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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Theft Of Salmon Alleged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 3

A man was remanded until January 25, in the Wollongong Court yesterday, on a charge of…

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Six Months' Gaol for Exposure

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 7

A New Australian was sentenced to six months' hard labour in the Wollongong Court when convicted of indecent exposure…

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Police Seize Counterfeit Sovereigns

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon. — Eight-hundred counterfeit "gold" sovereigns and a quantity of coining…

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Baby Given Drugs: Police Claim

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon:—A Macquarie Street specialist had admitted Poisoning himself and his daughter, a detective said in Central Court today…

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Collided With Four Cars, Court Told; Driver Fined

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 5

A man who was the driver of a car which collided with four vehicles, including a caravan which was wrecked, near Bulli Pass, last week, was fined £15…

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Bank Officer Charged with Murder of Manager

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tues.—Murray Smith 39, an officer of the Bank of New South Wales, was remanded, without bail, for a week when he appeared before Mr…

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No Motor Cycle Yet For Austinmer Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 5

Aid Squires in Monday night's North Zone Committee meeting called it "a bad state of affairs" that…

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Thieves Marred Happy Show Success the Happy Success of the Albion Park Diamond Jubliee Show Last Week-end Was Marred by a Burglary

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

During Saturday night thieves broke into the pavilion and ransacked the belongings that were left there…

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Charged with Salmon Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 30

At the Wollongong Court on Monday, a 31 year old labourer, Leslie Chrisensen, of 39 Campbell Street, Wollongong, was…

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Magistrate Warns

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 13

"If you persist in this, you will lose your license," was the warning given at the Wollongong Court on Monday by Mr…

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6 Months' Gaol

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 13

For an act of indecent exposure in Crown Strept, Wollongong, on 8th December, a 27 year old Czecko-Slovakian…

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Charged With Using Six Cars

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 30

A youth of 19 who was stated by his solicitor to have been or pome time an inmate of Broughton Hall, was before the…

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Bravery Medallist Given Suspended Gaol Sentence

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 34

At the Bulli Court on Friday, an 18 year old labourer, Alfred Thomas Hosa. of 12 Campbell Street, Woonona, was sentenced…

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Doctor for Trial on Murder Attempt Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 11

SYDNEY, Wed.—Dr. Robert Alexander do Castro Basto was committed for trial, at Central Court today on charges of attempted murder and attempted…

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Bail For Man Charged With Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thurs. A man charged with murder was allowed bail of £500 by Mr. Justice…

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Judge Shot Dead In US Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 8

NEW YORK, Thurs.—Judge Allison Wade, of Warren County, Pennsylvania, was shot to death in Court yesterday by a man cited for non support payments to…

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Two Charged with Milk Money Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 3

Two men were remanded in a Wollongong Court yesterday on charges which it was alleged involved the…

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Wounding In Gaol Alleged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 2

BATHURST, Fri.—A 23-years-old prisoner, serving a two year sentence in Bathurst Gaol, was today…

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Police Could Not Find the Dog

Kiama Independent · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 6

A motorist who said that he swerved to avoid a (log in Gerroa Road. Gerringong, and overturned his car was fined…

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Court Deals With Traffic Offenders

Kiama Independent · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 4

Motorists who had offended against the traffic laws were ordered to pay more than £70 in fines and costs at Kiama on Wednesday…

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