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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

139 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 7

Bulli Industrial Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 2

At the Industrial Court on Wednesday, before Mr. A. Elliott, Industrial Magistrate, W. Bryce pleaded guilty to not keeping time and pay sheets at…

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Dapto Court. WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 8

Charles Price, jun, was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Dapto showground on the second day of the show. Also with using obscene…

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Police Court. TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 2

John McGrory pleaded guilty to having used "language" and was fined 20s or three days. James Shrigley and Thos. Betton…

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Kiama District Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 2

AT the above Court, held on Wednesday last, before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge, only one case was defended, viz., George Grifflin v. George Harris, in which the…

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Police Court. a Kembla Heights Case: Before Mr. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 7

At the Police Court this morning, Joseph McClosky proceeded against Mary Ann Aitken for assault. Mr. Lysaght appeared for complainant…

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Murder in a Dream. Loving 'Mother's Awful Act While Asleep

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 3

What is probably the strangest, as well as one of the most terrible tragedies on record, occurred at Trieste, Austria-Hungary, and is attracting wide,…

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Police Court. TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 2

John Morgan was grunted a hawker's license. For allowing a horse to stray in the streets A. Osborne was fined 5s, and…

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Police Court. TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 3

Thomas Albert Haughton, butcher, was charged on remand, from Lismore with, leaving his wife without lawful means of support since March 4th…

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Police Court. FRIDAY. (Before Mr. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 2

Joseph Edward Buckley, aged 16 years, pleaded guilty to having used indecent language at Corrimal, and also to having used profane language…

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Industrial Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 12

In the Industrial Court yesterday, before Mr. A. Elliott (Industrial Magistrate), H. Woods was charged under the Trollymen and Draymen's…

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Police Court. TUESDAY. Before Mr. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 2

Frederick Mahady was charged with riotous behaviour, and was fined 5s, 6s coasts, or seven days. Augustus Hendricks was fined 5s, 6s…

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Offensive Letters. Student Before the Court. (Before Mr. Fitzhardinge)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 2

At the Police Court to-day Leslie J. Shortland, a student, was proceeded against for sending a letter of a grossly offensive character to Margaret…

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New Police Weapon

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 3

Several hundred members of the police force of Philadelphia are to be equipped with electric batteries which will enable them to shock lawbreakers…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 2

At the Police Court today John Lowe and William Townsend were each fined 5s and 3s costs for allowing cows to stray…

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Police Court. TUESDAY. Before Mr. Fitzhardinge. D.S.M.

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 2

The Wollongong Cooperative Society was fined 20s and 3s costs for having a flirty yard, William Hartney, a trimmer, was…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 2
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

At the Police Court this morning, before Mr. Fitzhardinge, an ex-State School boy named Percy Uden was charged with the larceny of certain…

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Warden's Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 9

In the Warden's Court this morning, William Joseph Adams (by his agent Alfred K. Broadhead) applied for six months' suspension of labor conditions…

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Opening of a Tennis Court at Balgownie

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 2

The residents of Balgownie may now boast of being the possessors of one of the finest concrete tennis courts on the South Coast. It has been constructed…

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Land Court

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

A meeting of the Local Land Board was held at the Court House. Wollongong, on Friday, when the following case were dealt with:—…

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