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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

871 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 41 of 44

Police Hold 2 On Charge Of Safe-breaking

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.-Detectives tonight arrested two men believed to be part of a gang of safebreakers who…

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Kiama Court

Kiama Independent · Saturday 27 November 1954 · page 3

At the Kiama Court on Wednesday an application for a spirit merchant's license by Arthur Patton, at Lake…

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High Court Appeal in Baby Case

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 November 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.-The legal battle for two-years-old Wayne Murray will resume in the High Court on…

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Brutal Assault On Woman

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun. - Largo squads of police are searching for a man who brutally bashed and raped a…

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Man Arrested; Charged with Copper Theft

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 3

Wollongong detectives yesterday arrested a man and charged him with stealing scrap copper and…

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Police Probe Theft From Factory

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 3

Wollongong detectives are investigating the theft of £10 and a radio from a clothing factory at Unanderra…

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A.l.& S. Employee Fined for Stealing

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 5

An tmployee of the A. I. & S. who was intercepted by a company's, watchman near the 36 in mill, with a bundle…

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Two Gaoled For Assault On Girl (II)

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 2

YOUNG, Mon. - Two men were each sentenced to four years hard labour by Judge Brennan in the…

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'Arsenic, Old Lace' police story

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 4

TULSA, (Oklahoma) Mon.- Police alleged yesterday that Mrs. Nannie Doss, 49, a grandmother had admitted she killed two of her seven husbands by putting rat poison in their coffee. An investigation of the deaths of three other husbands…

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Ma[?] Rise Should Express Lower Money Value" Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.- The value of money and its decreased purchasing bower should be considered by the industrial Commission when fixing…

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£10 Fine for Theft of Scrap

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 7

An employee of the A.I. & S., Port Kembla, was fined £10 by Mr. Fleeman, S.M., at the Wollongong…

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125 Bruises on Body of Woman; Man Charged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues,- A woman, who allegedly was attacked and raped at her Lily field, home on Sunday morning, had 125 bruises on her body Balmain Court…

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Shellharbour Theft

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 6

Wollongong detectives are [?]vestigating the theft of £45 worth of equipment, bags of cement and scrap copper cables…

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Strong-Armed Men Replace Police at Thirroul

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 40

Strong-armed men are taking the place of police in an hotel at Thirroul and some citizens have been "hurt unduly"…

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Twenty Bettors In Court After Raid By 21 Division

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 42

A raid by police of the No. 21 Division on Saturday week resulted in the appearance of twenty men in the Wollongong Court last week charged with starting price betting…

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Barrister Tells High Court: Joan Murray not fit for baby's custody

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—Bus conductress Joan Murray was not fit to have custody of her child and there was no likelihood of her conduct improving in the future, a barrister told the High Court today…

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Burglary at Bowling Club

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 7

Thieves broke into the Wollongong Bowling Club House on Thursday night and store £150 in silver…

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Police Seize Counterfeit Notes In Raid

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Fri.—Detectives in a dawn raid to-day seized a brown paper parcel containing 1000…

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Bomb Blast Shatters Car; Police Theory Of Grudge

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—A power-ful gelignite bomb shatter-ed a parked car at Drum-moyne last night…

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Police Seek Identity Of Two Injured In Accidents

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 1

Two men, so far unidentified, were injured in separate accidents last night. An unidentified man is dangerously ill in the Woll-…

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