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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

137 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 7

Police Court. Monday, June 26. (Before the P.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 1

Esther Camey was charged with stealing £20 in four five pound notes, on the 21st instant, the property of Mr. William Johnstone, of Towrodgi…

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Police Court. (Before the P.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 4

Albert Rothery v. Yat Sun, breach of agreement. Amount claimed, £10. Mr. Russell appeared for plaintiff, Mr. Lysaght for defendant. The P.M. ruled…

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Police Court. Monday, July 26. (Before the P.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 1

Ernest Rouse was fined 10s for being found drunk and disorderly in the billiard room of the Commercial Hotel. John Birss, charged with…

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Police Court. Thursday, July 6

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 5

John Lionel Walters v. W L. and E. J. Howarth, also Eliza Jane Howarth v. Ellen Walters detention of property. Part heard. These cases were called on…

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Police Court. Monday, July 10. (Before the P.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1905 · page 1

Howard V. Green. Part heard. For the defence. The defendant, Ernest Green being sworn, stated that the plaintiff called at his house on June 3rd…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, July 11th, before Lieut-Colonel Chisholm, P.M.

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1905 · page 2

James Campbell a native of Scotland, was charged with stealing a quantity of quantity of clothing and money to the value of £1 7s 9d, at Shellharbor on the 9th…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 July 1905 · page 4

James Wonson was granted a renewal of his license for Imperial Hotel, Clifton. Theodore Bode was granted a booth…

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Stealing

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 2

Esther Corney was charged with stealing £20 from the dwelling-house of William Johnstone, of Towrodgi. Mr. W. H. Owen appeared for the…

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Police Court. Thursday, July 28. Before Messrs. Kirby and Doyle, J's.P'

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 July 1905 · page 1

Alfred Hodges, on remand, was charged, with having stolen certain articles of jewellery (enumerated last week) from Mr. W. J. Fimister, licensee…

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Small Debts Court. Friday, August 3. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1905 · page 3

Cram and Son v. Michael O'Gorman, goods sold, £2. 17s; Thos. M'Guffie v. Henry Berthon, £2 19s. Yerdict given, with costs, in each case…

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Police Court. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 4

William Sutton, found in the enclosed premises of Thos. Marks, grocer, Crown-street, for an unlawful purpose, on Sunday evening. It appeared that…

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Police Court. Bulli

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 1

At the Police Court on Wednesday, before the P.M., four boys named John Sweeney, John Floyd, John Veigel, and David Charlesworth, were charged with…

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Kiama Police Court. Tuesday, August 22, before the P.M.

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 2

THOMAS BROWN, a laborer employed at Long Point, Shellharbor, appeared an a charge that he stole the sum of £17 in sovereigns from Edmund Tomsett, of…

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Police Court. Monday, August 28. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. F. Bevan, J.P.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 August 1905 · page 4

Samuel H. Davies was charged with driving a motor car at a furious rate on the Main South Coast-road near Figtree…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 August 1905 · page 2

At the Police Court, Brownsville, on Saturday last, Henry Frericks, arrested by Senior Constable Clarke, was charged with stealing a calf, one day old, the…

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Dapto Assault Case

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 4

On Monday, in the Wollongong Police Court, William Henry Kelly was charged with having assaulted John McPhail. Mr. Russell appeared…

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"The March of the Motor." a Police Court Case

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 15

Samuel Davies was charged in the wollongong Police Court, on Monday, with having, on the 14th ult, driven a motor car at a furious pace, to the danger…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 September 1905 · page 4

At the police court, on Monday, before the P.M. Mary Ring proceeded against Walter Gidley, for using insulting words, on August 31st, whereby a…

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Kiama Police Court. Before Mr. R. O. Kehdall, J.P.

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 2

At the Kiama Police Court on Monday morning last, Harry Calambus (fisherman) and his wife (Mary Calambus), were charged with stealing one leg of mutton…

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Police Court Thursday, September 14. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 1

Walter Williams, Hugh Whitelaw, and William Robertson were charged, on remand, for stealing, in company, one silver watch and one opal scarf…

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