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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1891

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, December 30, 1890

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 2

BEFORE F. W. Edwards, Esq., P.M., and Messrs. M. N. Hindmarsh, H. F. Noble, and D. L. Dymock, Js.P. Lawrence Forran, a labourer, was charged…

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Brutal Wife Murder

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 3

LISMORE, Monday.—At Wardell on Sunday a man named Gaskin kicked his wife to death. Both had been at an hotel drinking when the husband told…

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Licensing Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 2

BEFORE F. W. Edwards, Esq, P.M., and Messrs. H. F. Noble and M. N. Hindmarsh, Js.P. Slaughtering licenses were granted to…

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Small Dests Court. Same Day

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 2

Before the same magistrates H. Russell v. F. H. G. Payne; Dishonoured cheque, £2 13s. No appearance of defendant. Verdict for plaintiff, and…

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Kiama Police Court. Monday, February 2, 1891

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. (F.W. Elwards, Esq.) Robert Edwards was charged with being drunk on the Church Point on January 31, and was fined 103 or 1 days in kiama…

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Licensing Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 2

THE Quarterly Licensing Court, was held in the Court House, Kiama, on Friday morning last at 12 o'clock, before the P.M. (chairman) and Mr. M. N. Hindmarsh…

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Kiama Police Court. Friday, January 2Nd, 1891

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1891 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. (F. W. Edwards, Esq) Dennis M'Grath was charged with being drunk ,in Terralong-street on the 31st December; it being his first offence he was…

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Mr. D. O'connor Defies the Supreme Court

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1891 · page 2

The interim injunction of seven days granted on Friday by the Supreme Court, restraining the Postmaster-General from giving effect to his order prohibiting the…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, January 6, 1891

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate (F. W. Edwards, Esq), and D. L. Dymook, Esq., J.P. John Kelly v. Henry Ryan…

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Licensing Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 2

A slaughtering license was granted to John Robertson, of Pheasant Ground, and a booth license to John Tate, of Jamboree Arms, for the Agricultural show at Albion…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, Jan. 8. (Before the Police Magistrate)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 2

Thomas Scott, for drunkenness, disorderly conduct, and obscene language, was fined 15s. A. W. Gorman, deseribing himself as…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Jan. 12. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 2

Thomas Earl, for drunkenness, disorderly connect, and obscene language, was fined 10s. Hector Gillis, for drunkenness and…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, Jan. 13. (Before the Police Magistrate, Messrs. A. A. Tu[?]er and H. O. MacCabe, J's.P

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1891 · page 2

A renewal of the licenses of the South Bulli Hotel was granted to William Wilson, as was also that of the M'Cawley Park Hotel, Robbinsville, to H. C. Wortley, Mr…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, January 15, 1891

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 3

BEFORE the P.M. (F. W. Edwards, Esq) Timothy Riley, a stranger, for behaving in an indecent manner at the corner of Terralong and Shoalhaven-streets on the…

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Mexican Prisoners Murder Their Guards and Escape

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 3

DENVER, December 7.—A special from El Paso, Tex., says:—While the soldiers were absent from their post attending a ball fight the convict soldiers…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, Jan. 15. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 2

Robert Gilmore, William Gilmore, and Hanry Gilmore, for bathing during prohibited hours, were each fined 2s 6d with 2s 6d costs. Defendants pleaded ignorance…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, January 19. (Before the Police Magistrate, and Messrs. T. Armstrong, D. Williams, and A. Armstrong, Js.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 2

Frank Anderson, Thomas Bro[?]n, and Charles Dorking appeared in custody, charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct, were admonished and discharged,…

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Kiama Police Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. (F. W. Edwards, Esq.) Arthur M'Aaule for being drunk and disorderly in Terralong-street on the 19th instant was cautioned and discharged, it being…

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Revision Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 2

A REVISION Court was held in the Council Chamber yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock for the purpose of receiving applications from persons qualified to have their names…

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Kiama Police Court

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 28 January 1891 · page 2

BEFORE F. W. Edwards, Esq., P.M. Edward Young pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk in Terralong-street. Admonished and discharged…

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