Kiama Police Court. March 15
BEFORE Messrs. H. Connell, P.M., and John Conway, J.P. William Frost was charged with stealing a £5 note from Michael O'Brien at Albion Park…
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Shellharbour Police Court. March 14Th, 1887
BEFORE Mr. Thomas Fenwick, J,P. John Cauley pleaded guilty to a charge of using threatening language to Constable Sale at Albion Park, on 13th instant,, the threat being…
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A TRAGEDY of a most shocking character took place at Collingwood on Saturday night 12th instant, when a young husband named James Wright in a fit of insanity made an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kiama Police Court. Friday, March 18
BEFORE the Police Magistrate John Hogan pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly on the 17th, and was fitted 10s, or 2¼hours in the look-up…
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John Corcorone, in custody, was charged with being drunk it Shellharbour on the 19th instant. Plea, guilty. Fined 10s. or twenty-four hours in the lock-up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shellharbour Court of Requests. Friday, March 18
BEFORE Mr. John Conway, J. P. Charles Iaskip v. Walter Watson—Claim £3, money lent in the month of April, 1884, and 17s. interest on same. Verdict for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Friday, March 25
BEFORE H. Connell, Esq., P.M. James Gibson, for being drunk at Jamberoo on the previous day, was fined 10s, or twenty-four hours, and for using obscene…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, March 28th, (Before the Police Magistrate
Ernest Salisbury, John Beattie, and Edward Randall were charged with playing an unlawful game, known as "heading them." Mr. Russell for defendants, who pleaded not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Court of Requests. Tuesday, March 29
BEFORE Messrs H. Connell. P.M., and John Conway and James Colley, Js P. There were in all 31 cases set down for hearing, a number of which had, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. April 5
BEFORE Messrs. II. Connoll, P. M. and M. N. Hindmarsh, J.P. W. J. Bevan was charged with using obscene language, Defendant pleaded not guilty, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wollongong Petty Sessions. Monday, April 4. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. J. Biggar and G. M'Phail, Js.P.)
William Scanlan, for drunkenness, was fined 5s. George Dunn and John Maitland, for similar offences, were fined 2/6 each…
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BEFORE Mr. John Conway, J.P. Bartholomew Malone pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk in Shellharbour on the 2nd inst., and was fined 10s of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 5
BEFORE Messrs. H. Connell, P.M., and M. N. Lindmarsh, J.P. Peter Johnston pleaded guilty to two charges, namely, being drunk and…
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A SERIOUS case of sheep-stealing has just come to light (says the Mudgee Independent). Recently a drover named Baker left Mr. W. G. Taylor's Bimble…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wollongong Petty Sessions. Thursday, April 14Th. (Before the Police Magistrate.)
William Mills, on remand, appeared charged with assaulting Theodore Bode. Mr. Russell for prosecution. Senior-constable Roberts stated he arrested the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stealing Telegraph Wires
THE enterprising blackfellows in the north of the continent have taken to annexing the telegraph wires, Information has been received (says the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Court. Tuesday, April 19. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. J. Biggar and W. J. R. Jenkins J.P.)
Applications by George Lindsay and James Horan, for conditional licenses at Camp Creek, were withdrawn, Mr. Muir appearing for the first-named, and Mr. Russell for the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, April 10
BEFORE Messrs. H. Connell, P.M., and Thomas Brown, J P. Patrick Casey charged Michael Morrisey with assaulting him at Jamberoo on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Police Inspector on Larrikinism
INSPECTOR ELLIS, of the Police Department has for nearly 30 years been actively connected with the police force of Melbourne. In Emerald Hill, where…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Unfounded Charge Against a Doctor. the Prosecutrix and Another Charged with Conspiracy
AT the Water Police Court on Friday Dr. Horatio G. A. Wright, of Wynyard-square, was charged before Mr. Addison, S.M., with having committed a criminal assault on a woman…
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