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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1888

191 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 10

Kiama Court of Requests. Tuesday, August 28Th, 1888

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1888 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. D. L. Dymock, C. Cameron, James Colley, and J. Love, Js.P. AT this Court there was one case heard, that of J. W. Cockerill v. Owen…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, August 29. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. A. Turner, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1888 · page 2

John Collins was charged with being illegally on the premises of D. M. Campbell, with intent to commit a folony. Constable Streatfield deposed that about…

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Attempted Escape From Gaol

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1888 · page 4

ON Thursday forenoon last John Burns, better known by the appellation, of "Hairy Man," made a daring attempt to escape from the Armidale gaol…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, September 12. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 2

Thomas Thomas, for drunkenness and obscene language, was fined £1 10s., in default, 14 days in gaol. James Carter, for riotous conduct, was fined £1…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday September 17. (Before the police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 September 1888 · page 2

William Dawson, for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, was fined £1 5s. John Cleary, for similar offences, was fined £3, or 14 days' goal…

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Kiama Police Court. Sept. 19, 1888

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1888 · page 2

BEFORE M. N. Hindmarsh, and W. Grey, Js.P. John Robert Graham was arraigned before this court, supposed to be of unsound…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, Sept. 20. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. D. Williams, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 22 September 1888 · page 2

William Stumbles was charged with committing a criminal assault upon Mary Jane M'Farland, a girl between 14 and 15 years of age. Mr. Muir appeared for accused…

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Kiama Police Court. September 23, 1888

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1888 · page 2

BEFORE William Grey, Esq., J.P. William Nensome was charged with being drunk and disorderly on the public road, Jamberoo, on the 21st. instant. He…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, September 24 (Before the Police Magistrate, Messrs. T. Armstrong, D. Williams, and W. J. Wiseman, Js.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 September 1888 · page 2

Ralph Forsyth, for drunkenness, and disorderly conduct, was fined £1 2s. 6d. Robert M'Lean, for drunkenness, was fined 12/6. William Dawson, pleaded guilty to obstructing…

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Kiama Police Court. Same Date

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1888 · page 2

Before Messrs, Robert Miller, G. L. Fuller, M. N. Hindmarsh, T. Brown, W. Grey, John Colley, and G, Somervilie, Js.P. George Thorpe was charged with selling…

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Licensing Court. Same Date

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1888 · page 2

Before Messrs. John Colley and M. N. Hindmarsh, Js.P., members of the Licensing Court, A certificate was granted to Mr. George…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, September 23

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1888 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs, Robert Miller, G. L. Fuller M. N. Hindmarsh, T. Brown, and W. Grey, Js.P Spinks Bros. v. David Power.—Sales of a…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, September 27. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 29 September 1888 · page 2

Samuel Burke and George Haycroft, two members of the Salvation Army, were charged with parading Crown-street, as a musical procession, without the written permission of the Mayor of…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, October 1. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 October 1888 · page 2

George Isdale, for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, was fined £1. George Hales, for a similar offence, was fined 15/…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, Oct. 4. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1888 · page 2

John Johnson, for obscene language, was fined 10s. Patrick Hayes, for drunkeness and disorderly conduct, was fined 5s…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, October 8. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 October 1888 · page 2

William Keefe, charged with seiling liquor, at South Kembla, on the 6th October, without a license, pleaded not guilty. Constable Streatfield depesed: Accused lives…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, Oct. 16. (Before the Police Magistrate, Messrs. J. Biggar and W.J.R. Jenkins, Js.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 October 1888 · page 2

William B. Green, licensee of the Terminus [?]otel, was charged with allowing drunken persons to continue on the premises. Mr. Russell for defendant, who pleaded not…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, October 16Th

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1888 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs John Golley, John Love Thomas Fenwick and William Grey, Js. P. William Pain, David Graham and George Allison were each separately charged with…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, Oct. 19. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1888 · page 2

George Haycroft (lieutenant in tho Salvation Army) was charged with having, on the night of the 13th instant, paraded Crown-street, a public street in the Borough of Wollongong, with a…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Oct. 22. (Before the Police Magistrate)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 October 1888 · page 2

Sheik Hammill (an Indian) for drunkenness and resisting Constable S[?]reatfield in the exc[?]tion of his duty, was fined £1 5s. Charles Ziems pleaded guilty to drinking in the…

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