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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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"Disclosures" In French Murder Case

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1954 · page 3

MARSEILLES, Sun.—Gaston Dominici convicted of the murder of the British Drummond family,…

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Radar For Traffic Police

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 6 December 1954 · page 7

Unless radar becomes more selective than it now is, its uses for traffic law enforcement are…

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Court Sequel to Cycle Accident

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 6 December 1954 · page 9

An accident in which a bicycle rider received a fractured skull had a sequel in the Wollongong Court on Wednesday when a car…

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Two Years' Gaol for "Despicable Theft"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 8

A man who stole from a person who befriended him after his boarding house was burnt down, was sentenced to two years' gaol in a Wollongong Court,…

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Miners' Benefits Stressed in Court

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—Mineworkers' attendance money and other benefits should be considered when the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) decided…

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Two Years' Gaol

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 24

At the Wollongong Quarter Sessions on Monday a 19 years old labourer, Clarence Gordon Robinson, of Condong, was…

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10 Vic. Supreme Court Judges Attack Premier

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.—The 10 Victorian Supreme Court Judges today publicly attacked the Premier (Mr. Cain) for failing the pass on to…

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P. Kembla Murder Trial Life sentence for Yugoslav

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—A 17 years old Yugoslav migrant was sentenced to life imprisonment in Central Criminal Court today for the murder of a nightwatchman at Port Kembla on August 25. The Yugoslav, Stipo…

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£100 Theft at Gerringong

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 1

Money and cheques valued at £100 have been stolen from the Gerringong baker's office of Henry Mitchell…

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Charged with Passing Cheques

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 3

A man was remanded at the Wollongong Court on Thursday until December 20 on a charge of passing a valueless cheque…

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Theft From Camps and Cars

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 1

Wollongong police have issued a warning to campers on Greater Wollongong camping reserves not to leave valuable…

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Police Warning on Beach Thefts

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 8

Wollongong detectives have issued a warning to bathers on Wollongong beaches against leaving valuables in bags and…

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District Court This Week

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 8

The sittings of Wollongong Quarter Sessions ended on Tuesday. There had been no trials on…

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Police Rescue Three Attacked by Migrants

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.—Police reinforcements were rushed to West Melbourne late last night to rescue a youth and two police constables who were…

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Murder Charge Remand

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 1

WELLINGTON, (New Zealand), Mon.—A 27-year-old woman house surgeon of Dunedin Public Hospital,…

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Three Years' Gaol for Rape Attempt

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 11

SYDNEY, Mon.—A 22-Year-oLd labourer was sentenced to three years' gaol today for the attempted rape of a 15-year-old girl…

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Fear of Killing If Bail Given, Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—A police sergeant told Balmain Court today that if a man was granted bail an attempt might be made to kill Raymond Smith, whose car…

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Drove Under Influence at 50 M.p.h., Court Told

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 6

A man, who was fined for driving a utility while under the influence, drove it at 50 m.p.h. at Tarrawanna and overturned it. Later he struggled and fought with a constable who went to arrest him at his home, Wollongong Court was told…

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Bush Slaying Brings Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—A Bourke horse-breaker was sentenced to five years' gaol in Central Criminal…

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Half His Life in Gaol

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 11

WELLINGTON (N.Z.),—Stewart, Manuel is 42. Twenty-seven of those years he has spent in gaol—and…

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