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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1875

155 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 8

Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, January 4. (Before Messrs. Brown, Turner, and Biggar, J.P.'S.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1875 · page 2

Thomas Jenks pleaded guilty to having been drunk, and was tined 2s 6d. Johan Berges appeared charged by Charles Rich, captain of the steam collier Tasmania, with…

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Kiama Police Court. Thursday, Dec. 31, 1874

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1875 · page 2

A SLAUGHTERING license was granted to Mr. D. Graham, of Waughope. A. Osbourne, Esq., J.P., and H. Connell, Esq., P.M., were the sitting magistrates…

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Horrible Assault on a Man at Kapunda, South Australia

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1875 · page 4

THE Kapunda Herald contains the following account of a murderous assault lately committed there, which for brutality is unsurpassed:—William Jeffrey, boundary…

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

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1875 · page 2

Robert Reith v M. O'Keefle, for £9 2s, for work and labor done. Verdict for amount and costs, together with value of one day's work for attendance at Court…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, January 11. (Before Messrs. Turner and Graham, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1875 · page 2

Robert Harpur, of Mount Keira, appeared charged by the Municipal Council of North Illawarra with having failed to comply with a notice to extirpate noxious weeds on land, occupied by him…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, Jan 12

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1875 · page 2

W R HINDMARSH, Esq, J P., and H. Connell, E q, P M., to the Bench. Senior-Constable Fowler v. Mrs. Roberts. The information charged defendant with…

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Horrible Murder

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1875 · page 4

One of the most unnatural cases of murder on record is being investigated in Brooklyn. The victim was Miss Hamill. She was originally a nun of the Order of the Good Shepherd, the…

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A Double Murder

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1875 · page 4

A criminal of a particularly deep dye has just been sentenced to death for a double murder, by the Court of Assizes of the Allier. The accused was named Hyppolite Caillor, and he is described…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, January 18. (Before Messrs. Turner and Biggar, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1875 · page 2

Lydia Woods appeared charged by Mrs. Clarke with having stolen certain articles of wearing apparel from her. Defendant pleaded not guilty…

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Kiama Police Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1875 · page 2

ON the last instant, James Bryan was brought by the police before M. E. Maher, Esq., J.P., charged with being drunk; on the 9th, W. Plumridge was brought before H. Connell,…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, January 25. (Before Messrs. Evans and Biggar, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1875 · page 2

Andrew Calhoun, Alfred Vidler, William Beattie, John Kelly, John Murray, James M'Gee, and Stephen Alien (all boys, ranging apparently between 12 and 15 or 16 years), were…

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Broughton Creek. Court of Requests. Friday, Jan 15

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1875 · page 2

Before their Worships W. Stewart. J. Wilson, and A. Boyd, Esq.'s. Henry Freer v. William Walters, £1 18s 6d, for work and labour done. Verdict for…

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District Court. Monday, February 1. (Before His Honor Judge M'Fanland.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1875 · page 2

A. A. Waldron v Martin O'Keeffe, goods sold, I £10 16s. Defendant admitted the debt, which was ordered to be paid on the 1st March next…

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Kiama Police Court. Same Day

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1875 · page 2

Senior-constable Fowler v. J. T. Milligan, DEFENDANT was charged, under the Publicans' Act, with abandoning his licensed public-house at Gerringong. Defendant…

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Kiama Police Court. Monday, Jan. 25

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1875 · page 2

EDWARD LEAMAN, arrested on the previous day by Constable Williams, was brought before H. Connell, P.M., on the charge of being drunk, and disorderly. He pleaded…

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Court of Quarter Sessions, Wollongong

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1875 · page 2

BEFORE his Honour, Judge M'Farland. The Queen v. G. Robinson. The prisoner was charged with stealing, taking, and carrying away a cheque for £6…

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Kiama Court of Requests. Tuesday, Jan. 26

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1875 · page 2

THE magistrates on the Bench were Messrs. J. Colley, W. R. Hindmarsh, C. H. Dale, and H. Connell P.M. F. Carberry v. T. Frederick…

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Broughton Creek, Court of Requests, Friday, Jan 20

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1875 · page 3

[?] W. Stewart J. Wilson, and A. Boyd, [?], J.P.'s. Alexander Bryen v. Jean Host, for £6 10s., price of two cows sold by defendant to…

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

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 February 1875 · page 2

A. Beatson, C, Griffin, and J. Rathmell pleaded guilty to having had horses straying in tho streets, and were severally fined js without costs. David Palmer, charged with a similar offence,…

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Local News. Court or Requested. Monday, February 8. (Before Messrs Turner and Biggar, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 February 1875 · page 2

Thomas Salter v Edward Woods, for 13s, value of two bullock chains which plaintiff alleged defendant had taken away from his place. He (plaintiff) said he had the chains in his possession…

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