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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1880

208 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 11 of 11

Supreme Court. (From the Herald.) Friday, Dec. 10. (Before their Honors the Chief Justice and Sir William Manning.) Ex Parte James Anderson

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 December 1880 · page 2

This was an application made by Mr. D[?] Q.C. (Mr. Fitzhardinge with him), on behalf of James Anderson, the Mayor of North Illawarra, for a rule nisi calling upon A. A. Turner and G…

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Kiama Police Court. December 14

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1880 · page 2

BEFORE H. Connell, Esq., P.M. John Laing was charged by the police with furiously riding through the streets of Kiama to the danger of wayfarers on…

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The Mystery of a Murder

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 December 1880 · page 1

"THE sentence of the court is that you be removed to the City Prison, and there confined until Friday, the 23rd of September, on which day, between the hours of 9 a.m…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Friday, Dec. 17. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1880 · page 2

Josiah Cox was charged with stealing two pairs of fowls, the property of W. S. Thompson, of Dapto. Constable Bell deposed: I apprehended prisoner…

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The Finsbury Park Murder

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1880 · page 4

The following particulars of the murder of Mrs. Messenger by William Herbert, late of Footscray, Victoria (who has been convicted and hanged), are given by the…

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Supreme Court. Friday, December 17. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir William Manning and Mr. Justice Windeyer.) Ex-parte James Anderson

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1880 · page 2

This was a motion for a prohibition directed to Mr. Alfred A. Turner and George M'Phail, both Justices of the Peace, restraining them from further proceedings in the case of Mr. James…

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Supreme Court. FRIDAY, 17th DECEMBER. (Before their Honors the Chief Justice, Sir William Manning, and Mr. Justice Windeyer.) Ex Parte James Anderson

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 December 1880 · page 2

This was a motion to make absolute a rule nisi, calling upon Alfred Allatson Turner and George M'Phail, Justices of the Peace, of Wollongong, and John Payne, to show cause why a writ of…

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Kiama Police Court. December 28. MESSRS. Connell and James Colley on the Bench

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1880 · page 2

Slaughtering Licenses were granted to W. Moffitt, Gerringong; and to John Thomas and Charles Inskip, Shellharbour. A license for carrying passengers on the…

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Court of Requests. December 28

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1880 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs Connell and Colley. James Somerville, Clerk to the Borough Council of Kiama, applied for writs of execution against Cornelius Leggatt, John H…

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