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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

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

Wheelers before the Court

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 2

Sixteen wheelers of Mount Kembla Colliery, named James Clintz, Edward Frost, Frederick Biggar, junr, James Nelson, James, Fitzpatrick…

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

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 3

Eight persons were fined 5s and 3s costs, for allowing stock to stray…

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Kiama Police Court. Yesterday, before the P.M. (Mr. T. B. Clegg)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 2

Yesterday, before the P.M. (Mr. T. B. Clegg). Patrick Mullens pleaded guilty to being drunk in Torralong-st. on the…

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Police Court. TUESDAY. (Before Mr. A. Elliott, S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

Reginald Sara was lined 20s and [?] costs for using indecent language in the bar of the Great Eastern Hotel at Port Kembla…

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Police Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 7

In the Court, Wollongong, on Tuesday Reginald Sara, charged with indecent language in the hotel at Port Kembla, was fined 10s and 6s costs…

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Absent from Work. Coalcliff Coliery Employees Before the Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 4

At the Scarborough Police Court on Wednesday, 87 employees of Coalcliff Coliery appeared on two charges of absenting themselves from work on the…

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Police Court. TUESDAY. (Before Mr. A. Elliott, S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 3

William Sutton was fined 2s 6d for being drunk at Port Kembla. Charles Williamson pleaded guilty to behaving in an indecent manner in…

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Kiama Police Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 3

On Wednesday, November 11, the following cases were tried before J. Love, J.P., and L. Gabriel, J.P. G. McDonald, drunk in Shoalhaven…

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Lance's Burglary

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1914 · page 2

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Monday Richard Johnson and Sydney Wildman were charged with breaking and entering the shop of Walter Lance…

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Police Court. TUESDAY, (Before Mr. A. Elliott, S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 2

William Jenkins pleaded guilty to having used indecent language at the Main Road Corrimal. Fines 30s, in default 7 days hard labour…

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Licensing Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1914 · page 3

Before the P.M. and Messrs. T. Love and C. W. Craig. Renewal of billiard-room licenses were granted to J. McCaffrey and W. Grundy…

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Industrial Court

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1914 · page 3

Inspector A. Waugh against A. G. Carson.—Defendant was charged under the Tip-carters' Award with (1) failing to exhibit a copy of the Tip-carters'…

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Kiama Police Court. Friday, Nov. 27. Before Mr. T. B. Clegg, P.M.

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1914 · page 3

Win. Brown and P. Wilson pleaded guilty to being drunk in Terralong-st., the former being fined 5/- and the latter 10/-, with 6/- court costs. Fines…

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Police Court. TUESDAY. (Before Mr. A. Elliott, S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 December 1914 · page 2

Three young men named Sydney Franklin, Hurry Duckshury, and Reginald Sura pleaded guilty to behaving in a riotous manner in Grown-street…

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Experienced Magistrate

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 6

A man recently complained to the magistrate at the Thames Court that he had been "done" over the purchase of a pony, which, on reaching home, "turned dead lame."…

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Industrial Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 11
Also in Illawarra Mercury

An Industrial Court was held in Wollongong yesterday, the Chief In­dustrial Magistrate (Mr. Addison), presiding. The following cases were…

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Red Gross Society. Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

The hon. secretary of the above society gratefully acknowledges the following amounts:—Horticultural Society (per Mr. Budden), £10 16s 16d; william Bloomfield pleaded guilty to using obscene language at Corrimal. and was fined 20s, and 6s costs. A number of persons were fined for…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. Gates, D.S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

Peter Richard Daval was fined £2 or 14 days hard labor, for resisting the police when under arrest, and was fined 10s on a charge of drunkenness…

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Mining Prosecutions. Coledale Colliery Employees One Goes to Gaol

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

At the Bulli Police Court on Friday the cases against the north Bulli Colliery surface hands for absenting themselves from work without reasonable…

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