with driving under the influenced a solicitor…

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Lithuanian Charged With Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, SUN.- Police charged a lithuanian with murder after a woman was fatally stabbed in a Surry…

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Court Told of Injury To Police Constable

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 10 August 1953 · page 12

Cases arising out of the accidents on die Prince's Highway, Fairy Meadow, on the previous evening, came…

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Theft of Liquor, Cigarettes And Money From Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 10 August 1953 · page 2

Thieves who broke into the Port Kembla Bowling Club on Thursday night stole £21 worth of wine, spirits…

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Failed to Obey Police Order

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1953 · page 8

"He has a truly excellent record for a driver that has been driving 70 hours a week for 52 weeks of the…

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£141 Theft; Youth Charged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 2

A Port Kembla youth was arrested and charged yesterday with, stealing £109/5/- in money and…

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Imposed On Clergyman; 9 Months' Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 8

A man who the Police Prosecutor (Sgt. W. J. Smith) described as having a record of imposing on "gentlemen of the cloth," was sentenced to nine months'…

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4 Months' Gaol On Two Charges es

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 7

A man who rented a cabin at Narooma, and later left, taking two radios and who subsequently received £10 from a woman to buy a tyre for a car that did not exist was sentenced to four months' gaol on each of two charges…

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Thallium In Exhumed Body Police Say

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Mon.—A 63-years-old woman charged with poisoning her stepmother had taken cups of tea of the ailing woman, a witness said in the City…

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Three Remanded On Stealing Charges

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 8

Three men were remanded yesterday on charges of stealing £109 and a large quantity of liquor, spirits…

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Man Charged After Crown St. Chase

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 1

The proprietor of an ironmongery business chased a man down Crown St. yesterday, after…

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Court Challenge on Ballot

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues. — The Full High Court today began hearing two suits by the Amalgamated Engineering Union, challenging Court-controlled ballots…

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Clerks Urge Court Ballots

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 3

The first meeting of the South Coast section of the Clerks' Union for 14 months last night…

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