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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1877

155 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 8

Kiama Police Court. Wednesday, March 14

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1877 · page 2

BEFORE H. Connell, Esq., P.M., and M. N. Hindmarsh, Esq., J. P. John Wildman appeared, on remand, and was charged under the Cattle-stealing…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, March 12. (Before Messrs. Turner, Lysaght, Lindsay, and J. D. Osborne, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 March 1877 · page 2

Patrick Kiley appeared to answer a case for ejectment brought against him by the Mount Pleasant Coal Company, Mr. Owen appeared for plaintiffs, and Mr…

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Police Court Friday, March 3

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1877 · page 2

Before their Worships Messrs. Z. G. Bice, n. Harper, W. Stewart, and G. Tate Constable Board v. W. Elliett, for [?]in…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, March 19Th. (Before the Police Magistrate, A. A. Turner, and Messrs. Lysaght and J. D. Osborne, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1877 · page 2

Bridget Ritchie pleaded not guilty to having made use of abusive language calculcated to create a breach of the peace toward Daniel Dwyer, of Mount Pleasant…

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Court of Requests. Friday, 3Rd March

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1877 · page 2

Before Messrs. Z. G. Bice, N. Harper, W. Stewart, and G. Tate. M Dougal v. H. T. Donaldson, £3 1s. for work and labour done…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, March 20

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1877 · page 2

BEFORE their Worships H. Connell, P.M., James Colley, J.P., and M. N. Hindmarsh, J.P. ALLOWING GAMBLING IN LICENSED HOUSE…

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Court of Petty Sessions—numba. Friday, March 16Th, 1877

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1877 · page 4

THERE being only one Magistrate present at the hour usual fixed, the officers of the court, litigants, and the general public waited till near three o'clock, p.m.; much…

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Shoalhaven. Court of Petty Sessions—nowra Tuesday, March 13Th, 1877

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1877 · page 4

BEFORE Messrs Alfred Elyard, John Glanville, Michael Hyam, and Henry G. Morton, J.P.'s. John Utick v. Alexander M'Arthur.—…

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Kiama Court of Requests. Tuesday, March 27

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1877 · page 2

THEIR Worships H. Connell, P.M., T. S. Kendall, J. P., James Colley, J. P., M. N. Hindmarsh, J. P., and W. Fryer, J. P., on the Bench…

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Broughton Creek. Court of Requests. Friday, March 23

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1877 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. William Stewart and Adam Boyd. C. Sweeney, of Jamberoo, v. George Richardson jun., £1 for goods sold and…

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Assault on a Member of the Chinese Legation

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 April 1877 · page 2

A drunken Irishman wan incited on January 31 by, according to his own account, a spirit of religious intolerance, to commit an assault on the servant of one of the attacks to the recently…

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Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, April 9. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs MacCabe, Fry. Jenkins, and J. D. Osborne, J.P's.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1877 · page 2

William Ring and William Recks, charged with having been riding at a racing pace on West Dapto Road, on Easter Monday, pleaded not guilty. Constable Bell having given evidence as to the…

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Court of Requests

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1877 · page 2

M. Casey v. M. Deogan, for £2 4s. No appearance by defendant. Verdict for plaintiff and costs. Same v. Alexander Martin, for £4 13s. 7d…

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District News. Broughton Creek. Court of Requests. Friday, April 6

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1877 · page 2

BEFORE Z. G. Bice, W. Stewart, A. Boyd, and G. Tate, Esqs., justice. JAMES ALDCORN V. W. PETIT, JUN. This case was for the recovery of £4…

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Local News Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, April 16Th. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 17 April 1877 · page 2

Thomas Hill and Ellen Babcot were fined 5s. each for drunkenness. Michael Maloney was fined 5s. for drunkenness, and 15s. for obsene language…

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Court Receptions in Turkey

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 17 April 1877 · page 4

In Europe social life is diversified by court receptions, the opera the theatre, balls, dinner-parties, garden-parties, rides and drives, walks, shopping, church-going, and…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Licensing Meeting. Tuesday, April 17. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs Graham, Lindsay, and W. Osborne, J.P's.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 April 1877 · page 2

Andrew Lysaght appeared in support of an application duly made by him for a license for the Queens Hotel Market-square. To such application an objection had in the…

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Kiama Police Court. Wednesday, 25Th April. Their Worships, H. Connell, J. Colley, and A. Osborne, on the Bench. MANSLAUGHTER

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1877 · page 2

THEIR Worships, H. Connell, J. Colley, and A. Osborne, on the Bench. MANSLAUGHTER. John Reid, blacksmith, of Jamberoo, was…

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Kiama Court of Requests. Tuesday, April 24

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1877 · page 2

THEIR Worships H. Connell, J. Colley, W. R. Hindmarsh, R. Miller, and M. N. Hindmarsh on the Bench. There were originally four eases on the…

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

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 May 1877 · page 2

William Walker, a lad of fifteen years, pleaded guilty to having ridden a horse at Bulli with a sore back, and was lined 7s. 6d. James Rathmell pleaded guilty to allowing three…

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