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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

907 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 46

Husband Alters Plea on Assault Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 25

A husband, who originally pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting his wife, altered his plea to "not guilty", when…

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Chaplain Speaks On Court Work

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 2

"Unless children who appear before the courts charged with being a neglected child exposed…

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Injured Man Unable To Attend Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 5

A man, who was seriously injured in an accident on July 23 last, was still unfit to attend court and would not be able to…

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Doctor Alleges Conspiracy and Libel In District Court Claim

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 1

Throughout this week medical-legal history has been made at Wollongong with the hearing of a £1000 claim by Dr. Henry Michael Price, against eleven other doctors in the Greater Wollongong area alleging conspiracy and libel…

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Utility Collided With Policeman's Vehicle, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 8

A man alleged in Wollongong Court yesterday that Police Inspector Taylor had backed his car into a stationary utility truck parked outside the Grand…

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Malaya's New Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 9

The police depot at Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, is probably the largest police training centre in the world. Here are police recruits on parade with small arms…

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Police Chase

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 15

Two young constables chased a man down in Crown Street on Saturday afternoon and had to wrestle with him before they…

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Third Man Committed for Alleged Type Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 7

A third man was committed for trial at the Bulli Court last month for the alleged theft of tyres and other articles, valued at £[?]38, from the brick Transport Company on June 4 last…

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Police Boys' Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 8

The Committee of the Wollongong Police-Citizens Boys' Club is now in a position to receive further applications from boys…

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Shift Worker Committed For Alleged Theft Of Motor

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 6

A 29-year-old shift worker was committed for trial at Bulli Court last month on a charge of stealing an electric motor valued at £170. Kenneth Oswald McCabe…

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Police Boys' Club Has Vacancies

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 9

The committee of the Wollongong Police Citizens Boys' Club will be happy to receive further…

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M.L.A.'s Claim:— Doyle's Car Number in Police Box at Parliament House

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.—Dr. L. J. Parr, M.L.A. for Burwood, tonight claimed that he had seen Reginald Doyle's car number in the Police Box at Parliament…

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Two Months' Gaol for Assault on Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 5

A man poked his head inside the window of a police patrol van and "booed" two policemen…

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No Recollection of Collision. Woman Tells Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 7

A woman charged with negligent driving and failing to stop after an accident told Wollongong Court yesterday she had no recollection of colliding with…

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Migrant Fined £10 For Blind Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 2

A British migrant was fined £10 in Wollongong Court yesterday for stealing eight blinds from a…

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Women Heard Two Screams on Night of Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tues—A Grange women resident told the Coroner's Court today that she heard two screams on the night Betty Thomson Shanks was murdered…

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Rest of the News in Brief Murder in the Library?

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.—Police are investigating the mystery death of a red-haired lobeless-eared man found…

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Two Months' Gaol

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 21

A man who on a previou[?]casion told the magistrate[?] he took drugs and alco[?]gether, with disastrou[?]…

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English "Playboy" in Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 3

PERTH, Wed.—English playboy, Norman James Morton-Stewart, 58 was remanded for eight days…

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President Critical Of Police Action At Show

Kiama Independent · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 1

A criticism that police action was ineffective in stopping an illegal game at Kiama Show was made by the President, Mr. Harold Lyons, when the A. and H. Society held their post-show…

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