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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1904

159 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 6 of 8

Police Court. (Before the P.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 17 August 1904 · page 2

Before opening the proceedings of the court, the P.M., Messrs. Lysaght, Saunders and Sub inspector Banks paid a high tribute of praise to Mr. H. E. Richardson…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 2

At the Police Court on Thursday before the P.M., William Walker proceeded against John Bede O'Brien, that he did take away Mary May Walker, a female under the ago…

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A Burglary Story

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 6

Apropos of burglars, a correspondent tolls how an elderly couple of his acquaintance, in good circumstances, had two sons, who were very fond of practical jokes. One…

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Police Court. (Before the P.M. and Mr. J. Porter, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 2

Owen Morgan pleaded guilty to three charges—Drunk and disorderly at Corrimal and was fined 10s or 3 days; obscen[?] language fined 40s or one months; and…

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The Story of the Blacks. Chapter Viii.—the Darling Blacks —Sir Thomas Mitchell's Expeditions—murder of Cunningham

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 2

During the explosing [?]made into the Western interior by Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1835, the object being to trace the course of the River Darling, the…

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Police Court. (Before the P.M., and Mr. T. Cook, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 2

On Thursday, W. J. Fimister, licensee of the Wollongong Hotel, sued George Fife for 19s, amount owing to him on a Queensland postal note, which Mr. Fimister…

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Police Court. (Before the P.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 31 August 1904 · page 2

Briget Bourke v. John Bourke, maintenance. Adjourned for a fortnight. (Before the P.M. and Mr. E. W. Richards, J.P.)…

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The Story of the Blacks. Chapter Viii.—the Darling Blacks—sir Thomas Mitchell's Expeditions—murder of Cunningham

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 31 August 1904 · page 2

The first natives seen on the River Darling by Mitchell were unarmed, of small stature, and all pinted by the smallpox. It was conjectured that variola had…

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Kiama Police Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 2

Sarah Simms, of North Kiama, charged Henry Sweet, of Bombo, with being the father of her illegitimate female child, and having left it without maintenance since its…

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Charged by an Elephant

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 7 September 1904 · page 6

An elephant fight, If the combatants he well matched, frequently lasts for a day or more. The beaten elephant retreats temporarily and is followed leisurely by…

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The Story of the Blacks. Chapter Viii.—the Darling Blackes—sir Thomas Mitchell's Expeditions—murder of Cunningham

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 7 September 1904 · page 2

Next morning the messenger who had been sent across the river returned at the head of another tribe, and these approached the tests without ceremony…

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District Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 11

For the coming District Court, in Wollongong, there are eight cases. One is a claim of £100 damages aridiner ont, of a bailiff matter; another is a claim…

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The Story of the Blacks. Chapter Viii.—the Darling Blacks—sir Thomas Mitchell's Expeditions—murder of Cunningham

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 2

Three days afterwards the explorers came within eight of the Darling, and the first tribe they encountered there manifested considerable alarm, shrieking and…

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Police Court. (Before the P.M. and Messrs. W. Ashley and J. Madden, J's.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 14 September 1904 · page 2

James Bartley, found wandering at large and deemed to be insane was discharged. Timothy Rowles, obscene language. Dismissed on the point raised that there…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1904 · page 2

At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. John Saunders, C.P.S., Francis Gannoni, a young man who recently came to Wollongong to start a barber's shop, was…

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District Court

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1904 · page 2

The District Court commences on Thursday next, eight cases being set down for hearing…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1904 · page 2

At the Police Court on Friday, before Mr. J. Hart, J.P., a young girl named Susie Montgomery, was sentenced to three months in Wollongong gaol for having…

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District Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 24 September 1904 · page 13
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This Court was opened in Wollongong on Wednesday, His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge, presiding. The following eases were heard:—…

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District Court Judgments

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 24 September 1904 · page 11

In the Wollongong Court, on Friday (yesterday), the registrar (Mr. Sannders) delivered the judgments of the Court in the cases : Morgan versus the…

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