Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1877

155 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 8

Local News. Court of Requests. Monday, April 30. (Before Messrs. Turner and Osborne, J.P.'s)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 May 1877 · page 2

Arthur Robinson v. Michael Foley, for £1 12s., the price of eight bushels of barley. Mr. Woodward for plaintiff. From the evidence of plaintiff and his wife it…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, May 7. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1877 · page 2

Thomas Tanner, charged with having made use of obscene language, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Court of Requests. (Before the Police Magistrate and J. D. Osborne, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1877 · page 2

Henry Thrower v. James Maher, to recover £10, for breach of agreement. Defendant pleaded not indebted, and that no agreement had been entered into…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, May 8

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1877 · page 2

THEIR Worships H. Connell, T.S. Kendall, R. Miller, and N. Harper on the Bench. EXTENSION OF PUBLICANS LICENSE…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, May 14. (Before Messrs. Turner, Graham, O'Donnell, Lindsay, Jenkins, and W. Osborne, J.P.'s)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1877 · page 2

A case in which Jemima Souter sued Joseph Barrett for maintenance for an illegitimate child, land in which Mr. Woodward, of the firm of Owen and Woodward, appeared for the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Appeal Court. (Before same Magistrates.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1877 · page 2

The following appeals were made against the assessment in connection with the Borough of Wollongong Mr. W. Osborne, the Town Clerk, appearing on behalf of the Council,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Central Criminal Court. TUESDAY. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Hargrave.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1877 · page 3

The Attorney-General prosecuted for the Crown. RAPE. William Byrne and John Joseph Mack were charged with having on the 7th of April,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, May 21. (Before Messrs. Turner, Fry, and Brown, J.P.'s)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1877 · page 2

Robert Hogarty pleaded guilty to having offended against decency in Crown-street, and was fined £2…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, May 28. (Before Messrs. Turner and Lindsay, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 May 1877 · page 2

Martin Gleeson, for having been drunk and disorderly, was fined 5s. Patrick Farraher appealed against the assessment on 70 acres of land within the boundary of the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Kiama Court of Requests. Tuesday, May 29

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1877 · page 2

THEIR Worships H. Connell, P.M., and W. Moles, J.P., on the Bench. There were originally six cases entered for hearing, but three of these having been…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Kiama Police Court. Wednesday, May 23

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1877 · page 2

THEIR Worships, H. Connell, P.M., and N. Hindmarsh, J.P., on the Bench. An application for a stage coach license had been made by Mr. C. M'Glinchey, to…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Local News Court or Petty Sessions. Monday, June 4Th. (Before Messrs. Turner, Osborne. and MacCabe, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1877 · page 2

William Hutton pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 10s. Charles Ambert (an aboriginal) appeared in custody, charged with having been in the enclosed…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, June 5

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1877 · page 2

SUTTORS and witnesses were present at, or soon after, ten o'clock, but for want of a second magistrate the business did not commence till nearly noon, when H…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Court or Petty Sessions. Wednesday, June 6. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. MacCabe and J. D. Osborne, J.P.'s.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 June 1877 · page 2

Charles Ambert (an aboriginal, and the hearing of whose case had been adjourned from the previous Monday) appeared in custody, charged with having been on the premises of Mrs. Haworth for…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, June 11. (Before Messrs. Turner, M'Cabe, Osborne, and Biggar, J.P.'s)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 June 1877 · page 2

Thomas Tipples was charged with having, at Marshall Mount, on the 1st inst., unlawfully assaulted and beaten John Conn (a Chinaman). Defendant pleaded guilty…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, June 12. THEIR Worships, H. Connell, P.M., and G. L. Fuller, J.P., on the Bench

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1877 · page 2

T. Farraher was brought before the Court on two charges, first assaulting Constable Williams while in the execution of his duty, and second, making use of obscue language…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Police and Public Nuisances. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 June 1877 · page 2

SIR,—As I notice by your issue of Friday last that the new head of our local police, Senior-Sergeant Ford, has very properly objected to the miserable accommodation afforded by the rookery…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Kiama Police Court. Thursday, June 21

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1877 · page 2

THEIR Worships H. Connell, P.M., J. Robb, J.P., and M. N. Hindmarsh, J.P., on the Bench. Benjamin Brewer and Mary Ann…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

District Court. Saturday, June 23. (Before his Honor Judge M'Farland.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1877 · page 2

John Dundan v. Thomas Galvin, for £35 18s. 6d. Mr. Teece, instructed by Messrs. Owen and Woodward, appeared for plaintiff, who deposed…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Court of Petty Sessions. Friday, June 22. (Before Messrs. Turner and Bigger, J.P.'s

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1877 · page 2

William Murray Fitzallen M'Gregor appeared in custody, charged with having deserted his wife, Sarah Jane M'Gregor. Messrs. Owen and Woodward appeared for the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →