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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

212 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 6 of 11

It Wasn't a Murder

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 5

Everybody was hard at work in Newspaper row in camp Wikoff When the sound of an alternation made itself heard near the end of the raw. Those…

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Small Debts Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 11
Also in Illawarra Mercury

The following cases were heard on Thursday:—B. Joseph v. A. Gralloway, claim £1 12s, goods sold; verdict for plaintiff.—J. J. Vining v. R. Tanby…

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The Gaol

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1903 · page 2

Mr. Arch. Campbell, M.L.A., has received the following letter from Mr. J. Davis, Under-secretary to the Public Work's Department: "Sir, I have the…

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Police Court. Monday, July 15. (Before Lieut.-Col. Chisholm. P.M., and Messrs. E. Richards and W. Ashley)

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1903 · page 2

The manager of the Mount Kembla colliery (Mr. Rogers) proceeded against James Mahood and David Stainer on a charge of having committed a branch of…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, June 16, before the P.M.

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1903 · page 2

JNO. HEFFEREN, a Dublin Fusilier, pleaded guilty to being drunk on the 15th, and was fined 10s, in default, 3 days in Wollongong gaol, with hard labour…

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Licensing Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1903 · page 2

Tuesday, June 16, before the P.M., and Messrs Chas. Cameron and Thomas Love, Js.P. Hotel licenses were granted to the…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1903 · page 2

A court of appeal was held before the P.M. and Messrs. C. Cameron and Thos. Love, Js.P., for appeals against the assessment in connection with the Jamberoo…

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Police Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 11
Also in Illawarra Mercury

Daring the week, the following cases were heard in Wollongong :—Annie Robinson, drunkenness, fined 1s, and a like amount for using obscene language…

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Stealing treacle

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 2

Two boys named Joseph Smith and John Carrick were sentenced to 48 hours imprisonment at the Bulli COurt on Wednesday by Mr. H. F. Cotterell, J.P., for…

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Dapto Court

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 2

The Appeal Court on Wednesday was started, the P.M., and Messrs. W. M. Cook and John Lindsay, Js.P., adjudicating When the first appeal was called—the Mt…

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Appeal Court, Central Illawarra

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 12

In the Brownsville Court on Wednesday, the appeals against the municipal assessment in the Borough of Central Illawarra, came on for hearing. The…

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Police Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1903 · page 2

AT the local Police Court last Friday “Old Joey "(an old roadside identity) was ordered off to Wollongong for a change during the next six months. “Tis time this…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1903 · page 2

George Woods, was charged with using indecent language in Crown-street on the 10th instant and pleaded not guilty. Mr. A. A. Lysaght appeared for defendant…

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Police Court. (Before the P.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 2

John Stain, David Stanner, William Lobb, Geo Nash, and Mark Walton, for breaches of Rule 12b of the Coal Mines Regulation Act, in that they did take into…

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District Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 12
Also in Illawarra Mercury

The Court sat on Wednesday, Judge Fitzhardinge presiding. The business occupied only a few minutes. The cases dealt with were as follows:…

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Court of Review

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 2

The following appeals were heard in connection with the Land Tax Assessments, Mr. D'Arcy Irvine, of the Crown Solicitor's Office, appearing for…

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Kiama District Court Friday, June 26Th

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 2

BEFORE His Honor Judge Fitzhardings. J. ROGAN V.—RAFTERY. Plaintiff claimed £5 18s 4d. for…

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