District Court. Saturday, February 23. Before his Honour Judge M'Farland)
John Bright v. C. H Spier, £15 12s. 3d. for goods. Messrs. Owen and Woodwind for plaintiff. No appearance by defendant…
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Kiama District Court
THE February sitting of this court took place on Tuesday last, 26th instant, before his Honor, Judge Macfarland, who took his seat a few minutes after ten o'clock. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, March 4. (Before the Police Magistrate.)
Albert Lockhardt pleaded guilty to having been drunk in Crown-street, and was discharged, it being his first offence, and he having been in the lockup from Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama District Court. W. Musgrave v. J. Moore
In this case plaintiff, who was represented by Mr. Woodward, sued to recover the sum of £17 0s 7d, for goods sold and delivered. Mr. King appeared for the defendant,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, March 5Th
H. CONNELL ESQ, P.M. on the Bench. Joseph Lucas summoned by Constable Hope on the charge of being drunk and disorderly in a public place, pleaded guilty,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, March 11. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Brown, Bigger, Lindsay, Fry, Ross, M'Gill, W. J. R. Jenkins, J. D. Osborne, and O'Donnell
William Burns pleaded guilty to having been drunk and disorderly, and was lined 5s. William Wilson was fined 5s. for drunkenness. Eliza Irwin (a frequent offender) was fined 20s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Biggar, J.P.)
Mary Keirnan v. Thomas Sloane, for assault. Messrs. Owen and Woodward appeared for plaintiff (a girl of about 10 years), who deposed in substance that defendant (a boy of about the same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Court of Requests
THIS Court, which had been postponed from the 26th February, was opened by Mr. Connell, P.M., on Tuesday last at eleven o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News Court of Requests. Monday, March 18. (Before Mr. John Biggar, J.P.)
D. A. M'Donald v. J. D. Osborne, for £4 10s. 9d., for goods sold and delivered. Messrs. Owen and Woodward for plaintiff. No appearance by defendant. Verdict for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Outbreak of Gaol Larrikins at Pentridge
An extraordinary outbreak, which was not quelled without considerable difficulty and after a desperate resistance, occurred at the Pentridge Reformatory a little before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kiama Police Court. Friday, March 15. H. CONNELL, Esq., P.M., on the Bench. Drunkenness
Brown Ward was brought up by Constable Williams on three separate charges, viz., first, for being drunk and disorderly at the Steam Packet Inn, Kiama, on the night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Court of Requests. Monday, March 24. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. O'Donnell and Jenkins, J.P.'s)
J. A. Walker v. W. Macdonnell, for £10. Messrs. Owen and Woodward for plaintiff. No appearance by defendant. Verdict for amount…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Telephone at Court
ON Monday evening, January 14 as announced in the Court Circular, Professor Bell and Colonel Reynolds were presented to the Queen and exhibited the telephone,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions. (Same Day and same Magistrates.)
John Murphy (alias "Donkey Jack") was fined 10s. for drunkenness, and £1 10s. for obscene language, otherwise 14 days in gaol, which alternative was accepted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, March 26
John Bernie and M. Connelly, who were summoned by the police for being drunk, pleaded guilty, and being their first offence were admonished and discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Court of Requests. Tuesday, March 25
H. CONNELL, P.M., J. Colley, J.P., and M. N. Hindmarsh, J.P., on the Bench. The number of summonses issued for this court was sixteen; but the cases actually…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, April 1. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs Brown and Biggar, J.P.'s.)
Thomas Evans v. Catherine Kelly, for rescue. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Messrs. Owen and Woodward (in the interests of the Trustees of the Common) appeared for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Requests. Monday, April 9. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. J. Lindsay, J.P.)
H. F. Waldron v. William Gibson, for £7 5s. 10d. No appearance by defendant. Verdict for amount and costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions
John Murphy, alias "Donkey Jack," was ordered to bes imprisoned 48 hours for drunkenness, and for obscene language six weeks. Senior-sergeant Ford said the defendant was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Monday, April 8
BEFORE his Worship, H. Connell, Esq., P.M. John Parlane, a man in an infirm state of health, and about seventy years of age,…
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