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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1904

159 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 7 of 8

Kiama Police Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 2

Tuesday. Sept. 27th, before the P.M. and R. O. Kendall. J.P…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 2
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

At the Sydney Court on Wednesday, an elderly Frenchman named Edward Pedro was found guilty of falsely pretending to one Walter Richards, of Woonona, that an…

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Alleged Burglary

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 2

A burglar entered the pantry at the Bulli Convent on Friday night, last week, aud took several articles. An arrest was made a couple of days afterwards by…

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The Story of the Blacks. Chapter X.—the Murder of Kennedy, the Employer

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 5 October 1904 · page 4

ANOTHER sad chapter in the history of Australian exploration, in which the aborigines figure very prominently is that relating to the expedition led by Mr…

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Wollongong Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 10

In the Court, on Thursday, G. H. Douglas got verdicts against the following parties for goods supplied : S. Byes £6 11s 1d, E. James £7 4s 2d, Jane…

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Police Court. (Before the P.M. and John Porter)

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 12 October 1904 · page 2

Ettie Murray v. Walter Morris, affiliation. Mr. W. H. Owen for plaintiff and Mr. A. A. Lysaght for defendant. Plaintiff stated that she was the daughter…

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Wholesale Slaughter by the Police

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 12 October 1904 · page 2

For several years preceding 1837, when the work of the [?] settlement was at the height, the explorers having opened the way for those [?] with…

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Licensing Court

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 2

At the Licensing Court on Thursday several renewals of licences were granted Permission was also given Mr. Goodridge license of the Terminus Hotel to alter the…

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Court Cases

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 11

In the Wollongong Court, on Thursday, G. H. Douglas got a verdict against R. Campbell, jun., for £7 Os 10d, with costs. Frederick Onslow, Dapto, was…

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The Story of the Blacks. Wholesale Slaughter by the Police. (Continued.)

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 19 October 1904 · page 2

Major Nunn was at once ordered by the acting Governor or proceed from Sydney to Liverpool [?]ing with a strong body of mounted police. His instructions being:…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 22 October 1904 · page 2

The Court news for the week is as follows: Joseph Shaw, drunk in Crown-street, fined 5s. Frederick Onslow, insane, and wandering at large at Dapto, discharged. John…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 26 October 1904 · page 2

Thomas Walsh appeared before Judge Murray at the Darlinghurst Sessions on Friday to answer a charge of having stolen certain articles of clothing, the property of…

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Licensing Court

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 26 October 1904 · page 2

THE quarterly Licensing Court was held at the Court House yesterday morning, before the Police Magistrale and Mr. Thos, Love, J.P. The Licensing…

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Licensing Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 28 October 1904 · page 2

Before the Licensing Bench, Lieut-Col. Chisholm and Mr. Thos. Love, J.P…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 2

During the week, A. Stafford, drunk, was fined £1, and 4s 10d costs. B. Findlay, drunk, fined £1. costs of court 4s 10d, obscene language, fined 10s, costs of court…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 9 November 1904 · page 2

At the Police Court on Monday, before the P.M., and Messrs. W. Ashley and John Madden, Js.P., Alice M'Neally was charged with stealing, at Woonona, one lady's…

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Tennis. Opening a New Court

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 9 November 1904 · page 2

The opening of the Wollongong Tennis Club took place on Saturday afternoon, when a match took place between teams representing Wollongong and Unanderra…

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

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1904 · page 2

On Thursday, John Austin, 72 years, an old age pensioner, was charged with maliciously wounding his wife," Ellen, at Port Kembla on Saturday…

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Court Cases

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 12 November 1904 · page 11

In the Wollongong Police Court on Monday, Alice M'Neally, a girl of 14, pleaded guilty to stealing a lady's waterproof at a dance and was sentenced to a…

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