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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1881

205 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 11

Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Feb. 21. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Robson and Fry, J's.P.) Obstructing a Footpath

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1881 · page 2

Andrew Armstrong, charged with having, on the 10th instant, ridden a horse on the footpath in Crown-street, pleaded not guilty. Constable Davis deposed, I was on duty on the…

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Court of Requests. Same Day. (Before same Magistrates.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1881 · page 2

E. M. Smith v. W. H. Mason, for £2 11s 9d, for flowers and bulbs supplied Mr. Woodward for plaintiff, and Mr. Nichols (Owen and May) for defendant, who pleaded not…

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Kiama Police Court. February 28

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1881 · page 2

BEFORE H. Council, Esq., P.M. John Harper, in custody, was charged with having been drunk nod disorderly in Terralong-street, on the morning of the…

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Court of Requests. Monday, Feb. 28. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. M'Phail and O'Donnell, Js.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1881 · page 2

James Kerinan v. Robert Dodd, for £5, damage done to a crop of oats and sorghum by defendant's fowls and ducks. Mr. Nichols (Owen and May) for defendant,…

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Shoalhaven District Court. Nowra, Monday, February 14, 1881

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1881 · page 2

BEFORE his honor Judge M'Farland. The Judge took his seat at 10 a.m. The legal gentlemen present were: Messrs. T. M. Richards, J. W. May, and Thomas…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Same Day. (Before same Magistrates.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1881 · page 2

George Billings, charged with using threatening language to Joseph Coombs, pleaded not guilty. Mr. Nichols (Owen and May) for plaintiff, who deposed: I have some land adjoining defendant's,…

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Quarter Sessions Cases. Nowra Police Court, February 19

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 March 1881 · page 3

Walter Smith, in custody, 18 years of age, and from Wollongong district, was brought before the Bench charges with having stolen from Kiama, on the 3rd instant, a bay golding, the property of…

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The Tumerong Murder

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 March 1881 · page 3

The Nowra 'Telegraph' in an account of the finding of human remains near Tomarong, on the Shoalhaven and Uiladulla road, and describing how the skull was severed from behind with a sharp…

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Kiama Small Debts Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1881 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. H. Connell, and G. Tate. The case of J. Ferguson v. T. M'Kinnary, which had been postponed from the preceding Tuesday on account of alleged…

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District News. Broughton Creek. Police Court. Before Messrs. Stewart. Boxsell, Tate, and M'Intyre, J's.P

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1881 · page 2

Charles M'Lean appeared in answer to a summons charging him with using obscene language in a public place at Broughton Creek on the 5th February. He…

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Theft

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1881 · page 4

Suburbanites (here is a precious neologism !) had better see that their doors and windows are kept fastened, even during the daytime, or take such other precautions…

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Shellharbour Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, 7Th March

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1881 · page 2

BEFORE John Conway, Esq., J.P. John Murphy, alias Donkey Jack, in custody charged by Constable Beatty with being drunk in the town of…

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Kiama Police Court. November 14

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1881 · page 2

BEFORE H. Connell, Esq., P.M. Alfred Burns was charged by the police with having been drunk and disorderly in Terralong-street on Saturday last. He…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, March 14. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. J. Biggar, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1881 · page 2

Robert Collings, charged by Arthur Robinson with unlawfully res[?]ing a horse, pleaded not guilty. Mr. Woodward for plaintiff…

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Kiama Police Court. March 15

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1881 · page 2

BEFORE H. Connell, Esq., P.M. Police v. P. M'Kinnary. The offence with which the defendant was charged in this instance was that of…

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Court of Requests. Monday, March 21. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Fraser and Jenkins. J's. P)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1881 · page 2

Henfrey and Co. v Ann Hannon, for £8 3s 9d. Mr. Woodward for plaintiff. No appearance for defence. Verdict for amount and 5s costs…

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Court-house for Bulli

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1881 · page 2

The deputation referred to in the foregoing waited upon Sir George Innes (Minister of Justice) on the same day to urge the need for a Court House at Bulli. Mr. Stuart and other members…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Same Day. (Before same Magistrates.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1881 · page 2

Michael Clynn, 13 years of ago, was charged with absconding from the service of William Henry Cook, to whom he was apprenticed from the Randwick Asylum…

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District News. Broughton Creek. Small Debts Court. Before Messrs. Stewart, Boxsell, and M'Intyre, J's.P. James Knox v. James Donnelly

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1881 · page 2

Illegally detaining a saddle, valued at £2 10s. Knox stated the saddle in question was one he exchanged with defendant for…

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Kiama Police Court. March 22. MESSRS. Connell, Cameron, Fuller, and John Colley on the Bench. T. Condon v. J. Stapleton-Assault

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1881 · page 2

The plaintiff in this case accused the defendant of having one day last week struck his son, a boy apparently of about twelve years of age, while on his way from…

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