Kiama Police Court. Friday, October 2
Patrick Boyce pleaded guilty to being drunk in Terralong street on Thursday, 1st inst, and being on old offender was sent to the lockup for 48 hours, being enable…
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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, October 5. (Before the Police Magistrate, Major Owen, and Messrs. Robson and Richards. J's.P.)
James McKinlay, for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, was fined 5s. The following parties were fined for allowing stock to stray:—Joseph Makin, 1 horse, 5s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Requests. (Before same Magistrates.)
Mount Kembla Coal Company v. Charles Lillie, for £1 4s ; rent. Mr. Muir for plaintiff's, and Mr. Russell for defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Court House Demonstration
A largely attended meeting of magistrates and Mayors and Aldermen (called by circular) was held at the Court House on Tuesday forenoon, to arrange for a public demonstration, worthy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bulli Police Court. 7Th October, 1885 (Before A. A. Turner, Esq., P. M., and A. Ross, Esq., J.P.)
John Champion appeared on summons, to answer the charge of having purchased certain liquors, to wit, whiskey, in a certain tent near the twenty-six mile camp on the 26th September last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, Oct. 20
BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Messrs. J. Colley, H. Fredericks, T. Fenwick, T. Brown, and W. H. Grey, Js. P. WAGKS…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, October 26. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. D. Williams, J.P.)
Daniel Nolan pleaded guilty to drunkenness, and was lined 5s. The same defendant pleaded not guilty to having made use of obscene language…
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John O'Connell sued Mrs. Matthew Kane for 12s, the value of one hen and seven chickens, his property, which she unlawfully detained. Mr. Russell appeared for the complainant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bulli Police Court. Wednesday, October 28. (Before A. A. Tuner, P.M., H. S. Fry, Esq. J.P., and Charles Stuart, Esq., J.P.)
At the sitting of the Bench to-day Mr. Turner said he was pleased to introduce to the Bench, the legal profession, and the Court his friend Mr. Stuart, of Clifton, who had been gazetted a Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, November 2. Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs W. Robson and D. Williams, J.P.)
John Connelly was charged with the larceny of a horse, the joint property of William Ryan and himself. Mr. Lipscomb for complainant, and Mr. May…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Court-house Demonstration. the Official Opening
Shortly after noon on Tuesday, the grand now Court-house on Church Hill, in this town, was formally opened by Sir Alexander Stuart, the late respected member for this district. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Court-house Demonstration. the Banquet
In the evening of Tuesday about 50 gentlemen sat down to and excellent dinner provided by Messrs. R. Parkinson and G. Clout, in the Temperance Hall, the walls of the building being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bulli Police Court. Wednesday, Nov. 4. (Before A. A. Turner, Esq., P,M., H. S. Fry, Esq., J.P., and Charles Stuart, Esq., J.P.)
Edward M' Cafferty was summoned by Constable Streatfield for being drunk and disorderly in the bar of the Imperial Hotel, at Clifton, on the 30th October last. The defendant pleaded guilty, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Police Favourtism. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury")
SIR,—Allow me to draw the attention of your readers to a little incident of the above, which has happened at Coal-cliff recently. It will be noticed by those who attended the court-house at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, Nov. 16
BEFORE Mr. H. Connell, P.M., and Mr. Cameron, J.P. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Robert Turner, placing guilty to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions. Monday Nov. 16. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. J. Richards, J. Lindsay, and D. Williams J.P.)
Thomas Dando pleaded guilty to drunkenness, and was fined 5s. The same defendant was charged with having made use of obscene language…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Court-house
In our reports of the ceremony connected with the opening of the new Court-house in town, and the banquet speeches on the evening of the day, space did not admit of even a brief description of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Requests. (Before same Magistrates.)
Archibald M'Laughlan v. George Cochrane, for £5. Mr. Muir, for plaintiff, explained that the sum sued for was the amount of stakes deposited for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bulli Police Court. Wednesday, 18Th November, 1885. (Before A. A. Turner, P.M., and Alexander Ross, J.P.)
Francis M'Crohan, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was fined £1, or a week in gaol. John Crow pleaded guilty to having worked a horse with a sore back…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bulli Police Court. Friday, Nov. 20. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. A. Ross, .J.p.) Obtaining Goods Under False Pretences
John Raynham, alias R[?]mley, alias John William Rawlinson, appeared on remand. Thomas Wilson Garlick, mining agent for North Illawarra Coal Mining Company, deposed as…
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