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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

220 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 11

Licensing Court. Monday. (Before Mr. O. A. Edwards, S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 4

The application for a transfer of the license of the Figtree Inn Hotel, from Sarah Lowney to Dennis Joseph Condon, was granted…

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

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

At the Police Court this morning the following cases were dealt with :—Norah Wishaw, Ellen May Jenkins, Ellen Fryer. Geo. H. Walker and Ethel…

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

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 6

For being found on licensed premises at Port Kembla, during prohibited hours, on 10th ult., three young men were each fined 10s with 6s costs…

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Wollongong Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

Thomas Knaggs, Arthur Wolsten[?]holme, and Raymond Cheshire, being [?] the premises of the Great Eastern [?] Port Kembla, in unlawful hours…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 7

At the police court this morning, John Limmer was charged with drunkenness at Port Kembla on 4th inst. He pleaded guilty, and was…

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

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 1

Mary Ann Kennedy and Norman Beattie were each fined 6/- with costs, for allowing animals to stray in the municipality of Wollongong…

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Wollongong Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 7

W. A. Kennedy and Norman Beattie were each fined 5/ and 6/ costs for straying stock. Patrick Kennedy, riotous behaviour…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 7

At the Police Court this morning Coiln McInnes, a ship's fireman, pleaded quilty to stealing a whip on the 22nd inst., the propeety of Andrew…

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Police Court Monday, Before Mr. Gates S.M.

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

Four young men pleaded guilty to a charge of riotous behaviour at Port Kembla on the 11th inst, and were fined 5/- with 6/- costs…

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Wollongong Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 5

Francis Peterson, John Fitzpatrick, Frederick Forrester, and Geo. Stewart, lads, pleaded guilty to a charge of riotous behaviour at Port Kembla…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 2

At the police court, this morning, before Mr. Gates, S.M., the following cases were dealt with:—Duncan Ross and Ernest Annetts…

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Wollongong Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 11

Thomas Graham, applied for six months' suspension of labor conditions for lease 370, of 38 [?] acres, at Mount Kembla, Mr. Cox appeared for…

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Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

At the police court this morning before Mr. Gates, S.M. :—Leslie Roy Bennet, 16½ years of ago, on remand from Sydney, was charged with…

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Bulli—woonona. Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

Joseph Redfern, Harold Wagner and Matthew Wilson, for travelling on the railway without paying full fare were each fined 20/- and costs 6/-…

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Police Court Monday. (Before Mr. Gates, S.m.) a Mt. Kembla Case

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 8

John Whittall and William Arthur Annetts, were each charged with using indecent language at Mt. Kembla on the evening of the 10th ult., on the…

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Warden's Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

A further inquiry was conducted at the Wollongong Court House, on Tuesday, in regard to the complaint made by W. J. Cox and others as to…

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Wollongong Court. Friday, 30th ULT

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 15

Thomas Durnell, on a charge of vagrancy, was sentenced to one month in the State Penitentiary. A prohibition order, to remain in…

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Police Court. Monday. (Before Mr. R. Green, Chamber Magistrate.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 1

F. J. Hunt on a charge of drunkenness was lined 5/-, in default 24 hours. William Lynch pleaded guilty to…

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Attempted Burglary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 2

An unsuccessful attempt was made between Tuesday night aud Wednesday morning to rob the safe of the Helensburgh and Lilyvale Co operative Stores,…

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District Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 11

This will be held in Wollongong on Monday week. The cause, list consists of following cases passed on from the previous court: Richmond v. Deep…

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