Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, Jan. 31, 1888
BEFORE Messrs. Cameron, J. Love, and Brown, J's P. Alfred Spinks was charged with furious riding. This case was part heard on the…
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Court of Petty Sessions
BEFORE the magistrate A. Torrena v. William Henry, promissory note £6. Mr. Ryan appeared for plaintiff…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lynch, the Murderer. Confessions on the Eve of His Execution in Berrima Gaol
ONE of the most grisly narratives in all colonial history is the confession made by Lynch, the N.S.W. murderer, to Mr. Bowen, police magistrate at Berrima,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wollongong Petty Sessions. (Before the Police Magistrate, Messrs. D. Williams and J. Biggar, Js. P.)
George Taylor, for drunkenness and obscenn language, was fined 15/-, and for travelling by the I.S.N. Company's steamer Bega, and refusing to pay the full fare, was fined 1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lynch, the Murderer. Cofessions on the Eve of His Execution in Berrima Gaol. (Continued.)
"RETURNING home on one occasion from Sydney, on the 18th February last, I encamped on the north side of the Razor-back. In the morning, white on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kiama Police Court. Saturday, February 4
BEFORE Messrs. J. Colley, J. Love, and W. Grey. George F. Davis, of Broughton Creek, was brought before the Bench as being of unsound…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Murder Near Armidale
THE following particulars about the above tragic event are extracted from the ARMIDALE EXPRESS :—"The suspected murderer had been knocking about the mines since…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wednesday, Feb. 8. Sheet-stealing
John Wilson and Wilson Hamilton were charged with having, at Dapto, on the 16th October, stolen one sheep, the property of Conrad Heininger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Court. Thursday, Feb. 9 (Before Judge M'Farland.)
Several undefended case were disposed of by verdicts being given for plaintiff's each instance Jeremiah Kelly v. Thomas Logan, for £4 6s., repairs to a plough…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, Feb. 14
BEFORE Messrs. M. N. Hindmarsh and W. Grey. D. King v. Anna Wilson. The plaintiff this case sought satisfaction against defendant (who did not appear) for having deserted her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wollongong Petty Sessions. Thursday, February 16. (Before the Police Magistrate, Messrs. D. Williams and A. Parsons, J. P.)
John Collins, for drunkenness, was fined £1, or seven days in gaol. Hannah Spowart, charged with assaulting Polly Raalston, a child 7 years of age, pleaded not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Requests. Thursday, February 16. (Before the Police Magistrates D. Williams and A. Parsons, Js.P)
Several undefended cases were disposed of by verdicts being given for plaintiffs in each instance. John Ryan v. E. H. Weston, for £20, injuries to mare…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wollongong Petty Sessions. Saturday, Feb. 18. (Before the Police Magistrate.)
Michael Shannon, charged with riotous behaviour in Crown-street, pleaded not guilty. Constable Stewart gave evidence in support of the charge, and defendant was fined 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Monday, Feb. 20. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Biggar and Richards, Js.P.)
Robert Mitchell was charged with net fishing in a portion of the Illawarra Lake closed by proclamation against fishing. Mr. Muir for defendant, who pleaded not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court. February 21
IN consequence of the resignation of Robert Miller, Esq., as a member of the local [?]sing Court, a communication was addressed to the bench of magistrates requesting that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wollongong Petty Sessions. Thursday, February 24. (Before the Police Magistrate, and Mr. D. Williams, J.P.)
Robert Williams was charged with stealing a pair of boots, valued at 6/6, the property of William Clark. Mr. Russell for accused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Petty Sessions Monday Feb. 27. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. J. Biggar, J.P.)
Leslie Leslie, for obscene language and resisting Constable Arthur in the execution of his duty, was fined £1 10s. Patrick Mannix and Richard Stephens, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court
Rev. J. Wilson v. Cornelius, David, and James O'Kcofe.—Obstruction in performance of duty. This was a case in which the defendants were charged under the Act, in that case made and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Husband Arrested for Murder
CONSIDERABLE commotion was created in Arden-street, Hotham, on Thursday afternoon (says the Melbourne TELEGRAPH), owing to the apprehension of Joseph Clarke, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kiama Court of Requests. Tuesday, Feb. 28
BEFORE Messrs. Connell, W. Grey, T. Brown, M. N. Hindmarsh and H. Fredericks. W. Leveridge v. A. Spinks. £2 2s. This was an action to recover expenses…
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