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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1862

285 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 11 of 15

Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, September 8Th. (Before the Mayor, J. W. Wishire, and T. Hale, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 September 1862 · page 2

Harriet Bourke appeared at the instance of Robert Taylor to answer the charge, of breaking windows in Crown-street, and being found guilty was ordered to pay a fine of four shillings…

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Murder

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 September 1862 · page 3

At the Maitland Circuit Court, before his Honor, Mr. Justice Wise. William Dow was indicted for the murder of Charles Fleming, on 22nd February, at Coonabarabran. The prisoner pleaded not guilty…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, September 11Th. (Before the Mayor and J. W. Wilshire, Esq.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 September 1862 · page 2

Elizabeth Allen appeared to answer a charge, preferred by Jane Beattie, of using threatening language. By the evidence of the complainant it appeared…

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Tuesday, September 16, 1862. Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, 2Nd September. Appeals Against Assessment

Examiner · Tuesday 16 September 1862 · page 2

The following appeals (accidently omitted in our last issue, and which appeared in a supplement issued on Wednesday last), were heard before Messrs. Fry, Colley, Marks and Robb,…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, September 14Th. Before the Mayor, and A. Thompson, Esq

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1862 · page 2

Andrew Lysaght and George Beadle pleaded guilty to an information laid by Senior Sergeant Gibson of not keeping a light burning in front of their licensed houses between the hours of sunset and…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, 16Th September

Examiner · Tuesday 23 September 1862 · page 2

P. Corneaghan summoned W. Colley or refusing to pay him £5 14s. wages. There was a written agreement for twelve months, of which complainant had served about three, when his master spoke…

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Colonial Extracts. Bathurst Assizes. (Before the Chief Justice) MURDER

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1862 · page 4

Man How (a Chinaman) was indicted for that he on the 12th day of May, 1862, at Oakey Creek, did feloniously, wil[?]uliy and of his malice aforethough kill and murder one Ah Kow, a…

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Bathurst Criminal Court. Thursday, September 11. Before Sir Alfred Stephen, C.J.

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1862 · page 3

Alexander M'Gregor and Hugh Vaughan were indicted for committing a [?] under arms, at the Bogan River, on the [?] of April last, upon Robert Nixon, and Stealing from him a certain sum of…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, September 22Nd. (Before the Mayor and C. T. Smith, Esq., J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1862 · page 2

Robert Beavis pleaded guilty to an information laid by Senior Sergeant Gibson, of neglecting to keep a light burning in front of his licensed public house between sunset and sunrise, and was fined 5s., and…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, 23Rd September

Examiner · Tuesday 30 September 1862 · page 2

(Before Messrs. M. Hindmarsh and the Mayor, Justices.) Goddard v. Ward—Indecent language. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s. and 4s. 9d…

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Mysterious Murder in Glasgow

Examiner · Tuesday 30 September 1862 · page 4

Between the morning of Saturday, July 5th, and Monday, the 7th, a murder of almost unexampled ferocity was perpetrated in the west end of the city. The victim is a woman; but the…

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Supreme Court. SCRIMES V. SCRIMES

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 September 1862 · page 3

This was an Application on the part of a husband (on hubcas corpus) to obtain from his wife the custody and guardianship of his two children—Edith, aged fifteen, and Henry, aged thirteen—who were both…

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Shoalhaven. Court of Petty Sessions—nowra. September 16

Examiner · Tuesday 30 September 1862 · page 2

Brown v. Alley, under 8 Geo. 4, No. 5. This cause having been called, and both parties appearing, the complainant, Bernard Brown, or Shoalhaven, formerly district constable, stated that this…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. (Before the Mayor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 September 1862 · page 2

Michael M'Kenzie pleaded guilty to an information laid by Senior Sergeant Gibson of having made use of indecent language in the public-streets, and was ordered to a fine of £2 and 5s. 8d. costs…

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Central Criminal Court.—Monday

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 October 1862 · page 2

Before Mr. Justice Wise. STABBING James Jones was charged with stabbing one Robert Armstrong, with intent to murder him. There…

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Central Criminal Court. Before his Honor the Chief Justice. STEALING

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 October 1862 · page 2

Henry Watson Oliver, late manager of the Bathurst branch of the New South Wales Banking Company, was indicted with stealing two sums of £960 and £1005. the property of that bank, in June and July…

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Law. Central Criminal Court. Monday, 29Th September. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Wise, and a common jury.) STEALING

Examiner · Tuesday 7 October 1862 · page 3

(Before his Honor Mr. Justice Wise, and a common jury.) STEALING. Henry Watson Oliver pleaded guilty to two…

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Mr. Forster, and the New Police Act

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 October 1862 · page 4

The proposal to repeal the New Police Act was no doubt premature. It served, however, to elicit opinion, and, although the debate was burked by the counting out of the Assembly, we…

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Local News Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, Oct. 3. (Before the Mayor, A. Thompson, and John Brown, Esqs., J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 October 1862 · page 2

Henry Murphy, a boy of 12 or 14 years of age, was charged with assaulting Edward Gibson, whereby his arm was broken. The complainant, a youth apparently a year or so…

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Court of Requests. Monday, October 6Th. (Before the Mayor, and Messrs. J. W. Wilshire, C. Fairs, and W. Robson, Esqs. J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 October 1862 · page 2

This Court sat yesterday, the business being very light, and the few cases gone into possessed but little interest. Robson and Co. v. Michael O'Hart, to recover £10…

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