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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1878

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Kiama Police Court. Monday, Dec. 2Nd. Before the Police Magistrate, Mr. Connell

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1878 · page 2

W. Robinson pleaded guilty to the charge preferred by Constable Williams of being drunk and disorderly in Terralong-street, and was fined £1 with the usual…

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Police Murders in Victoria

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1878 · page 2

THE Mansfield correspondent of the Argus on Monday telegraphs as follows:—There was considerable excitement in Mansfield last night, just as the people were going to…

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Shoalhaven. Nowra Court of Petty Sesions. Tuesday, December 3

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1878 · page 2

BEFORE their Worships John Monaghan and Bernard Brown, Esqs. Constable Morris v. Hector M'Leod, an old offender, for using obscene language in…

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Court of Requests. Monday, 9Th December. (Before) the Police Magistrate and Mr. Biggar, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 December 1878 · page 2

James Moffitt v. George Clarke, for £5 6s 1d. Messrs. Owen and Wooward for plaintiff. Defendant did not appear. Verdict for amount, with coats, including 10s…

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Wit in Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1878 · page 3

KEEN and cutting words, or even trilling incivilities, indulged in at the expense of counsel, have sometimes met with swift retribution. Plunket was once engaged in…

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Confession of a Murder in Sydney

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 December 1878 · page 4

At the Marlborough-street Police Court on October 22, Henry Thorne, no fixed home, seaman, was charged before Mr. Newton, on his own confession, with having…

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Kiama Police Court. Saturday, Dec. 7

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1878 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate, Henry Connell, Esq. Joseph Blanchfield, an intelligent looking lad, 14 years of age, was brought up by…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, Dec. 17

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1878 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate, G. Tate, and M. N. Hindmarsh, Esqs. Electoral Roll for 1879-80. The police of the district were appointed,…

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Kiama Police Court. Friday, Dec. 20

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 December 1878 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate, H. Connell, Esq. SLAUGHTERING LICENSES. Slaughtering licenses for the year 1879,…

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Court of Petty Session. MONDAY, 23rd DECEMBER. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Biggar, Ross, Porter, and O'Donnell, J.P.'s)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 December 1878 · page 2

For having dogs unregistered, the following persons were fined under the Dog Act in the amounts here stated:—Joseph Hill, two dogs, 20s; Michael Casey, one dog, 10s; Joseph Makin,…

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District News. Shoalhaven. Nowra Court of Requests. Tuesday, December 17

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 December 1878 · page 2

BEFORE their Worships John Monaghan, Henry G. Morton, James Wilson, and Bernard Brown. James Andrews v. Patrick Donnally…

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