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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1888

191 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 10 of 10

Kiama Court of Requests. November 27

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1888 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. C. Cameron (Chairman), M. N. Hindmarsh, J. Conway, H. Fredericks, D. L. Dymock, T. Brown, J. Love, and G. J. Hinmnarsh, Esqs., Js.P…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, December 3. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 4 December 1888 · page 2

John Jones, for drunkenness and obscene language in Crown-street, was fined £1 10s. George Rowland, for similar offences at Figtree, was fined 15s…

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Attempted Wife Murder at Newcastle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1888 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—A miner named John Greenwood was charged at the police court this morning with having inflicted grievous bodily harm on his…

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The London Police

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1888 · page 4

LONDON, wednesday.—Mr. Jas. Monro, until lately one of three,assis'ant bommissioners, has been appointed to succeed Major-General Sir Charles…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, Dec. 5. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 6 December 1888 · page 2

Stephen Howelll, for drunkenness and obscene language at Figtree, was fined £3, ir twenty-eight days in gaol. The same defendant, for assaulting Constable…

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The Botany Poisoning Case. a Verdict of Guilty. Louisa Collins Sentenced to Death

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1888 · page 2

THE trial of Louisa Collins for the murder of her husband, Michael Peter Collins, at Botany, in "July last, was resumed and concluded in the Central Criminal Court on…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Dec. 10. (Before Messrs. A. Armstrong and W. J. Gunning, Js.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 December 1888 · page 2

Immediately on their Worships taking their sent on the Bench, at half-past 10 o'clock, Dr. Lee stud, will all due to the court, he desired to draw attention to the lateness of the…

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Murder and Immoral Literature

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 14 December 1888 · page 4

THE confession of murder by two lads, Gower and Dobell, at Tunbridge Wells, calls attention once more to the kind of literature which is supplied to and read…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, December 13. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. W. J. Gunning, J. P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1888 · page 2

Thomas Abraham, for drunkenness and disorderly conduct and obscene language at Figtree, was fined £1 5s., or seven days in gaol. John James, for carrying one passenger in…

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

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1888 · page 2

R. J. Marshall v. John Carbery, to recover 3s, money paid for wrongful impoundnge. Mr. Russell for plaintiff, and Mr. Muir for defendant…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Saturday, Dec. 35. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 2

Thomas Carr Wright, for drunkenness, obscene language, and malicious injury to property, was fined in all £3 15s, or 14 days in gaol…

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Monday, Dec. 17. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 2

John Hanson (22 years of age) pleaded guilty to having no lawful visible means of support. This being his fourth conviction, defendant was sent to gaol for four months…

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