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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1881

205 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 11

Shellharbour Small Debts Court. Friday, 18Th March. Before H. Connell, P.M., and John Conway, J.P. Municipal Council of Shellharbour v. Henry Green

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

Municipal rates; 3s 8d. Verdict for plaintiff. Same v. Thomas O'Noil. Municipal rates, 13s 6d…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, March 28. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Biggar and M'Phail, Js.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1881 · page 2

Joremiah Bernard pleaded guilty to drunkenness, and was ordered to pay a fine of 5s, or go to gaol for three days. The same defendant, for using obscene language,…

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Police Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1881 · page 2

A slaughtering license was granted to Thomas Timbs of the Pheasant Ground…

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The Murder of Captain Elliott

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1881 · page 3

A CABLE message we published recently stated that one of the conditions of peace accepted by the Boors was the surrender by them of the murderers of Captain Elliott,…

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Kiama Court of Requests. March 29, 1881

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1881 · page 2

MESSRS. Connell, Fuller, Jas. Colley, Tate, and Cameron on the Bench. Most of the cases which had been entered for this Court were withdrawn…

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Kiama Police Court. Monday, April 4Th

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1881 · page 2

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

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Court of Requests. Monday, April 4. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Porter and Robson, Js.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1881 · page 2

James Keirnan v. Thomas Shannon, for 11s. 3½d., for milk supplied. No appearance for defence. Verdict for amount and 5s. costs…

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Unfounded Confession of Murder

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1881 · page 4

A confession of murder was lately made to the Jersey police by Thomas Monaghan, a private in the 12th Regiment, stationed in that island, who declared that in July, 1870…

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Terrible Murder and Suicide

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 April 1881 · page 4

About 9 o'clock on last Saturday morning a report spread throughout the city that a murder and a suicide had been committed at South Brisbane. The following…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, April 11. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Biggar and Brown, J's.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1881 · page 2

Joseph Coombs was charged with using the [?] language to George Billings. Mr. Woodward for complainant, who deposed; my information is true; on the night of the 4th…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, April 12. (Before the Police Magistrate.) STEALING

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 April 1881 · page 2

Patrick Clemente was charged with stealing two pairs of gloves and a half-crown form Kate Crowley. Constable Ible deposed: I arrested prisoner at…

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Kiama Police Court. H. CONNELL, Esq., P.M. on the Bench

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 15 April 1881 · page 2

W. Carson was charged by the police with riotous behaviour in Terralong-street, on the 11th instant, He pleaded guilty and was fined 10s, twenty-four hours being…

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Infernal Attempt to Murder

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 April 1881 · page 4

The Adelong correspondent of the Tumut Times writes:—A profound sensation was created here by the intelligence that a diabolically malignant plot for the…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, April 19. (Before the Police Magistrate (Mr. A. A. Turner) and Messrs. Evant, Fraser, and M'Phail, J.'sP.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 April 1881 · page 2

An application for a renewal of the license of the Forest Inn at Fairy Meadow by William Madden was objected to by Senior-Sergeant Ford. Mr. Woodward appeared for the applicant…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Same Day. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. F. O'Donnell, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1881 · page 2

John William Clarke, charged with permitting drunkenness in his licensed house, the Mount Keira Hotel, on the 10th instant, was fined £1 and 4s 10d costs…

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Kiama Court of Requests. Tuesday, April 26

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1881 · page 2

MESSRS. Connell, Jas. Colley, and G. Tate on the Bench. S. Vidler v. W. Cullern. The plaintiff in this case sued for £4 4s,…

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Special Court of Petty Sessions. Monday 25Th April

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1881 · page 2

Before John Conway, Esq., J.P. William Lancey, in custody, charged by Constable Beatty with making use of obscene language in a public place at…

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Shellharbour Court of Petty Sessions. Friday, 22Nd April, 1881

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1881 · page 2

BEFORE H. Connell, Esq., P.M. John Henry Deane, charged by Constable Beatty with making use of obscene language in the Steam Packet Hotel, Shellharbour,…

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Stealing a Steamer

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1881 · page 2

The following further particulars of the extraordinary robbery of a steamer are from the Melbourne 'Argus' of April 29 :—The narrative of Frederick Nicholson, an able seaman, is that the…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, May 2. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. M'Gill and Porter, J's.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1881 · page 2

Alick Erickson, charged with drunkenness, was admonished and discharged. The same defendant, for using profane language was fined 5s…

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