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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1883

218 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 11

Bulli. Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, April 4. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. A. Rosa, .7. P.

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 April 1883 · page 2

George Clarke was charged, on information by Constable Sykes, with a breach of the Towns Police Act in breaking a horse on the streets. Mr. Woodward, for defendant. Objected that…

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Serious Affray Between Police and Nihilists. St. Petersburg, March 31

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1883 · page 2

The Russian police to-day surprised a a rendezvous of Nihilists, and attempted to arrest all those present at the meeting, but the conspirators made a desperate…

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Murder of an Englishman in Austria

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1883 · page 4

ABOUT a week ago a paragraph appeared in one or two of the Vienna newspapers briefly announcing that a murder had been committed at Fischamend, near…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 10

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1883 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. H. Connell, M. N. Hindmarsh, W. R. Hindmarsh, and G. L. Fuller. William Thomas appeared in answer to a…

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Land League Complicity with Murder

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1883 · page 4

THE following letter appears in Wednesday's Melbourne "Argus";— Sir,—Your correspondent, "An Irish Protestant," who, by the way, does not…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, April 16. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs Lindsay and Franklin, Js. P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 17 April 1883 · page 2

The following parties were fined for allowing stock to stray in the streets:—William Salisbury, 1 cow, 2s. 6d.; Andrew Lysaght, a horses, 5s.; T. G. Dobinson, 1 horse, 2s 6d…

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The Schoolmaster in Gaol

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1883 · page 2

THE educational movement (observes the "ST James's Gazette" of February 21) seems to be rapidly improving the class of persons sent to gaol. The chaplain of the…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 17

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1883 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. Connell, James Colley, and C. Cameron. W. King (Jamberoo) and E Longbottom appeared on summons charged with being…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, April 23. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1883 · page 2

Thomas Rogan, Daniel Rogan, and Robert Miller, charged with furious riding on the West Dapto Road, pleaded not guilty. Constable Craven deposed that on Sunday, the…

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

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1883 · page 2

Robert Roulston v. T. G. Dobinson, for £110s., for photographs. Mr. Lipscomb for plaintiff, who deposed that the amount was due for half-dozen photographs of…

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Licensing Court. Friday, April 20. (Before Mr. A. A. Turner, P M, and Mr. Biggar and Mr. W. J. R. Jenkins, Js. P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1883 · page 2

Mr. Lysaght presented a petition signed by himself and all the other hotelkeepers in the Wollongong police District, requesting that the Court should be adjourned until near the end of June,…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 24

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1883 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. Connell, James Colley, and M. N. Hindmarsh. James Ryan, Martin M'Carthy, William Robinson, sand John King, strangers, were…

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Small Debts Court. (Same day, before same Magistrates.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1883 · page 2

W. Emery v. J. H. Strong—Rent and balance of account for horse, £3 12s. Defendant did not appear. Plaintiff on oath showed proof of the…

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Licensing Court. Monday, April 30. (Before the Police Magistrate, and Messrs. Biggar, and Jenkins, Js. P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 May 1883 · page 2

Robert Osborne, charged with keeping an unlicensed billiard table, pleaded guilty, and was fined £3. A billiard license was granted to Robert Osborne…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, April 30. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Biggar, Jenkins, Hobson, and Evans, Js. P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 May 1883 · page 2

Benjamin Green pleaded guilty to drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and was fined £1 and 4s. 10d. costs. James O'Brien, charged with furious riding in…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, May 1

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1883 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate, H. Connell, Esq. John Ryan, charged with being drunk and disorderly in Terralong-street on the…

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WEDNESDAY. (Before same Magistrate.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1883 · page 2

John King, an old offender, apprehended on the previous night by Constable Bell, was brought up on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. He pleaded guilty, and…

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Kiama District Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1883 · page 2

A SITTING of the above court was held on Thursday last, his Honor Judge M'Farland taking his seat a few minutes after ten o'clock, and the legal profession being…

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Licensing Court. Same Day. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. J. Biggar, J.P)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1883 · page 2

Maria Clarke, charged with permitting a lad under 18 years of age to piny upon a billiard table in her licensed house, pleaded guilty, but said she believed at the time that the lad in…

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Court of Requests. Monday, May 7. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Brown, Biggar, and Evans, Js.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1883 · page 2

Thomas Collins v. George Brown, for £1 12s., goods sold. No appearance for defence. Verdict for amount with 5s. coats…

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