Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

South Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1884

136 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 7

A Daring Burglary

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 2

The ‘Melbourne Age’ reports that a burglary of a daring character was committed on Friday night at the Montague railway station, on the [?]andridge line, On…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Licensing Court. Wednesday, 30Th April

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1884 · page 2

PRESENT: Messrs. J. Davis, P.M., C.T. Stiles, J.P. and W.J. Lane J.P. Mr. Rawlinson applied for the license of a house at Cobargo for Mr. Matthew…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Police Court, Eden. Monday, 28Th April. (Before Messrs. G. P. Keon, P.M. an J.W. Less, J.P.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1884 · page 2

WILLIAM SMITH, 22, arrested by Senior-constable Woods on saturday night last, appeared to answer four separate charges of drunkenness. profane language,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Shoalhaven District Court.' NOWRA, May 5th 1884 (Before his Honor Judge M'Farland )

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 8 May 1884 · page 2

His Honor took his seat at 10.30 a.m. The legal profession were represented by Messrs T.M. Richards, and J. Thompson, of Shoalhaven, and J.W. May of Kiama…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Milton District Court

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 15 May 1884 · page 2

AT the above named court, on Friday last, before his Honor Judge M'Farland and a jury of four, Mr. J. M'Guire, of Nowra, claimed £200 damages from the Ulladulla A. and H…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Shoalhaven Court of Petty Sessions. Friday, May 16, 1884. (BEFORE messrs. J. Glanville, S. Elyard, and J. M'Arthur, Js.'P.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 22 May 1884 · page 2

Hugh Hanlon, farmer, of Kangaroo Valley, was charged under section of 6 of the Act 8 Vic. No. 2, with having unlawfully treated a lad who had been apprenticed to him from the training ship…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Police Court. TUESDAY, 20th MAY 1884. Before [?] Esq. P.M., and Messrs [?] and [?] J’s.P. Stealing From a [?]

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 2

E. [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Divorce Court. Monday, May 19. (Before his Honor Mr Justice Windeyer.) BROWN V. Brown and Hall

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 2

SUIT for dissolution of marriage on the ground of respondent's adultery with co-respondent. Mr Gibson, instructed by Messrs Bull and Bull, appeared for…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Court on Queen's Birthday. the Right to "Convey" Poultry Established

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1884 · page 2

ON Saturday morning, a Bank holiday, and the Queen's Birthday, Mr. Davis. P.M., sat at Bega to heat a charge brought against Dermond Hanify, aged 17, that, on…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Shoalhaven Police Court. Nowra, Tuesday May 22. (Before Messrs. II. G. Morton and S. Elyard, Js.P.) Assault and Battery

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 29 May 1884 · page 2

Patrick H. Donnelly, labourer, of Nowra, on information charged William Linkenbagh with that he did, on the 22nd instant, unlawfully assault and beat the said complainant…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Warden's Court. Southern Mining District, Nowra. (Before Mr. Warden W. Lovegrove.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 29 May 1884 · page 2

Re T. Galbraith'a application for suspension of labour conditions. Thos. Galbraith deposed: I apply for suspension of labour conditions on my claim, on the ground of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Licensing Court. Same Day. (Before Messrs. James Thomson (Chairman), J. M'Arthur, and J. Monaghan)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 29 May 1884 · page 2

The Inspector's report was read, which was favourable to all the hotel-keepers in the district, with the exception of J. Boyd, licensee of the Cumbewarra Hotel, a complaint having been…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Broughton Creek Court of Request. Friday, May 23, 1884. (Before Messrs. William Stewart and Lewis M'Intyre, Js.P.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 29 May 1884 · page 2

Max Freidman v. James Stevenson.—For value of one watch, £7. Defendant did not appear. Service of summons was proved. Their Worships gave a verdict for amount with costs…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Shoalhaven Court of Requests. Tuesday, May 19, 1884. (Before Messrs. H. G. Morton, J. M'Arthur, and J. Glanville, Js.'P.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 29 May 1884 · page 2

Isaac Stott v. Robert and Arthur Shepherd. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a farmer, of Cambewarra, to recover the sum of 63, value of a dog, alleged to have been destroyed…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Shoalhaven Police Court. Nowra, Tuesday, June 2, 1884. (BEFORE Messrs. Z. G. Bice (Chairman), H. G. Morton, and J. Glanville, Js.P.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 5 June 1884 · page 2

Alexander Shepherd was charged by Constable Goodhew with having made use of obscene language at Cambowarra on the night of the 24th May. He pleaded not guilty, and after…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Novelist. a Terrible Legacy, a Story of English and Australian Life. (Continued.) Chapter Iv. the Murder in Yorkshire

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 5 June 1884 · page 1

ON Sunday evening, three days before the Wednesday on which the great race at Epsom was to take place, two men were seated in a private room of an hotel in Doncaster. The…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Shoalhaven Police Court. Nowra, Tuesday, June 10, 1884. (BEFOLE Messrs. Z. G. Bice, J. Glanville, and J. M'Arthur, Js.P.) Solomon v. Lloyds. Sureties of the Peace

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 12 June 1884 · page 2

Mr. Richards for plaintiff. Mr. Thompson for defendant. The parties in this case were bookmakers at Coolangatta. The plaintiff accused the defendant…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Broughton Creek Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday June 5, 1884

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 12 June 1884 · page 2

John Stephens, in custody, charged with using obscene language on the public road at Broughton Creek, on the night of the 4th instant. Pleaded guilty. Fined 5s…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Court of Requests. Friday, June 6. (Before Messrs. W. Stewart, L. M'Intyre, and John Boxsell, Js.P.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 12 June 1884 · page 2

William Peterson v. B. Earl, of Kangaroo Volley —£4, for work anil labour done. Debt fully proved Verdict for amount, with costs. James Francis v. George Plumrige, of Brogher's…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Bateman’s Bay. Police Court

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 2

Police v. Picket— Profane language Plan guilty. [?] 63 in default one month in gaol. (Second offence.)…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →