[Editor: This article was published in Evening News (Sydney, NSW), 28 March 1885.]
Newtown Police Court.
Saturday, March 28.
Mr. W. D. Meares, D.S.M., presided, and disposed of a small number of trivial cases.
“CHEAP JACKS.”
William Hocking and Selan A. Brown were charged with having hawked goods in Grosvenor-crescent, Summer Hill, without a license. The former was fined 40s or four days, the other was discharged.
A CHEAP (?) DRINK.
John Dunn, 35, laborer, charged with having been drunk and refused to pay for a drink supplied to him by the licensee of the Enmore Hotel, was fined 20s or seven days’ imprisonment.
INDECENT LANGUAGE.
Daniel Harcus was fined 50s or one month’s imprisonment, and Dr. Pendlebury was fined 40s or 14 days’ imprisonment for having made use of indecent language.
Source:
Evening News (Sydney, NSW), 28 March 1885, p. 5 (Second Edition)
Editor’s notes:
In the original text, the sub-heading “A CHEAP (?) DRINK”, contained a question mark in brackets (i.e. the question mark was not added by the site editor).
D.S.M. = District Stipendiary Magistrate; Distinguished Service Medal
hawk = sell (especially door-to-door, or in the street), peddle goods
s = a reference to a shilling, or shillings; the “s” was an abbreviation of “solidi”, e.g. as used in “L.S.D.” or “£sd” (pounds, shillings, and pence), which refers to coins used by the Romans, as per the Latin words “librae” (or “libra”), “solidi” (singular “solidus”), and “denarii” (singular “denarius”)
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