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Illawarra · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

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Wollongong Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 2

Drink: Thomas O'Connell and Alfred Maher, did not appear, recognisances forfeited. No Light: Stanley Beattie…

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Policeman Assaulted. at Port Kembla. Defendants Before Police Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 10

Arising out of an assault on Constable Sclwood at Port Kembla on Saturday, two defendants appeared to answer several charges at the Wollongong…

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Police Court. WOLLONGONG.—MONDAY. (Before Mr. Longfield, S.M.) Drunkenness

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 5

John Wright was charged with being drunk in Wentworth Road, Port Kembla, on the l-5th April. Defendant did not appear and the…

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The Licensing Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 17

Yesterday evening, after hearing more evidence, all the afternoon, the hearing of the petition of Victor Frost, for a hotel license for…

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Wollongong Court Monday a Railway Offence

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 2

Frederick, George Clout pleaded, guilty to a charge of giving a false account of a case of confectionery to the collector of tolls on the…

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Popular Police Officer. Constable Breeze Farewelled at Thirroul

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 2

The esteem in which First Class Constable Breeze held by the residents of Thirroul was manifest by the gathering in the School of Arts on Tuesday…

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Small Debts Court. WOLLONGONG.—MONDAY. (Before Mr. Longfield, S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 6

David Evans proceeded against William Gribbin for goods sold and delivered to the value of £3/18/9. Mr. Morgan appeared for Gribbin…

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An Important Legal Point. Charge in Procedure in Licensing Court

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 11

During the hearing, before the Licensing Board on Tuesday last, at Wollongong, Mr. Windeyer made a very interesting objection, which was…

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Licensing Court. APPLICATION for a Conditional Hotel License. At Port Kembla. Wollongong —

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 8

Before Messrs. Adrian (chairman), Le Brun Brow e, and Arnott, of the Licensing Board, an application was made by James Daniel Murray for a…

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Police Court. BULLI.—TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Longfield, S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 1

Peter Cunningham was charged that, whilst a prohibition order against him was in force, he was in the bar of the Bulli Hotel on the 27th March…

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Court Breezes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 13

At the Licensing Court on Wednesday a witness said to Mr. Watts: I have not your brains, I only wish I had…

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Bulli Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 5

In the Bulli Court on Tuesday, the following cases were disposed of. On Licensed Premises Peter Cunningham, against whom…

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Licensing Court. APPLICATION for a Conditional Hotel License. a Thirroul Application. Wollongong: Tuesday, 19th Inst

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 5

An application was made by Victor Albert Frost for a license for promises to be erected on the corner of the Main South Coast Road and Lookout Street,…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. WOLLONGONG.—THURSDAY. (Before Mr. Addison, C.I.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 14

The E.R. and S. Co. Ltd., of Port Kembla, was proceeded against for failure to apprentice (1) R. Bath, and (2) S. Gilroy, minors, after three…

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Assault on Referee—heavy Fine

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 12

At the Helensburgh Police Court on Tuesday last, Harry Hollows was convicted of assaulting James Harbottle, referee at the…

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Police Court. WOLLONGONG.—MONDAY. (Before Mr. Scott, D.S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 8

Claude Laughlin was charged with behaving in a riotous manner in the bar of the Port Kembla Hotel, Port Kembla, on the 21st April…

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Thirroul Police Officer

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 14

Sergeant Breeze, who has departed for Inverell, is to be succeeded as police officer in charge of Thirroul by first-class Constable Maher, of Broken…

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Warden's Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 9

On Tuesday the Mining Warden, Mr. G. James, held Court in Wollongong Black Granite…

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Wollongong Court Monday. Drink

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 23

Henry McAuley did not appear; [?]cognizances forfeited. William Alexander, who appeared with his face bound up, was fined…

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C.i.m. Court

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 17

Mr. Addison, C.I.M. held an Industrial Court in Wollongong yesterday. Apprenticeship…

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