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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1890

217 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 11

Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, March 18, 1890

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1890 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. (F. W. Edwards Esq.) Charles Lees was charged with using indecent language, and pleaded guilty. Fined 20s and 4s 10d costs of Court, or 7…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, March 20. (Before the Police Magistrate)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 2

Michael John Miles Shannon appeared, pursuant to remand, charged with bigamy. Senior-Sergeant Grieve deposed that he was not prepared with any additional evidence; as all the…

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The Assault by a Constable Verdict for the Plaintiff

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1890 · page 4

AT the District Court on Thursday, his Honor Judge M'Farlane delivered his reserved judgment in the case of Brown v. Mackay. The case was heard on…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, March 20

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. (F.W. Edwards, Esq.) William Wilson (a stranger in the district) was charged with using offensive words to Sarah Ann Cooper, Defendant said he…

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Assault and Attempt to Rob a Bank Clerk

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 4

AT the Newtown Court on Monday last before Mr. Delohery, D,S.M., Cornelius Dyer was charged with assaulting at Hurstville, on March 18, Arther William…

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Small Debts Court. Same Day

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 2

HOLDEN BRO, v Francis Fish—Mr. Ryan for plaintiff. No appearance of defendant The amount sued for in this instance was £1[?]17s 2d. Verdict for plaintiff, and 6[?]…

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The Dynamite Outrage in Sydney. Cosgrove Committed to the Criminal Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1890 · page 4

THE case against Thomas Cosgrove (61) an auctioneer, charged with placing dynamite in a certain building with intent to destroy the building was continued…

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

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1890 · page 2

Henry Frampton, for making use of obscene language, was [?] 5s. Walter Johnson for d[?]keness and disorderly conduct at F[?]tree, was fined 5s…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 1St, 1890

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1890 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. (F. W. Edwards, Esq.) John Jones sued Dixon King for the amount of £2 1s, which ho alleged was due to him for work and labour done on behalf…

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Special Appeal Court. Tuesday, April 8. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 2

Mount Kembla Coal and Oil Company v. Central Illawarra Council. Me. C.C. Russell appeared for the company and Mr. J.R. Muir for the Council…

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A Scene in a Law Court. Committal for Contempt

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 4

An extraordinary scene took place before Mr. Justice Denman mid Mr. Justice Wills, silting recently in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court, when the cases of " Hind…

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Supposed Murder by Blacks an Extraordinary Story

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 4

BRISDANE, Sunday.—The body of a Frenchman named Goolge Dubrocca was found at Sandgate on Friday, appearances pointing to a brutal murder…

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The Notorious Tommy Ryan. Sentenced to Four Years Penal Servitude

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 4

TOMMY RYAN, an inoffensive looking aboriginal, was presented at the Central Criminal Court last Friday, on the charge of having maliciously wounded…

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[?] Court. Tuesday, April 15. (Before the PO[?] Magistrate, Messrs. Biggar a[?] A.A. Turner (Je.P)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1890 · page 2

Walter Woollett applied for a transfer of his colonial wine license from promise rented and occupied by him at Robbinsville to promises of his own…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 15, 1890

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1890 · page 3

BEFORE Messrs. II. Connell. M. N. Hindmarsh, T Love and C. Cameron Esqs Js. P. George E. Blanchard was charged with that he did, on the 31st March, wantonly…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, April 17. (BEFORE Messrs. A. A. Turner, W. J. Gunning, and A. Armstrong, Js. P)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 2

James Duhigg was charged with hiving fraudulently appropriated to his own use one grated water bottle, the property of Thomas Ball, of Balli…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, April 21. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. T. Armstrong, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 2

Thomas Hughes, William Hay, and William Stephenson, pleaded guilty to furious riding in Crown-street on Sunday night. Constable Powell stated that the defendants…

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A Murder in Queensland

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 3

ON Friday afternoon last a surveyor who had been at work in the Sangate (Queensland) district found the body of a man named Germain Dubrocca in the…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, April 22, 1890

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1890 · page 2

John Morrissey pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and was fined as and as 10d costs of court. INFRINGEMENT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, April 24th

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 2

Patrick M'Kinnery was charged by Robert Wilson with being indebted to him in the sum of £5 11s., for wages. Mr. Muir for defendant, who pleaded not…

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