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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1876

192 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 6 of 10

Court of Requests. (Same Dav. and before same Magistrates)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1876 · page 2

Patrick Kieley v Daniel Dwyer, for £3 7s., for destroying a box of bees and trespass. After hearing the evidence, their Worships gave a verdict for £1 12s. and costs 6s…

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Court of Petty Sessions Monday, July 10. (Before Messrs. Turner and Graham, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1876 · page 2

John Andrews pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly, and was fined 10s. Patrick Mannix and Andrew Martin, charged with having assaulted Ah Tuck, alias Tommy…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, July 4

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

BEFORE their Worships H. Connell, Esq., P.M., and A. Osborne, Esq., J.P. Constable Smithers v, J. J. Hymer. Defendant was charged with using…

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Scene at the Water Police Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1876 · page 3

OWING to certain legal occentricities the Water Police Court has frequently been the arena of scenes ill-consorting with its character as a temple of justice. By their…

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Extraordinary Theft of a Picture

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 July 1876 · page 4

Gainsborough's famous picture of the Duchess of Devonshire (says the Daily News of May 27) was, on Thursday night, stolen under extraordinary and mysterious…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions Monday, July 17. (Before Messrs. Turner and Lysaght, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 July 1876 · page 2

Mrs. Dwyer, charged with having assaulted Mary Ann Kieley, at Mount Pleasant, pleaded not guilty. Plaintiff, who is a bright looking girl, well into…

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Mysterious Case of Child Stealing. (Tuesday's Evening News.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1876 · page 4

AN astounding and quite a mysterious case of child-stealing occurred in this city last Thursday. It appears that about eleven weeks ago, Mrs. Bullock, wife of Mr. W…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, July 18

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1876 · page 2

HIS Worship H. Connell, Esq., P.M., on the Bench. The Queen v. G. Adams. The prosecution was instituted by…

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Court of Requests. Friday, July 14

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1876 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. W. Stewart and J. Wilson, J.P.'s. A. Elliott v. J. W. Wiley, for work done, £1; plea, not indebted. The Bench on…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions Monday, July 24. (Before Messrs. Turner and Biggar, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 July 1876 · page 2

John Abbot pleaded guilty to having ridden a horse, at Dapto, with a sore back and was fined 10s. Their Worships remarked that in all such cases…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, July 25

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

H. CONNELL, Esq. P.M., and J. Colley, Esq., J.P., on the Bench. John Wilson, the driver of the mail coach between Albion Park and Kiama,…

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Murder of Captain Anderson at the New Hebrides Group

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1876 · page 4

WE are indebted to Mr. D. Chalder, chief officer of the Egmont (s.), which arrived yesterday morning from New Caledonia, for the following particulars of another…

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Local News. The Police and their Duty

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 July 1876 · page 2

According to advertisement, a meeting of persons favorable toward steps being taken to recognise in some way the bravery and firmness displayed by Senior-Sergeant Sheridan and other members of…

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Court of Requests. Same Day. Same Magistrates. G. Bullen v. Thomas Shackle

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

Plaintiff sued to recover the sum of £6 8s. 5d., due for goods sold id delivered. No plea had been filed, though Mr. W. C. King was retained for the defence. A…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, August 1

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1876 · page 2

BEFORE their Worships Messrs. H. Connell, P.M. and G. L. Fuller, J.P. Joseph Coombes was summoned by senior constable Healey, under the Act for…

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The Police and their Duty. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 August 1876 · page 2

SIR,—Under the above heading, there appears in your journal of Friday last an account of a meeting held in town, for the purpose of recognizing the services of the police in a recent affray…

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The Police and their Duty. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury")

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1876 · page 2

SIR,—The reasons advanced by a correspondent signed "Justice" in your last issue, why he refrained from taking part in the late meeting called for the purpose of recognising the service…

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Court of Requests. Monday, August 7. (Before Messrs. Graham and Turne, J.P.'s)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1876 · page 2

An application from Mr. Andrew Devlin to have a ball in his house, known as the Queen's Hotel, was granted within the licensed hours. Margaret Davis v. Maria Pike, for £9 7s…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, August 8

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1876 · page 2

H. CONN[?] Esq., P.M., and D. L. Waugh Esq., J. P.[?] on the [?]nch. William Davoy, of Jamberoo, summoned by constable Payne, appeared to answer…

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Local News. Mr. Andrew Lysaght, J.P., and the Police. (Before J. M. Marsh, Esq., Water Police Magistate, of Sydney

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 August 1876 · page 2

An investigation respecting certain remarks alleged to have been made by Mr. A. Lysaght, J.P., concerning the conduct of Senior sergeant Sheridan in connection with a disturbance which…

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