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South Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

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The Police and Ju-jitsu. to Deal with Roughs

Southern Star · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 3

THE recent exhibition of Ju-jitsu at Fitzgerald's circus, in Sydney, has drawn a lot of attention to the subject. The "noble art of self-defence"…

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Court of Petty [?] Nowra, TUESDAY, May 16. Before Colonel Chisholm, P.M,, and D. Hyam, J.P.. Stock Straying

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 18 May 1905 · page 2

Martin Hanson wits proceeded against by the Inspector of Nuisances for the Nowra municipality on a charge of failing to prevent a cow owned by him from…

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Court of Petty Session. Nowra, Tuesday, May 23. Claim for Wares

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 25 May 1905 · page 2

At the court yesterday (before Messrs C. Graham and J. Green, Js.P.), Frederick Biddell summoned John Mitchell Patrick Kilduff for the…

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Novel Murder Defence

Southern Star · Wednesday 31 May 1905 · page 4

The correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" telegraphed from New York on 23rd March :— Mr. George Wood, an ironwork…

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Our Sydney Letter. Sydney, May 29th, 1905. the High Court

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 3 June 1905 · page 1

The dispute between the High Court and the Attorney-general is assuming more formidable dimensions. The beginning of strife, we are told, is like the letting out of…

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Nowra Police Court. Tuesday, June 6. (Before the P.M. and Mr. G. U. Alley, J.p.) Stock Straying

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 June 1905 · page 1

Patrick Lydon was charged at the instance of George Haves, Inspector of Nuisances for the Municipal Council of Nowra, with not preventing a horse from straying…

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Nowra Small Debts Court. Tuesday, June 6.(Before the P.M. and Mr G. U. Alley, J.P.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 June 1905 · page 5

M. Coon v. Henry J. Heath, for £5 I8s, goods sold and delivered. No appearance by defendant. Verdict for plaintiff for amount claimed and os costs of Court…

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Police Court Stock Straying

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 8 June 1905 · page 2

At the Nowra Court yesterday Patrick Lydon and Frank Taylor we[?] each fined 5s and 2s 6d costs for failing to prevent a horse from [?]…

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Friendly Appeal Court

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 8 June 1905 · page 2

The South Shoalhaven Municipal Council at a meeting on Thursday last, Mayor M‘Lean presiding, arranged for a court to be held at the council…

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Small Debts Court

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 8 June 1905 · page 2

In the Nowra Small Debts co[?] yesterday Frank V. West banker, of Nowra, brought there cheer against Cecil Lumsden, arising our of the sale…

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Police Court

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1905 · page 2

At the Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. H. S’. Hawkins, P.M., Frank Weeks, who on the previous Tuesday pleaded not…

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Police Court

Southern Star · Wednesday 14 June 1905 · page 3

BEFORE the P.M. on Saturday morning, the adjourned case of Frank Weekes, bookmaker, on a charge of drunkenness, was called on…

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South Shoalhaven Council. Friendly Appeal Court

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 14 June 1905 · page 2

Present-Aldermen M'Lean (Mayor), Emery, Lamond, M'Kenzie, Walker, Armstrong, Herne, Davis, and Watts. D. Hyam appealed against assessment…

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Nowra Council. Friendly Appeal Court. Monday, June 12

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 14 June 1905 · page 3

Present—Aldermen Peak (Mayor), H. Henry, Graham, Patterson, Westbrook, and Hyam. James Graham appealed against the…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Tuesday, June 13. (Before Messrs W. H. Noakes and F. W. Rogers, Js.P. Nowra Council

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 14 June 1905 · page 5

Mr J. W. Mills stated that all the appeals had been adjusted except in the case of W. Broers, who did not appear. The Bench upheld the assessment in this case, aud…

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Youths in Trouble. Sons of a Surgeon-major. Charged with Coining. Complete Mint in a Shed

Southern Star · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 2

Three young men of good social position and good education, the eldest only 28, stood in the dock at Bristol Police Court on March 2nd,…

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Bargaining for Murder. Extraordinary Attempt to Bribe a Doctor

Southern Star · Wednesday 21 June 1905 · page 4

A MAN named Thomas Baker, a wood merchant, of South Broken Hill, has been arrested on an extra-ordinary charge. He is accused of…

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Nowra Police Court. Tuesday, June 20. (Before the P.M. and Messrs D. Hyam, John Monaghan, and G. U. Alley, J's.P.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 21 June 1905 · page 6

In the case Miss Curran v Mrs Snudden, Mr Trench (for complainant) asked that the information be continued for a fortnight, the summons not having been served…

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The High Court Dispute. Expenses Question Settled

Southern Star · Wednesday 21 June 1905 · page 4

AT the close of a meeting of the Federal Cabinet held on June 9 to deal with the High Court expense question, the Attorney-General…

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The Story of the Blacks. Chapter Xxxvi. Black Bloodhounds—the Native Police

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 21 June 1905 · page 8

It did not take long for the early settlers who were fortunate enough to establish friendly relations with the aborigines to discover that if they were not useful for…

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