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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

212 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 11

Small Debts Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 2

Tuesday, 30th December, before the P.M. and Mr. L. Gabriel J.P. SIMMONS BROS. v. John Ettingshausen. Amount claimed £6/14/11, goods sold and…

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Small Debts Court Tuesday, 30Th December

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. and Mr. L. G[?]briel, J.P. SIMMONS BROS. v. John E[?]tingahausen Amount claimed £6 14s 11d, goods [?] ld…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 2

At the Police Court on Monday, Abraham Carter was fined 20s, 7s 4d costs of court, two witnesses' 10s, and £1 1s professional costs, for an assault on D. Richmond…

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Kiama Police Court

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 2

THE Police Magistrate presided at yesterday's Court. W. J. E. MOFFITT v. H. JACKMAN. Defendant pleaded not guilty to…

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Why He Charged [?]

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 6

One of the best [?] storyteltora in this [?]mtry in andrey [?]arngle, whose intention of returning his million to the public was [?]…

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Kiama Police Court. Monday, 5th, before Mr. L. Gabriel, J.P.

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 2

Monday, 5th, before Mr. L. Gabriel, J.P. ALFRED GREY (a stranger) charged with being drunk, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s, of imprisonment until the rising of the…

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Court Statistics

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 2

THE following are a few extracts from the business returns applying to the after of the local O.P.S. (Mr. G. R. Green) During the quarter ending December…

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Small Debts Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 11

The following cases were dealt with at the Wollongong Court, on Thursday :— R. H. Walker secured verdicts William Hynd, William North, and Mrs. Murray…

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Kiama Police Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 2

Hugh Maloney was charged with having stolen, on the 12th January, a hat belonging to Arthur Herbert Walker, of Kiama. Accused pleaded guilty, stating that he did…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 2

At the Police Court on Thursday before the P.M. and F. Bevan, J.P., Thomas M'Dermott was charged with breaking, entering and stealing from the premises of…

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Alleged Burglary

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 9

At the Wollongong Police Court, on Thursday, Thomas M'Dermott, 32, a palmist, was charged with breaking, entering, and stealing from the…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, 27th inst., before the P.M.

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 2

Jons LooNEY (who did not appear), for using obscene language at Shellharbor, was fined £3 with 4/10 costs, or two months' imprisonment…

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Small Debts Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 11

At the Small Debts Court on Thursday,the Commissioners of Taxation secured a verdict for £1 14s 9d against S. Clout. A Haddock got a verdict against…

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A Problem for the Police

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 6

An American correspondent gives the following as an example of the rigid formality with which the officials in some parts of Russia act:—…

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Police Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 11

In the Wollongong Police Court, on Monday, Maud Morrison vas fined 40s for bad lauguage, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment for vagrancy…

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District Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 13

The District Court was held in Wollongong on Thursday. His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge presiding, Several cases for arrears of rates had been settled…

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Burglary at Woollahra

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 2

At about 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning last some burglars forced an entry into the residence of Mr Marks, Elystan,Trelawney-street, Woollahra, but were disturbed by an…

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Police Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 11

Francis till was charged with absconding from his indentured apprentice with John Cook, at Berry; remanded to Berry. M. Quilty and R. Walker were…

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Police Court. Thursday, February 19. (Before the P.M. aud Patrick O'Brien.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 3

Martin Quilty and Robert Walker were charged with alleged stealing the sum of £1 4s from James Kearney on the 16th instant…

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Police Court. Alleged Stealing. the Accused Acquitted. Great Interest Taken in the Case. (Before the P.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 2

The court was crowded on Monday when the two young men, Martin Qui[?]ty and Robert Walker, on remand, were charged with stealing, in company, the [?] of 24s…

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