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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1890

217 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 11

Kiama Police Court. Tuesday May 27, 1890

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 30 May 1890 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. (F. W. Edwards Esq.), Messrs. D. L. Dvmock, C. W. Craig, John, Collev, M. N. Hindmarsh, H. F. Nobel and G. Someville…

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Small Debts Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 30 May 1890 · page 2

A. J. TALBOT V. E. PULSFORD, £3 6S. No appearance of defendant. The summons was returned from Sydney with a statement endorsed upon it that it…

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Attempted Wife Murder and Suicide

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

A DLEIBERATE attempt at wife murder and suicide was made last Sunday night in Riley-street, Surry-hills, shortly before midnight, by a man named William…

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Exciting Scene in Court

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

AN exciting sceue occurred in the Parramatta Court last Wednesday after the sentence of three well-known characters who were caught rifling some ladies' pockets at…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, June 2

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1890 · page 2

(Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. D. Williams, J.P.) Ernest Salisbury, for carless riding in Kembla-street, was fined £1 2s 6d…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, June 5. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1890 · page 2

John Bernard Reynolds was charged with having, on the 18th May, at Mount Pleasant, maliciously injured an engine, the property of the Mount Pleasant Coal…

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Court of Petty Session Monday, June 9. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1890 · page 2

Michael Grace and John Smith, for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, were each fined 104. Louisa Daris, for a similar offence, was…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, June 10. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1890 · page 2

Bridget O'llars, for drunkenness and obsence lanhuages, was fined 12s, or three days, William Osborne appeared, pursuant to…

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That Court-house Clock. a Tender Accepted

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1890 · page 2

The Court-House clock has been one of the "vexed question" of the town for years past—in fact ever since the Temple of Justice has been erected. The designs…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday June 10, 1890

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1890 · page 2

BEFORE the the P.M. (F. W. Edwards Esq.) OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE. William Carroll v. Alexander Torrens.— This was a cage wherein the plaintiff…

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The London Police

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1890 · page 2

London, Friday Night.—It is stated that Chief-constable A.C. Howard will succeed Mr. James Monro as chief commissioner of police within the metropolitan area…

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Local Option. a Disorderly Meeting—the Police Called In

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1890 · page 3

ONE of the most disorderly meeting ever held in Sydney was that which was held in the Town Hall on Friday night last. The meeting was called by the United Licensed…

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Attempted Wife-murder. the Effects of Drink

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1890 · page 4

IN the Central Court on Tuesday, before Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., William Robert Saunders (26), a stonemason, was charged with having out his wife's…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, June 19. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. A. Beatson, J. P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1890 · page 2

Alexandar Veitch, for drunkenness and absence language, and resisting the police, was fined £1, or 21 days in goal. W. K. Elliot, for depositing cabbage…

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Court of Requests. Thursday, june 19. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. J. A> Beatson, J.P)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1890 · page 2

C. F. Smith sued the Borough Council of Central Illawarra for £9 19s. being amount of gar ishee order, amount of a verdict obtained against Patrick M'Kinary…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday June 23. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1890 · page 3

A. Martin, for making was [?] decent language in Crown-street, was fined 5s, with 4s 10d costs. George Richardson and William Smith,…

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The Egeria Court-martial

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1890 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Night.—Truth comments this week upon the sentences passed by the court-martial in Sydney on the men found guilty of disobedience…

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Trying to Deceive the Court. a Vernon Boy's Extraordinary Statement Disproved

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1890 · page 4

ON Wednesday at the Control Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Innes, two young follows named James Dunn and George Summers, pleaded guilty to two…

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Kiama Small Debts Court. Tuesday, June 24, 1890

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1890 · page 3

BEFORE the P.M. and Mr. T. Honey, J. P. P. Deitz v. J. J. Grey—12s 6d for work and labour done A letter was handed in from the son of…

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Court Op Petty Sessions. Monday, June 30. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1890 · page 2

Before the regular business of tho Court was entered upon, Mr. Russell intimated to his Worship that he had just heard of the death of Mr. John Biggar, one of the…

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