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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1873

194 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 10 of 10

Country Postmaster Committed for Stealing Letters

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1873 · page 3

JOSEPH GORMAN, late official Post and Telegraph Master at Ulmarra, was brought before the Grafton Police-court, in custody, on Friday, pursuant to remand, charged…

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District News. Broughton Creek. Court of Requests. Thursday, Nov. 6

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1873 · page 2

MESSRS. Bieo, Stewart, and Wilson. J.P.'s, on the Bench. Henry Taylor v. Harrold and George Oke. an interpleader case. Mr. W. C. King for…

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Kiama Police Court. Monday, Nov. 24

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 27 November 1873 · page 2

THEIR Worships J. Colley and J. Black on the Bench. J. M' Nab, on bail, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Mary street,…

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Banco Court. Thursday Nov. 20

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 27 November 1873 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. Justice Checks and a jury of four. SMITH v. PARNELL. This was an action in which damages…

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Kiama Court of Requests. Same Day

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 27 November 1873 · page 2

The cause list contained originally only six cases: three of them were settled out of court leaving only three to be disposed of by the bench…

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Shoalhaven. Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, Nov. 18

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 27 November 1873 · page 2

BEFORE their Worship A. Elyard, J. Glanville, M. Hyam, and J. Fraser, Thomas Kelly v. Christopher Murray, on information for trespass. There were two…

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Court of Petty Sessions. (Same day, and before same Magistrates.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 December 1873 · page 2

Edward Kelly v Alexander M'Cauley, for abusive language and assault. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr Woodward appeared for plaintiff, who…

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Local News Court of Requests. Monday, Dec. 1. (Before Messrs. Turner, Lysaght, and Graham, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 December 1873 · page 2

Michael Casey v Jonathan Peace, for £5, being the price of a mare alleged to have been sold by plaintiff to defendant, but which bargain the latter repudiated in [?]. After a good deal of…

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Kiama Police Court. Friday, Nov. 28

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 December 1873 · page 2

JOHN Parlane, in custody, was brought before H. Council, Esq., J.P., having been arrested on the charge of being drunk in Manning-street the evening before, He pleaded guilty,…

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Kiama Police Court. Friday, Dec. 5

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 December 1873 · page 2

HIS Worship H. Connell on the Bench. Richard Thornton, a stranger, was brought before the court, charged by Constable Everson with using obscene language the previous…

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Shoalhaven. Court of Requests, Nowra. Tuesday, Dec. 9

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 December 1873 · page 2

BEFORE their Worships James Aldcorn, John Glanville, and Michael Hyam, J.P.'s. David Hyam v. James Monaghan, to recover 8s., excessive charges for the trespass…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, Dec. 16

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1873 · page 2

THEIR Worships G. L. Fuller and W. Robsou on the Beach. Alexander Hines appeared on summons, issued at the Instances of Senior-Constable…

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Shoalhaven. Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, Dec. 16

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1873 · page 2

BEFORE their Worships A. Elyard, J. Glanville, and J. Monaghan. Mary Clarke v. James Booth, on information for unlawfully beating with a cane…

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Dreadful Murder

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 December 1873 · page 3

Intelligence reached Cooma on Saturday afternoon that a murder had been committed on Bolario station, near Seymour. From what we can learn of this sad event, it appears that a…

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