Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, Oct. 12
THEIR Worships J. Colley and H. Connell P.M., on the Bench. John Jowitt, in custody, was brought up, charged with being illegally on the…
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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, October 18. (Before Messrs. Turner, Brown, and Graham, J.P.'s.)
James Rathmell was fined 4s. for allowing 4 horses to stray in the streets. John Collins and John Ryan were fined 5s. each for drunkenness and disorderly conduct…
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BEFORE William Stewart, E.Q., J.P. Joseph Goodwin and William Connolly, in custody, were charged by constable Board with being drunk on the public road. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Shellharbor Court-House Matter (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,-I notice by your last issue that a tender has been accepted by the Government for the erection of a Court-house at Shellharbor. As a member of the community which the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Court of Requests. Monday, Oct. 25. (Before Messrs. A. A. Turner and John Lindsay, J.P.'s.)
Robert Haworth v James Waterworth, for £7 10s., for rent. Defendant did not appear, but sent a written plea, maintaining that the Bench had no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Thursday, Oct. 21
SAMUEL WOODWARD, in custody, was brought before H. Connell, Esq., P.M., charged with being drunk and disorderly in Manning-street the night previous. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broughton Creek. Court of Requests. Friday, Oct. 22
BEFORE WILLIAM Stewart, Esq., J.P. There had been summonses issued against several into defaulters in the Broughton Vale Municipal District, but except in one case the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kiama Court of Requests. Same Day. Same Magistrates. W. Jones v. W. Carson
Defendant was sued for £6 6s., the amount of a dishonoured promissory note. Defendant pleaded not indebted, or rather that he had paid it. Mr. King appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stealing Bark. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—I observed a useful article in your issue of the 'Mercury', of 31st August last, but as none of your correspondents have made any observations on the subject, as might have been expected, I…
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James O'Keefe v. Rachel Kluss, for £1 2s. 4d. Defendant pleaded not indebted. Plaintiff deposed to the effect that he had left a pit-saw in charge of a son of defendant's, some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Nov. 1. (Before Messrs. Brown and Biggar, J.P.'s.)
Alfred Roberts, alias Thomas Carrol, pleaded guilty to having made use of obscene language in Crown-street, on one of the race nights: Senior-Sergeant, Sheridan explained to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New York Burglary
THE New York Times describes a daring burglary committed on the 12th August, in West Eleventh-street:— In broad daylight the three-story and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder by the Blacks
Intelligence reached Glen Innes on the 26th ultimo (says the Examiner) of the murder of a man named John Baker , at Newton Boyd, by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, November 8. (Before Messrs. Smith, Brown, Graham, Fry, Evans, M'Gill, and Lindsay, J.P.'s.)
William Halze, of two charges for drunkenness, was fined 5s. in each instance, or 24 hours' imprisonment. Defendant pleaded guilty, but said the heat of the sun had had an effect upon him at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, November 15. (Before Messrs. Brown and Turner, J.P.'s.)
John Floyd, charged with suffering drunkenness and disorderly conduct in his licensed house at Bulli, pleaded not guilty. Mr. Woodward appeared for defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, Nov. 16
AFTER waiting till nearly 13 o'clock for the attendance of a second magistrate, but in vain Mr. Connell proceeded with the only case for hearing, and that had been postponed from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shoalraven. Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, Nov. 2
BEFORE Alfred Elyard, Z. G. Bice, and M. Hyam, J.P's. Constable Weeks v. Hector M'Leod, on information for being drunk and using obscene…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broughton Creek. Court of Requests. Friday, Nov. 6
Before James Wilson, William Stewart, and Adam Boyd, Esquires Justices. T. Houlahan v. D. Ryan, for balance of price of the horse bought under guarantee, and sold at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. THURSDAY, Nov. 17. (Before Messrs. Turner and Biggar, J.P.'s.)
James Mahoney appeared in custody, charged with being of unsound mind and dangerous to be at large. Constable Parkinson, sworn, deposed: On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. MONDAY, Nov. 22. (Before Messrs. Turner and Biggar, J.P.'s.)
James Mahony appeared in custody, on remand, charged with being of unsound mind and dangerous to be at large. As has been previously reported, the prisoner was brought from Bulli by…
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