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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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4 Years Gaol For Assault On Girl

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1954 · page 5

"Children have to be protected from attacks of this kind," His Honour Judge O'Sullivan…

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Heys Details Former Alleged Assault Case

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Det.-Const. John William Heys, of the C.I.B., gave details at the Royal Commission today of an alleged assault case in which he was…

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Woman Faces Murder Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thurs. —A 30 year-old woman, accused of stabbing her de facto husband, broke down and wept…

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Court Action on Boxing Champion

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Equity Court today refused an injunction to prevent Australian welter champion, George Barnes fighting Freddie Dawson next…

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Assault at Tongarra

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 2

A conversation about dogs on 21st March last at Tongarra brought Eric Savage, of Tongarra, to the Albion Park…

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Drink Waiter Acquitted On Serious Assault Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 3

A 26 year old drink-waiter was acquitted at Wollongong Quarter Sessions last Thursday on a charge of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on a police constable. The accused, Maxwell James…

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Malaya's New Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 3

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 Check on Sex Operation

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 3

COPENHAGEN (Denmark), Mon.—Copenhagen police said yesterday that they were investigating to…

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Court Martial Sentence Confirmed

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 6

NAIROBI, Mon—East Africa Commander in Chief (General Sir George Erskine) yesterday confirmed a…

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Food Theft Alleged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 8

Two men were remanded at Wollongong Court yesterday on a charge of stealing food valued at 12/6…

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Street Fight Ends in Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 8

"The other man picked fi[?] I give fight back," a New Australian told Constable D. F. Sullivan…

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Court Story of Crash of Telephone Booth

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 7

A man told a Corrimal police sergeant said in Wollongong Court yesterday that he was standing by a telephone at a axi rank and as he turned his head…

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Four Months' Gaol For Theft Of Bacon

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 7

Two men who stole a side of bacon from a delivery van and later sold it to a shop and then stole the till from another Corrimal shop, were each sentenced to four months' hard labour on each of two charges of stealing, yesterday…

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Labourer Convicted on Assault Charge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 7

A 59 year old labourer was convicted at Wollongong Quarter Sessions on Wednesday of assaulting, with an act of indecency, a seven year old girl at Port Kembla on January 12. The labourer, Francis…

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Gaol Term For Breach of Bond Conditions

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 28

A man who failed to make compensation of money he had fraudulently omitted to account for in 1952 was sent to gaol by…

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Police Reject F.m. Crossing

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 1

The Police Department has rejected an application by the Fairy Meadow Branch of the A.L.P. for installation of a…

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Football Gear For Police Boys

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 39

Secretary of the Illawarra Leagues Club, Mr. Dudley Locke (right), shaking hands with Detective H. Clunas (left) after the club's presentation of two sets of football gear for the use of the boys at the Wollongong Police…

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Equity Court Refuses Injunction Against George Barnes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 13

SYDNEY, Wed.—The Equity Court today refused to grant an injunction sought by boxing manager and trainer, Era McQuillan, against Australian…

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Police Believed Assault Allegation 'A Concoction'

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Police named in David Edward Studley-Ruxton's allegation of assault believed his story was a "concoction," a detective told the Royal Commission today. Police also believed…

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Police Join Labour Council

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 11

SYDNEY, Thurs.—The New South Wales Police Association was tonight, affiliated with the State…

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