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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1890

217 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 11

Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, Sept, 9Th, 1890

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 September 1890 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. (F. W. Isdwards, Esq.) DRUNK, ETC. Thomas Monk was charged with being found drunk and disorderly on the…

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Small Debts Court. Thursday, Sept. 11. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 2

Borough of Central Illawarra v. John Rogers, for £3 3s, arrears of rates. Mr. Muir for plaintiff. Defendant produced a receipt signed by…

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Court of Petit Sessions. Monday, September 15. (Before the Police Magistrate ; Messrs. A. Parsons, W. J. Wiseman, and J. A. Bentson, Js.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 2

Michacl Ryan, for drunkenness, disorderly conduct, and obscene language, was filled 15s. Joseph Martin, for obscene language,…

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Kiama District Court. Friday, September 12, 1890

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 2

BEFORE his Honor Judge Murray. This Court was opened on the above date, when there was a considerable amount of business done. The Court sat from 10 a.m…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1890

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1890 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. (F. W. Edwards, Esq.) Francis Barry was charged with drunkenness in Terralong-street, Kiama, on the 15th instant. He pleaded guilty, and…

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Land Court Decision

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1890 · page 3

A DECISION given by the Land Court lately makes it clear that if an a plication for a conditional purchase be disallowed by a local land…

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Telegrams. Great Disturbance in Sydney. Scene of the Wildest Excitement. the Riot Act Read. the Rioters Charged by the Police and Dispersed. Sydney, Friday, noon

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 3

The strike culminated to-day in a great riot. The managers and clerks of several wool warehouses proceeded with lorries to Darling Harbor, and loaded with wool…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Sept. 22. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1890 · page 2

Andrew Smith and Michael Curry, for riotous conduct in Corrimal-street, were each fined 5s and 2s 6d costs. John Payne, for obscene language, was…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, Sept. 24.) (Before Mr. A. Armstrong, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 September 1890 · page 2

Arthur Bassett and Charles Chadwick were charged with being in the dwelling-house of Ah Way, on the 19th instant, for an unlawful purpose…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, September 23

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1890 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. James Fletcher was charged with drunkenness in Terralong street, He pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s or 24 hours, as it…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, Sept. 25. (Before the Police Magistrate, Messrs. W. J. Wiseman, A. Parsons, and J. A. Beatson, J's.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 2

William Dobbins, James Hamilton, Thomas Patterson, and Andrew Duncan, miners at Mount Keira and Mount Kembla collieries, appeared, charged with…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Sept. 19. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. A. Armstrong. J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 September 1890 · page 2

Frederick Rankin, for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, was fined 10s. Frederick Shepherd, for drunkenness, was fined 5s…

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Horrible Murder in Paris

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1890 · page 4

EARLY in the morning of the 22nd inst the body of a little girl, apparently about ten years of age, was found by some boat men in the Ourcq Canal…

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The General Strike. Exodus of "Free" Labor. Amongst the Philistines. Kept "Moving On." More Police Protection

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 September 1890 · page 2

Processions and gatherings amongst the miners and their wives have been the order of the day, and if they have no special bearing on the difficulties separating…

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The General Strike. Reaction. Non-unionists a Vanquished Foe Police Reinforcements. Slack Filling

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 2 October 1890 · page 3

After the excitement of the latter part of last week and the beginning of the present one, a reaction appears to have set in, and matters have subsided to extreme…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, Sept. 30

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1890 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. (F. W. Edwards, Esq.) and Messrs. C. W. Craig and M. N. Hindmarsh, Js.P. James Teigh was charged with using…

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Kiama Small Debts Court Same Day

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1890 · page 2

[Mr. J. Love, J.P., here took his seat on the Bench, and Mr. Craig left it.] Kiama Council v. G. Bullen.—Arrears of rates, £1 14s 9d. The Mayor conducted this…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, Oct. 2. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1890 · page 2

William Clarke, for plying for hire within the Borough of Wollongong without holding a license, was fined £1 2s 6d. Defendant pleaded that he held…

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The General Strike. Law Proceedings. "Free" Labor at Austinmer. More Police Protection

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1890 · page 2

The proceedings at law, finally disposed of last Thursday by the Police Magistrate, have been responsible for a development fraught with importance to the miners…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Oct. 6. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 October 1890 · page 2

Patrick M'Geary, William Kelly, Patrick Kelly, and Joseph Gallagher, appeared in custody, charged with having, at Mount Pleasant, on the 3rd instant, unlawfully…

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