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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1889

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Court of Pet Monday, Ja[?] (Before the Police Mag[?] Williams, W. J. Wiseman

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1889 · page 2

Sing Lee Chong, for ill-treating a horse by working it whilst suffering from sore shoulders, was fined 12/6. Robert Drury, for obscene language was fined…

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Revision Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 2

A REVISION COURT was held at the Council Chamber yesterday, and there were present the Mayor, Aldermen Craig. King, Love, Russell and Cole. There were only…

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A Remarkable Theft

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 4

AN eutraordinary case of theft was investigated in the Prahran court on Monday, when two young men, named respectively William Aerbert and Henry May, alias…

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Revision Court

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 2

Pursuant to notice, the annual Revisi[?] Court was held in the Council Chamb[?] Gerringong, on Monday last, when the[?] was a full attendance of the Aldermen. T[?]…

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Kiama Police Court

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. D. L. Dymock and W. Grey. George Thomas Boxsell, a resident of Broger's Creek, was yesterday charged on remand…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Feb. 4. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 2

Thomas Wallace, George William Soutar, and Joseph Boxsell appeared in custody charged with stealing one ches nut and one grey mare, the property of Samuel Timbs at Jasper's Brush…

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Kiama Police Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. D.L. Dymock and Wm. Grey, George Thomas Boxsell, a resident of Broger's Creek, was , on Tuesday last…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, February 6. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 1

Thomas Wallace, George William Soutar, and Arthur Joseph Boxsell appeared in custody, pursuant to remand, charged with stealing one chestnut and one grey mare the property of…

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Thursday, Feb. 7. (Before the Police Magistrate)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 1

Thomas Wallace, George William Soutar, and Arthur Joseph Boxsell, were again placed in the dock, charged with stealing two mares, the property of Samuel Times…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Feb. 11. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. D. Williams. J.P.

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1889 · page 2

Thomas Wallace, George William Soutar, and Joseph Boxall were brought up on remand, charged with stealing one chesnut mare and one grey mare, the properly of Samuel Timbs…

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Court of Petty Sessions Thursday, Feb. 14. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1889 · page 2

Thomas Rowley was charged with assaulting Ah Fong, a Chinaman. Mr. Muir for complainant. Defendant pleaded guilty, but said complainant…

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District Court. Tuesday, Feb. 19. (Before Judge Wilkinson.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 2

B. Lipscomb v. James Shanahan, for £3 12s 2d professional services rendered. No appearance for defence. Verdict for amount and costs…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, February 21. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1889 · page 2

John Woods (a half-caste), appeared in custody, charged with having, on the 20th instant, criminally assaulted a Chinese girl named Mary Sue, eleven years of age…

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Licensing Court. Friday, February 22. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Turner and Biggar, J.'s P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1889 · page 2

William Hanley applied for a renewal of his license for his house at Helensburgh, Camp Creek. Mr. Lipscomb appeared for the applicant, and…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Feb. 25. (Before the Police Magistrate aud Mr. D Williams. J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1889 · page 2

John Hay, fur ill-treating a horse by riding it whilst suffering from a sore back, was tined 22/6. William M'Lellan was charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Crown-street…

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Run to Earth. a Celebrated Police Officer

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1889 · page 4

AT the Quarter Sessions on Thursday last, Senior constable May, of Nambu[?]a Heads, in giving evidence against a prisoner charged with breaking and…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Saturday, March 2. (Before the Police Magistrate)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 2

Douglas Dodds was charged with embezzling 14s., the money of William Thurling, of Platts-burg, on the 16th February. Constable Arthur having deposed to the arrest…

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Monday, March 4. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 2

James Thomas, for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, was admonished and discharged, he having been locked up since Saturday night. Thomas Roberts, for a similar offence, was fined…

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The Epidemic of Murder

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 4

NOTHING is more astonishing than the law of moral contagion which appears to render violent crime the cause of more violent crime, almost after the…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, March 7. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. D. Williams, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 2

George Dawson appeared in custody, suspected of having stolon £50, the property of Pickering and Davidson, storekeepers, at Mount Kembla, on the 6th instant…

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