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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Plea for Police Refused District Cover Is Quite Adequate Says Official

Kiama Independent · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 1

District-wide agitation by local leaders in public life for more adequate police protection of the area has been met with refusal by the Commissioner of Police. The official rejection of protests and…

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Youths Charged With Theft of Milk Money

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 3

Two youths Appeared at Wollongong Court on Friday morning on a charge of stealing milk money from homes in…

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Austinmer Police Need Transport

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 8

"I am not satisfied," declared Ald. Squires at a recent meeting of the Northern Zone Committee…

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Treatt Supports Demand For Police Probe

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun—A move for a Royal Commission into the Police Force was supported today by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. V. Treatt). Mr. Treatt was…

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50 Charges Of Stealing Milk Money

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 5

Two men were convicted of stealing money left out for the milkman, at the Wollongong Court yesterday. They faced approximately 50 charges of stealing in…

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Six Months' Gaol for Illegal Use of Motor Cycle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 10

A man was sentenced to varying terms of imprisonment and his companion was given a suspended sentence of six months, in the Wollongong Court…

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Overall Inquiry Into Police Force Unlikely

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—Some Government members believe State Cabinet may order a Royal Commission into the circumstances of the suspension and resignation of former police car driver, Robert Muir…

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Widow's Evidence Of "Choking" Sound On Night Of Murder

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—An elderly widow said today that on the night of Shirley Butler's murder she heard a sound "like somebody choking" coming from the vicinity of the Butler home…

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Court Ruling Blow To Film Censorship

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 9

WASHINGTON, Tues.—The United States Supreme Court delivered a new blow at film…

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Stolen Keys Used in Robbery; Allegation in Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 8

Taking keys which his sister-in-law had left at his home, a Towradgi man went to the premises of Vidler Retreads, Wollongong, and broke in through a…

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Theft From Laundry

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 1

A Loftus Street resident had his bicycle stolen from his home on Tuesday night. The resident, Mr. Arthur…

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Charged with False Pretences

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 2

A Gosford cafe proprietor, William Peters, aged 41, of 250 Mann Road, Gosford, was bound over at the Wollongong…

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Gaol Sentence on Vagrancy Charges

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 28

Two men who came to Wollongong with, a carnival and camped at North Beach, but did little or no work for some…

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Cabinet to Consider Report on Police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—State Cabinet may be called to a special meeting later this week to consider a report by Police Commissioner Delaney on allegations that…

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Man for Trial for Alleged Assault on Girl

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 9

A man was committed for trial at the Wollongong Quarter Sessions on February 15 yesterday on a charge…

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Several Court Remands

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

Several persons were remanded in the Wollongong Police Court yesterday on various charges…

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64 Charged with Gambling

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 1

Sydney 21 division detectives in two lightning raids early this morning arrested 44 men at Port…

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"Nothing Suspicious About Woman's Disappearance"—police

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sun.—Water police said today there was nothing suspicious about the disappearance of a 41-years-old Newcastle woman from the liner Orion…

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Service Stations Causing Traffic Hazard Says Police

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 5

The Department of Local Government and the Traffic Branch of the Police Department have advised Greater Wollongong…

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Police Commandeer Taxi to Chase, Arrest Motor Cyclist

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 1

A policeman yesterday commandeered taxi and chased a man riding a motor cycle up Crown St. and into Sydney Rd. for two miles before he was…

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