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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Bulgarian For Trial After Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 1

ORANGE, Thurs.—A young Bulgarian who had allegedly admitted killing an Orange taxi driver…

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Watersiders' Sec. Tried Embassy to Get Anti-red Out Official of Office, Court Told Found Dead

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—The Melbourne Branch of the Waterside Workers. Federation was not controlled by Communists, the General Secretary of…

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£2000 Offer In Mail Bag Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—A £2,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of £30,000 stolen from a Post…

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Arrest After Theft of Handbag

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 4

Wollongong Police arrested a man on Saturday night. They allege the man stole a woman's handbag…

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Correct Time (At Last) At Court House

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1

The new Court House clock should keep Wollongong citizens informed of the correct time for the next 50 years or…

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2 Remanded on Theft Charges

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 11

Roy Simpson, 25, labourer, of Malcolm Ave., Cringila, was remanded on a charge of stealing…

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£10 Fine for Handbag Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 7

While a woman singer rendered an item in the Soldiers' Hall, Wollongong, on June 5, a man took her…

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Studley-ruxton Inquiry Witness: 'Newspaper Campaigned Against Violence, Not The Police'

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 2

[?] on a campaign against violence, not the Police Force, the paper's Acting Editor (Mr. James Kingston Watson) told the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission today. He said he would not…

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Story of Birth; Doctor Charged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—Dr. Desmond Lees Peate, of Cessnock, was charged before the Medical Disciplinary Tribunal today with failing to attend a mother…

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Ex-Shire President Charged With Manslaughter

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—A former President of Numbulla Shire was charged at Bega Court today with…

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Motive in Bondi Shooting Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—A motive for the callous shooting of a Bondi estate agent is puzzling detectives. The agent, Laton Albert…

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Charged with Copper Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 9

Wollongong detectives yesterday arrested a man and charged him with the theft of copper cables from…

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Theft From Colliery

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 1

The theft of £91 from a cash box in the office of the Huntley Colliery, at West Dapto, has been reported to…

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8 Months' Gaol For Illegal Use of Taxi

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 11

A man who pleaded guilty to a charge of illegally taking and using a taxicab came before the Wollongong Court on Monday…

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Youth Charged With Stoning Boy To Death

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs.—A boy aged 15 who was alleged to have stoned a youngster to death and left his…

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Court Briefs

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 8

Kevin Patrick Hughes, of Lake Rd., Warilla. was fined £5, for failing to give way to a vehicle…

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Police Recover Six Bicycles

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 4

Wollongong detectives recovered six bicycles yesterday which they believed have been stolen…

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Grisly Search for Murder Victims

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 3

COSHOCTON. (OHIO), Mon.—Hundreds of curious spectators siva yard [?] a farm bore…

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Police Shackled, with Own Handcuffs

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 7

NEW YORK, Mon.—Two burglary suspects in Indiana yesterday overpowered a policeman and…

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Two Charged with Stealing

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 2

Two men were placed on [?] when they were remanded until June 22, on a stealing charge, in the…

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