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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1850

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Police Intelligence. Friday, September 27, 1850

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1850 · page 6

LARCENY.—Daniel Bell was this day brought up for further examination. After the depositions against him in the case of Whip had been read over, and re-sworn to, the…

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Police Intelligence. Friday, October 4. BEFORE J. F. M'arthur, Esq., J.P.

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1850 · page 4

DRUNKARD.—Mary Roberts was charged with drunkenness. Mr. M'Arthur, (to defendant)—Were you drunk ? Defendant—I was only a little tipsy, your honor…

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Goulburn Small Debts' Court. Monday, Oct. 7, 1850

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 12 October 1850 · page 6

THEIR Worships, Messrs. HOVELL and CROPPER sat this morning to adjudicate under the Act for the recovery of Small Debts. There were thirty eight cases on the list, consisting chiefly of disputed…

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Police Intelligence. Tuesday, October 8, 1850. Before John Cropper, Esq., J.P., John Gerard, Esq., J.P., Henry Edenborough, Esq

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 12 October 1850 · page 4

Before JOHN CHOPPER, Esq., J.P., JOHN GERARD, Esq., J.P., HENRY EDENBORUGH, Esq. VAGRANT ACT.—Margaret Knight and Elizabeth Hustles appeared on summons to answer a charge,…

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Police Intelligence. Tuesday, October 15, 1850. Before W. H. HOVELL, EsQ, J.P.

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1850 · page 4

DRUNKARD.—Elizabeth Mills, familiarly known as Bet Rusty, was charged by the Chief Constable with having appeared in the streets of Goulburn on the previous day in a state of how-come-you-so…

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Police Intelligence. Tuesday, October 29, 1850

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1850 · page 6

BEFORE J. F. M'ARTHUR, Esq., J.P. JOHN GERARD, Esq. J.P., and W. H. HOWELL, Esq., J P. DRUNKARDS.—Benjamin Pennington, holding a ticket-of-leave was charged with having appeared…

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Police Intelligence. Friday, November 1, 1850

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1850 · page 4

Before JAMES CHISHOLM, Esq., and a full Bench. VAGRANT ACT.—William Gould was charged, under the 7th sec of the Vagrant Act, with having used obscence and indecent language in the streets of…

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Sydney News. Supreme Court.—friday October 25. Cases Reserved—before the Three Judges

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1850 · page 2

THE QUEEN v. CHAPMAN.—The prisoner was convicted of wounding one Ryan at the late Goulburn assizes. A point was raised whether the evidence at the trial proved that Ryan had been wounded…

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The Detective Police

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1850 · page 6

If thieving be an art (and who denies that its more subtle and delicate branches deserve to be ranked as one of the Fine Arts?) thief-taking is a science. All the thief's…

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Police Intelligence. Tuesday, November 5, 1850

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1850 · page 4

BEFORE J. F. M'ARTHUR, Esq., J.P., JOHN GERARD, Esq, J.P., and W.H. HOVELL, Esq., J.P. MASTER AND SERVANTS' ACT.—Frederick Barber, holding a ticket-of-leave, was charged with…

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The Police Agent

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1850 · page 6

THERE exists a class Of men whose name is well-known to the public, but whose manners, habits, and diplomatic address, almost defy observation-a remarkable type in French society, but a type varied…

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Police Intelligence. Tuesday, November 12, 1850

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1850 · page 4

DRUNKARD.—William Hunt, a constable in the Queanbeyan Police, was charged with drunkenness. It appeared from what transpired that the defendant who had come to Goulburn, with prisoners, went…

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Police Intelligence. Tuesday, November 19, 1850

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1850 · page 4

BEFORE J. F. M'ARTHUR, ESQ., J.P., and JOHN GERARD, ESQ, J.P. VAGRANT ACT—James M'Donald and Elizabeth Mills, were charged with having conducted…

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Police Intelligence. Tuesday, Nov. 26, 1850

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1850 · page 4

VAGRANT ACT.—Mary Loseby and Marry Curran were charged with using obscene language. They were found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of 10s., or to be imprisoned for ten days…

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Goulburn Small Debts' Court

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1850 · page 6

THIS Court sat on Monday last when thirty cases were disposed of before Messrs. W. H. HOVELL, and JAMES CHISHOLM, Magistrates of the territory. The following are the only cases presenting a shadow of…

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Police Intelligence. Friday, December 13, 1850. Before W. H. Hovell, Esq., J.P., AND J. Edge, Esq., J.P.

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1850 · page 4

Before W. H. HOVELL, ESQ., AND J. EDGE, ESQ., J.P. BLACK-FACED ROBBERY.—Thomas Cumberford and John Pettigrew, were placed at the bar charged…

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