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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1876

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

Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, March 20. (Before Messrs. Turner, Lindsay, and Lysaght, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1876 · page 2

George Armytage was charged with having worked two horses having sore shoulders. Defendant (who is engaged on the Mount Keira tramway) pleaded guilty, but stated that he was…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, March 14

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 23 March 1876 · page 2

H. CONNELL, Esq., P.M., on the Bench. Charles Graham was summoned by Constable Payne, for being drunk and disorderly at Jamberoo on the 6th instant…

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Shoalhaven. Court of Requests. Tuesday, March 21

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1876 · page 3

BEFORE their Worships Alfred Elyard. James Aldcorn, Z. G. Bice John Glanville, and Michael Hyam. John Johnston v. Henry Gregson…

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Kiama Police Court. Same Day

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1876 · page 2

P. Malone, of Shellharhour, was summoned by Constable Smithers on two charges—one being drunk and disorderly, the other for using abusive language to…

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Kiama Court of Requests. Tuesday, March 28

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1876 · page 2

THEIR Worship W. Moles. J.P., and H Connell, P.M. on the Bench. The cause list originally contained seven cases, but three were settled out of court,…

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Broughton Creek. Court of Requests. Friday, March 24

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1876 · page 4

BEFORE William Stewart and Adam Boyd, Esqrs., Justices. Cornelius Leary v. J. M'Anerney, for £1 10s., damages done to a heifer at the…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions Monday, March 27. (Before Messrs. Biggar and Turner, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 31 March 1876 · page 2

Enoch Jones, charged with having made use of insulting language to Countable Parkinson, pleaded guilty. Constable Parkinson having deposed to the…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, April. 3. (Before Messrs. Brown, Biggar, and Turner, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1876 · page 2

Thomas Moran pleaded guilty to having used abusive language, at the wharf, on the 28th March. Senior-Sergeant Sheridan deposed that he heard…

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Shoalhaven. Court of Petty Sessions, Tuesday, March 28

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1876 · page 4

BEFORE John Glanville, Michael Hyam, and John Monaghan, J. P.'s. A booth license was granted to Mr. Parnell, of Tomerong, on the occasion of a…

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Shoalhaven. Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, April 4

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1876 · page 3

BEFORE MESSRS. JAMES Aldcorn, John Glanville, Michel Hyam, and John Monaghan, J.P.s. Elizabeth Williams, to find sureties to…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, April 10. (Before Messrs. Turner, Fry, and Biggar, J.P.'s)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1876 · page 2

Senior-sergeant Sheridan v. James Smith, same v. William Smith, same v. John Kelly, and Bridget O'Neil v. James Smith, were severally postponed, the two former cases until Saturday next, and the…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 4

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1876 · page 2

THEIR Worships J. Colley, A. Osborne, and H. Connell, P.M., on the bench. W. Clarke, Jamberoo, again appeared before the court on remand, or rather the…

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Wife-murder and Sentence of Death

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1876 · page 4

At the Tamworth sittings, before Mr. Acting Judge Davies (says the News) Michael Connolly was arraigned for that he did, on the 24th December, at Carroll…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Saturday, April 15. (Before Messrs. Turner and Biggar, J.P's

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1876 · page 2

James Smith surrendered to his bail, to answer serveral charges preferred against him, principally for assaulting the police in the execution of their duty…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Saturday, April 15. (Before Messrs. Turner and Biggar, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 April 1876 · page 2

James Smith, charged with having assaulted Constable M'garvie while in the execution of his duty, pleaded not guilty, being defended by Mr. W. C. King, of Kiama…

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Court of Petty Sessions. (Before Messrs. Turner, Biggar, Lindsay, O'Donnell, and Evans. J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1876 · page 2

Bridget O'Neil v. James Smith, and George Osborne v. James Smith were called, but both cases were postponed until that day five weeks, defendant being in gaol, and therefore not…

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Local News. Court of Requests. Monday, April 24. (Before Messrs, Turner, Lindsay, and O'Donnell, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1876 · page 2

W. S. Thompson v John Shannon, for £1 13s. Mr. Way appeared for plaintiff, who deposed that defendant owed him the above amount in connection with a transaction which took place…

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Kiama Police Court. Same Day

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1876 · page 2

M. COLLINS of Jamberoo was summoned by Constable Payne on two charges—first, being drunk and disorderly, second, using obscene language to the police officer. He…

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Kiama Court of Requests. Tuesday. April 25

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1876 · page 2

AFTER waiting some time for a second magistrate, Mr. Council proceeded with the business. The cause list only contained four case, two of which had been…

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Shoalhaven. Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, April 18

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1876 · page 2

BEFORE their Worships Messrs. Alcorn and Hyam. Constable Weeks v. John Sheen, for illegally allowing a horse to stray on the…

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