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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

871 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 28 of 44

Accountant Admits £17,000 Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 3

PERTH, Mon.—When the charge against a former Australian National Airways accountant, Redmund…

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Murder Charge Remand

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 3

BATHURST, Mon.—A labourer, charged with the murder of an 80-year-old Walang storekeeper was…

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Police check murdered man's movements Many questioned

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 1

Over a hundred persons were questioned yesterday at the Wollongong Police Station in an endeavour to trace the movements of the Greek immigrant who was murdered on the Wollongong Golf Links on Friday night…

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Swerving Driver Forced Cars Off Bitumen, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 6

A car driver who forced other cars off the bitumen by swerving from side to side on the Prince's Highway, at Corrimal, recently, was fined £20 with 7/…

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2 Charged with Mailbag Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Tues.—Two men appeared in Katoomba Court today charged on two counts of having stolen mailbags, containing a total of £30,100. The men, William Vivian…

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Murder on the Golf Links Kiama Cafe Man Indentifies Body

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 1

Relatives from Kiama were taken by police on Sunday morning to identify the battered body of a murdered man at Wollongong…

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Theft From Hotel

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 5

Wollongong detectives are investigating the theft of liquor and money to the value of £6/10/0 from the Balgownie…

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Gaoled for Stealing and Vagrancy

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 3

A man told the Wollongong Court yesterday he did not know where he had stolen some women's clothing. I must have been in the D.T.'s", he said. He…

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Reds Gaol Roman Catholic Bishop

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 6

LONDON. Thurs.— The Roman Catholic Bishop of Litomerice (Northern Bohemia), Monsignor Stefan…

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"Mystery Punter" Acquitted of Stealing Charge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs.— An Adelaide man reputed to have won huge sums in racecourse betting plunges up to recent months, was acquitted in General…

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Youth Convicted of Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs.— A 1-year-old youth was convicted in the Criminal Court today of having…

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Sand Sifted Around Murder Scene

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 1

Wollongong detectives assisted by detectives from the C.I.B. continue with the extensive search for the…

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Police Officer Says Man Kicked Him on Nose

Kiama Independent · Saturday 31 July 1954 · page 3

The hearing of charges against a former Kiama barman which includes an allegation that he kicked a police officer in the face were again adjourned…

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Funeral Of Golf Links Murder Victim Detectives Mingled with the Mourners of the Victim of the Wollongong Gold Links Murder When the Funeral Was Held at Kiama on

Kiama Independent · Saturday 31 July 1954 · page 1

They sat through the service in Christ Church while a Greek priest conducted the service over the coffin…

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£10,000 Theft Of Petrol Alleged

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 1

A former manager of the South Coast Transport Company at Nowra has been remanded on a charge alleging…

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U.k. Police Help Stowaway Refugee

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 9

LONDON, Sun.—A British police party, 120 strong, boarded the Polish freighter Jaroslav Dabrowski in the…

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New Police Inspector For No. 19 Division

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 1

It was announced at the week-end that Inspector M. Keefe, of Tamworth, would be taking up duties later t[?]…

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Police Rush To Mental Homes As Staff Strikes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun. — Police were rushed to Goodna and Sandy Gallop mental homes at Ipswich today when 700 employees went on strike for 24 hours…

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Ambulance, Doctors Hospital and Police Congratulated (To the Editor)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 15

Sir,—I wonder if you would be good enough to allow me a little of your valuable space in your paper to offer my…

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Theft for Household Purposes?

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 1

A theft which seemingly bad the purpose of setting on a household occurred at an unoccupied house at…

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