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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1889

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

A Man Prefers Gaol to Liberty

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 27 December 1889 · page 4

A REMARKABLE case of vagrancy, Was heard at the Maryborough (Victoria) police court on Tuesday. A man named William Robinson pleaded guilty to this…

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Committed for Murder. "More to Be Pitied Than Blamed."

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 28 December 1889 · page 2

The inquest touching the death of an infant found buried in the sand on the Wollongong beach, commenced on Wednesday week at the Brighton Hotel, and adjourned to Tuesday, 24th…

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Kiama Police Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1889 · page 2

BEFORE the P. M. (F. W. Edwards, Esq.) At this Court on Friday last. William Hambley, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 5s or 24 hours: for making use…

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Murder Near Brisbane

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1889 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Considerable sensation was created in the city to-night, when a young man named Henry Wells was arrested for the murder of another young…

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Committed for Murder

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1889 · page 2

THE inquest touching the death of an infant found buried in the sand of the Wollongong beach, resulted in a verdict of murder against the accused Sarah Sue…

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