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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Bulgarian Charged With Taxi-Driver's Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tues.—A 24 year old Bulgarian, Slavi Radeff, was charged at Orange Police Court today with the murder of Claude Donald Slattery, 34…

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Court Briefs

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 9

Mr. Fleeman, S.M., in Wollongong Court yesterday sentenced a man to six months' imprisonment but…

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Lawyer Talks Himself Into Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

INDIANAPOLIS (U.S.,) Wed.—A lawyer tried to talk four clients out of gaol yesterday, and…

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Studley-ruxton Probe 'Bashing' For Assisting Police: Allegation

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—A witness told the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission today that he believed David Edward Studley-Ruxton had arranged to have anybody who assisted police in the Commission "bashed-up."…

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Labourer Charged with Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thurs.—A 37-year-old labourer was charged at Tara Police Court to-day with having murdered…

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Two Sentenced to Death

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Thurs. — Two young men who bound, gagged and murdered a hotel night porter reacted…

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Huge Array Equipment Theft; 8 Held

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Thurs.—Eight British soldiers have been detained following the' disappearance of large…

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Court Ruling Soon On Expulsion

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—The Arbitration Court may rule soon whether it or a Union Federal…

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Ironworkers' Secretary Questioned By E. German Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 3

BERLIN, Thurs. — An Australian anti-Communist trade union leader was questioned by East German police on a street in East Berlin yesterday…

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Man Charged with Assaulting Taxi Driver

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 1

A taxi cab driver was allegly assaulted by his passenger at East Corrimal last night. Later police charged…

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Court Orders Stay Of Execution

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 5

SACRAMENTO (California), Fri.—A Superior Court judge yesterday issued a stay of execution…

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Shielded Husband From Gun Attack, Woman Tells Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 10

BRISBANE, Fri.—A woman told Brane SCourt m cmf cmf cm c memc Brisbane Court today how she had covered her husband's body with her own…

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Supreme Court Action Settled

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 14

A collision on School Hill, Corrimal, between a motor cycle and a car resulting in a serious injury to the motor…

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Settlement in Supreme Court Action

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 3

In the Supreme Court at Wollongong a settlement was announced in the claim by Mrs. Dulcie E. Perry, of Keerong…

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Court Briefs

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 6

George Reid Grimson, a 42-years-old labourer, of Hxon St., Port Kembla, was fined £20 when he…

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Police Boys' Training Oval Completed

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 2

Wollongong Pol[?] zens' Club members would be able to use its new oval for training…

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Youth for Trial on Charge of Murder Attempt

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.— A 17-year-old youth was committed for trial in[?] Footscray Court todays on…

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Six Months' Gaol Sentence Suspended

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 11

Two men received a six months' suspended sentence and were ordered to enter into at £20 two year bond after being convicted in the Wollongong Court…

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Wives' Evidence For Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—Wives of two detectives gave evidence before the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission today that their husbands had arrived home late on…

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Supreme Court Sittings Over

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 8

After sitting in Wollongong for over three weeks, the Supreme Court concluded yesterday…

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