Court of Requests. Same Day. P. Harvison v. R. Pickeman
In this case plaintiff claimed £2 for trespass of pigeons and damage done to water and house roof by said pigeons, and defendant pleaded not indebted…
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Police Court
THE only business at this Court on Tuesday consisted of two cases, both of which were postponed for a week. One was an application by the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, March 11
ON the Bench : The Police Magistrate and their Worships, T. S. Kendall, James Colley, R. Miller, J. Black, WV. Fryer, N. Hindmarsh, W. R. Hindmarsh,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Monday, March 17. H. Connell, Esq., P.M., on the Bench. DRUNKENNESS
Anthony Nehemeyer pleaded guilty to being drunk, and as he had not been before the Court on the same charge for years, and had been in the lockup all night, he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Court of Prtty Sessions. Monday, 24Th March. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. G. A. Porter. J.P.)
Several parties were fined 2s. 6d. each for stock straying on the streets. Henry Wollas, charged by Mrs. Hassan, of Woonona, with having kicked a piece out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Same Day. Assault. W. Benser v. W. Prior
Prior pleaded not guilty, but stated that he was acting in self-defence. Mr. W. C. King appeared for plaintiff, who deposed that as he was passing through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Friday, March 21. H. Connell, P.M., and M. N. Hindmarsh, J.P., on the Bench. BURGLARY. Queen v. Goodwin
William Goodwin, son. in custody, was charged by Sergeant Healey with having, about 3 o'clock on the morning of the 20th instant, broken and entered the house of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Court of Requests. Tuesday, March 25, 1879
BEFORE their Worships H. Connell, P.M., and John Colley. C. M'caffrey, Jun., v. S. Brandon. In this case plaintiff claimed £2 14s 6d,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broughton Creek. Court of Requests. Friday, March 21. BEFORE Messrs. W. Stewart, A. Boyd, and G. Tato; J. P.'s
For trespass of cattle in his corn paddock on the 4th March ; damages, 8s. Defendant pleaded not indebted. Plaintiff being sworn, stated, that he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News Court of Requests. Monday, 31St March. (Before the Police Magistrate, and Messrs Brown and Biggar, J. P.'s)
Sarah Murphy v. the Borough Council of Wollongong. for £2 8s. Messrs. Owen und Woodward for defendants. The plaintiff deposed that the amount claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions (Same day before and same Magistrates.)
Jeremiah Barnard, for drunkenness was fined 10s., and for obscene language 20s., otherwise to be imprisoned nine days, which alternative was accepted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, 8Th April. Their Worships H. Colley and M. N. Hindmarsh on the Bench. ASSAULT. Brown V. M'Glinchy
This was a case in which the plaintiff, Louisa Brown. charged Charles M'Glinchy, jun., with having, on the 27th March last, assaulted her by striking her on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, 15Th April. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. MacCabe, Fry, Jenkins, Lindsay, O'Donnell, and Ross, J.P.'s)
Joseph Shaw, for obscene language, was fined 20s. Frank Irwin was dealt with as follows:—For drunkenness and disorderly conduct, fined 10s. or…
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Senior-constable Johnston v. Wm. Blake. Defendant was charged with being drunk and disorderly on the 5th April last. Plea, not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, 21St April. (Beforo the Police Magistrate (Mr. A. A. Turner) and Messrs. Biggar and Holden, J.P.'s)
John Sweeney, sen., for assaulting Senior-Sergeant Ford in the execution of his duty at the Regatta, on Easter Monday, by striking him on the head with a sapling pleaded guilty, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Requests
Same day, and before same Magistrates. Isaac Brown v. John Hurt, for £4 10s., alleged to be due for rent of a 40-acre farm near Kentish Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Requests. Friday, April 18, 1879. BEFORE their Worships W. Stewart, J. Wilson, and N. Harper. J. W. Cockerill v. R. M'Paul
Promissory note, £7 10s. No defence of appearance of defendant. Verdict for amount with costs 9s. Robert Boyd v. a. Gordon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 15. THEIR Worships S. Charles, and G. L. Fuller on the Bench
Paul Robins, of Jamberoo, appeared before the Court, on two charges, for being drunk and disorderly, and for making use of obscene language in a public place at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Appeal Court. Monday, April 28. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Brown and Biggar, J.P.'s.)
Appeals against the assessment in connection with the Borough of Wollongong were disposed of as follows, the Mayor (Mr, A. Armstrong) representing the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Circumstantial Evidence. Wrongly Convicted of Murder
The papers by the mail contain particulars of the conviction of an innocent man for the murder of a policeman, a crime which Peace, the, notorious criminal…
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