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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1889

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, March 11. (Before the Police Magistrates and Mr. J. Richards, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1889 · page 2

Robert Gibbs, David Cotton, and Albert Sloan pleaded guilty to loitering on the footpath in Crown-street, and were each fined 12s 61, the Bench informing them that if they appeared again…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, March 18. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 2

Thomas Grace, for drunkenness, was fined £1, or seven days in gaol, and for riotous conduct was sent to gaol for seven days. Thomas Gillespie, for obscene language, was…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, March 21. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. D. Williams, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 2

Frederick Hubert Mason, charged with riotous conduct in front of the Salvation Army barracks, on Sunday, 3rd instant, pleaded not guilty. Constable Streatfield gave evidence in support…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, March 25. (Before the Police Magistrate)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 2

Alfred Evans, for obscene language at Austinmer was lined £3, or 21 days in gaol. John O'Keefe, for drunkenness and obscene language in Moore's-Lane, was fined £1 10s., or…

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

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1889 · page 2

Thomas Brown, for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, was fined 10s. The same defendant was fined £1 for obscene language, and a similar amount for resisting…

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

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1889 · page 4

John Tudic appeared, pursuant to remand, charged with indecently assaulting Ann Lawler, of Mount Keira. Mr. Russell for the prosecution, and Mr…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 2, 1889

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 6 April 1889 · page 2

BEFORE F. W. Edwards, Esq., P.M. James Joseph M'Carthy was charged with that he did with intent to defraud Archibald Kelly, of Jamberoo, induce his…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, April 8. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs D. Williams, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 April 1889 · page 2

Half a dozen "drunks " were fined were fined 7/6, and one old offender 22/6. Richard Harding, for cruelly ill-treating a horse by beating it with a whip, was fined £3, with 2s…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, 8Th April

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 10 April 1889 · page 2

BEFORE F. W. Edwards, Esq., P.M., and M. N. Hindmarsh, J.P. JOHN SWEENEY v. HUGH MALONE. Defendant was charged with that he did,…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 9, 1889

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. (F. W. Edwards, Esq.,) and M. N. Hindmarsh, Esq., J.P. JOHN SWEENEY V. HUGH MALONE. This was a case wherein tlhe plaintiff…

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The Suspicious Death of the Woman Dines. Verdict of Wilful Murder

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 3

THE inquiry which has been pending for some time past into the cause of the death of the young woman named Lavinia Dines, was concluded on Thursday last, and after…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 16

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 17 April 1889 · page 2

BEFORE F. W. Edwards, Esq., P.M. Herbert Henry Greenwood, charged for trespass on the enclosed lands of George Lacey East, on the 4th April last, pleaded…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 16, 1889

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1889 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. GEORGE EAST V. HERBERT HENRY GREENWOOD This was a case wherein the complainant proceeded against the defendant for tresspassing…

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The Brisbane Printers' Strike. Brutal Assault by Union Men. Brisbane

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1889 · page 4

THE printers' strike continues. Thus far the various trades have voted £250 to their aid. On the arrival of the steamer…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, April 18. (Before the Police Magistrate, and Mr. D. Williams, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1889 · page 2

Michael Dempsey, for drunkenness and disorderly conduct at Figtree, was fined £1 2s, 6d. William Fell, for riotous conduct in Crown-street, was fined £1 2s, 6d…

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An Extraordinary Confession of Murder

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1889 · page 4

SOME days ago a man lying dangerously ill in a village near Callsbad Confessed to a priest that he had recently committed murder in the woods near Meyerling…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, April 23

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 2

John and Mary Cassidy appeared in custody charged with the embezzlement of a sum of £9, the property of their employer. Thomas Lawson, of Port Kembla, on the 18th April…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, April 25

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 2

Edward Mayford was further remanded till Monday next on a charge of robbing a till at the Farmers' Hotel. John and Mary Cassidy surrendered to their…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 30, 1889

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 1 May 1889 · page 3

[?]RE F. W. Edwards, Esq., P.M., and R. Miller, Esq., J.P. Alexander Donnelly, charged with be[?] drunk, pleaded guilty and was…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, April 29 (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1889 · page 2

Abigail Peterson was charged with attempting to commit suicide. Mr. Russell for accused. Emily Dixon, housemaid at the mount Keira…

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