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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Sydney Police Watch for Escapee

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1954 · page 14

SYDNEY, Fri.— All Sydney police have been alerted to watch for a man described as a "cunning and…

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3 Punched Nude Doctor, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri. — Dr. Rupert George Chesher, of Caringbah said in Sutherland Court today that three…

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Tennis Player at Court (Not Wimbledon)

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1954 · page 9

LONDON, Fri.— A young Australian tennis player came to Britain with the hopes of playing at…

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Remanded On Charge of Assault

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 November 1954 · page 11

A 50 years old labourer. Nicholas Karagianak's, of 139 Marrickville Road, Marrickville charged with asasulting a 12…

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Road To Police Boys' Club "Untrafficable"

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 November 1954 · page 5

The Central Zone Committee is unable to undertake even temporary repairs to Easter Avenue, North Wollongong, where the Police Boys' Club is situated, because the Maintenance Fund in Ward 8 is…

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Two Fined for Theft From Fellow Worker

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 7

Working at a Corrimal tile works for a day, two men stole a pair of trousers belonging to another workman, the Wollongong Court was told yesterday. Both…

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Police in Cricket Win

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 11

The Wollongong police scored a comfortable victory over the Illawarra Ambulance in their social…

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Busmen Before Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 6

A bus operator and a driver were fined £3/3/ with 7/ costs...each yesterday, following an accident to a…

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Traffic Mix-up Ends In Long Court Case

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 10 November 1954 · page 2

A mix-up of traffic last May when three vehicles collided and another just missed, led to one of the drivers being involved in a hearing at Kiama Court…

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Three Years' Gaol for 3 Over Mailbag Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 November 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wed.—At Parramatta Quarter Sessions today, three men who pleaded guilty to stealing a mailbag containing £30,000 were each sentenced to…

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Police sergeant suspended without pay

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 12 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Police Sergeant Edward Clyde Davis was suspended from duty without pay today pending a departmental inquiry into his conduct…

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W'gong Police Boys' Boxing At Burwood

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 12 November 1954 · page 11

Seven boys from the Wollongong Citizens Police Boys' Club journeyed to Burwood on Wednesday,…

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£180 Theft at Unanderra

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1954 · page 9

A shop at Unanderra was broken into and goods worth £180 stolen. Women and children's…

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£10 Fine for Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 15 November 1954 · page 15

A 28 year old plant operator at the Tallawara Power House Dapto, Douglas James Blair, of Sophia Street, Shellhabour…

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Woman Punched Husband, Mother, Magistrate Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 November 1954 · page 6

A woman who, the court was told, assaulted her husband and punched, her mother, was fined £5 in the…

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French "Murder Trial O Century" To Start

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 November 1954 · page 3

PARIS, Mon.—Gaston Dominici, due to stand trial in one of the most sen[?]tional murder trials of the…

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Bullet Kills Woman; an Charged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 1

JUNEE, Tues,—Police today charged a 23-year-old Sydney man with the manslaughter of Mrs. Millie…

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Sydney Police May Use TV Network

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 11

SYDNEY, Tues.-Sydney's Police Force may establish an internal television network to assist in traffic control…

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Man Was "King Hit" by Workmate, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 3

A man alleged in the Wollongong Court he was "king hit," when he proceeded against a fellow railway employee on an assault charge yesterday…

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Domestic Gaoled For Stealing

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 7

LONDON, Wed. — A 44-year-old domestic servant was yesterday sentenced to five years' gaol for stealing…

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