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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1873

194 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 10

Kiama Police Court. Friday, Feb. 21

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

Pat Malone was brought before the Court charged by Senior-Constable Moesch with being drunk in Manning-street the day before, when he was apprehended and placed…

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A Double Murder

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 February 1873 · page 4

A Mr Joseph Wood owned some eighty or ninety acres of land near Cropton, about four miles from Pickering, and farmed them himself He was rather eccentric in his manners, and when…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, March 3Rd. (Before Messrs. Smith, Turner, and Thompson, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 4 March 1873 · page 2

Francis Waldron appeared charged with having assaulted Kate Lynch, a young woman of pleasing appearance and address. Mr Woodward appeared for complainant…

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Kiama Police Court. Friday, Feb. 28

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

G. L. FULLER, J.P., and H. Connell J.P., on the Bench. The Parliamentary electoral roll, as taken by the police, for 1873-4, was ordered, in…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, March 13. (Before Mr Turner, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 March 1873 · page 2

Edward Wiley and John Spinks pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly, the former at Wollongong, and the latter at Bulli. Fined respectively 5s, or 24 hours in gaol…

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Local News. Court of Requests. Monday, March 17. (Before Mr G. Waring. J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1873 · page 2

C. T. Smith v James Lynch, for 7s 6d, for grazing a horse. Verdict for plaintiff, with 5s costs…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Same Day. (Before Messrs Waving and Smith, J.P.'s

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1873 · page 2

Emily Allum, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 10s, and 4s 10d costs. Michael Looney, for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, was fined 5s…

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Kiama Police Court. Wednesday, March 12

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1873 · page 2

THEIR Worships J. Marks and R. Miller on the Bench. No police objection being offered, the transfer of the publican's license held by D. G…

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Court of Petty Sessions. March 12

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1873 · page 3

BEFORE W. Stewart, Esq., J.P. Owen Connolly brought up in custody charged by constable Fowler with being drank and disorderly at Broughton Crack…

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Shoalhaven. Court of Requests, Nowra. Tuesday, March 18

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1873 · page 3

BEFORE their worships John Glanville and John Monaghan. John Robertson v. Malta Glanville, to recover £5 for horse, labour, use of harness, and…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, March 20. (Before Messrs Smith and Waring, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 March 1873 · page 2

Isaac Pearson v. Thomas Reid, for absconding from his hired service. Mr Woodward for defendant. This case was adjourned from last Monday, and…

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Kiama Court of Requests. Tuesday, March 25

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

THEIR Worships J. Colley and W. Robson on the Bench. The day proper for the last Court of Requests was, as our readers will, doubtless,…

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Ulladulla. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday. March 17

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1873 · page 3

THEIR Worships W. R. Kendall and J. Miller on the Bench. Mr. E. Mackay, of the Royal Hotel, applied for a temporary extension of his publican's…

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Shoalhaven. Court of Requests, Nowra. Tuesday, March 25

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1873 · page 3

BEFORE their Worships Messrs. James Aldcorn and John Glanville, J.P.s. John Hippert v. James Casey, £10 damages, for defamation of character, by saying that he…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 1

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 3 April 1873 · page 2

THEIR Worships Messrs. W. Robson and H. Council on the Bench. J. Johnston, weed inspector of Gerringong Municipality, v. J. Henry and E…

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Broughton Creek. Court of Requests

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 3 April 1873 · page 2

BEFORE their Worships W. Stewart and Z. G. Bica, Esqs. Samuel Huxley v. John Freer. This was a case in which plaintiff sought to recover…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, April 7. (Before Messrs Waring and Brown, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 April 1873 · page 2

James Madden v John Floyd.—Assault. Mr Woodward appeared for plaintiff. Defendant, who pleaded not guilty, conducted his own case. Plaintiff said: On the evening of the 1st inst…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Same Day

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1873 · page 3

Before the same Justices. Simmons v. Arnold, for trespass upon in-closed lands. Prisoner in charge for disobedience of summons…

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Ulladulla. Court of Requests. Monday, April 7

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1873 · page 3

BEFORE Messrs J. Warden, W. W. Ewin, J. Miller. W. R. Hindmarsh, T. Hobbs, and W. H. Wilford, J.P.S. J. B. Moore v. James Poole, balance for…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Licensing Day. Tuesday, April 16. (Before Messrs Waring, Gordon, Thompson, and Lysaght, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 April 1873 · page 2

George Osborne applied for a publican's license for the house known as the Brighton Hotel, Wollongong, and there being no objections to the application, the license was granted…

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