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

Courts & crime, 1855

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Police Reports. Tuesday, May 29. Before the Police Magistrate

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1855 · page 2

CHISHOLM J. ESQ. v. M'DONNELL.—This case was the same in matter as the one tried last week for a breach of the Impounding Act, and defendent was fined in the penalty of £5…

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The Small Debts' Court

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1855 · page 2

ON Monday next will be held the sittings of the Small Debts' Court, and the present occasion may therefore perhaps be a fit one for making a few…

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Police Reports. Before the Police Magistrate and William Chatfield, Esq., J. P. Friday, June 8

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1855 · page 2

AN AMOROUS BUTLER.—J. W. Chisholm Esq., of Wollogorang, appeared to answer the complaint of John Henry Hatton, who on taking his "hat off," complained to the Police…

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Small Debts' Court. Monday, June 4

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1855 · page 2

There were in all twenty cases on the list, few of which presented any features of importance. We give a report of those most interesting…

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Supreme Court, Sydney. Monday, June 4, 1855. Libel

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1855 · page 2

The Rev. John Dunmore Lang, M.L.C. surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment which charged him, on three different counts, with having written and published certain…

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Friday, June 15. Before the Police Magistrate

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1855 · page 2

TAKING FRENCH LEAVE.—Daniel Williams, was brought before the bench by the Police charged with having absconded from the hired service of his employer, Mr. R. Cassels, of…

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Police Reports. Tuesday, June 12. Before the Police Magistrate, and E. Maitland, Esq., J. P.

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1855 · page 2

THE MOUNT VICTORIA MURDER.—Samuel Hare, who had been nearly a fortnight in custody, on suspicion of murdering one Jean Lamebert Denis, the particulars of which we…

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Trials for Murder

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1855 · page 4

Samuel Wilcox, the man who in Liverpool-street, Sydney, on the night of the 5th of April last, foully murdered a woman named Johanna Smith, with whom…

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Latest News from England. Bombardment of Serastopol. Preparations for the Assault

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1855 · page 4

THE steamer Waratah arrived in Sydney from Melbourne, bringing news from England up to the 10th of March; and the Golden Era, Government emigrant…

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Police Reports. Thursday, June 26. Before the Police Magistrate and D. H. THORN, Esq., J.P.

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1855 · page 2

IMPOUNDING ACT.—Mr. John Carey, Millbank station, near Collector, was summoned to answer the complaint of Thomas Grayley, for illegally causing six head of horses, the…

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Quarter Sessions. Saturday, June 23. (Concluded from our last number.) Before the CHAIRMAN, A. CHEEKE, Esq., and a full bench of Magistrates. Cattle Stealing

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1855 · page 2

William Head was indicted for having, on the 16th of May, at a place called Ballowrie, in the district of Braidwood, stolen three cows and three heifers, the property of Hugh…

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Police Reports. Friday, July 16. Before the Police Magistrate and E. MAITLAND, Esq., J.P.

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1855 · page 2

ILL-USAGE OF THE POLICE.—A withered up old miner, named Daniel Callaghan, was introduced before the magisterial tribunal by Chief Constable McAlister, who stated that…

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The Governance of the Goulburn Gaol. To the Editor of the Goulburn Herald

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1855 · page 3

SIR,—I claim your attention to the gross mismanagement of the gaol authorities. A man is sentenced by the magisterial tribunal to a few weeks, or to a few months incarceration in…

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British Extracts. the Ballarat Bank Robbery. Marlborough-street Police Office

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1855 · page 4

Henry Beresford Garrett was brought up yesterday for final examination, charged with having assisted to rob the Bank of Victoria in Australia of about £20,000 in notes, gold,…

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Supreme Court, Sydney, July 6. Before Mr. Justice Dickinson, and a special jury of twelve. LIBEL

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1855 · page 2

The case of West v. Parkes has at length been decided. Doubtless the particulars of it are too well known to our readers to require recapitulation. We need therefore only briefly…

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Police Reports. Goulburn, Monday, July 16. Before the Police Magistrate and E. MAITLAND, Esq., J. P.

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1855 · page 2

MARRIED LIFE.—A dissipated-looking old dame, with a physiognomy similar to a pot of kale brose, or a barley bannock, named Elizabeth Hostler and who if metamorphosed from…

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Police Reports. Monday, July 23. Before the Police Magistrate and E. MAITLAND, Esq., J.P.

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1855 · page 2

CHANGE FOR A CHEQUE.—John Regan, a particularly rough looking individual, whose figure head might pass for the wooden manufacture of a carpenter, and from whose tout…

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Police Reports. Thursday, August 2. Before the Police Magistrate

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1855 · page 2

MAY AND DECEMBER.—Richard Lowton, a well-dressed and respectable-looking young man, about twenty-four years of age, was charged with being found drunk in the streets on…

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Police Reports. Wednesday, August 8. Before the Police Magistrate

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1855 · page 2

HORSE STEALING.—An elderly man of diminutive statue, named John Doyle. was brought before the bench. The Chief Constable stated that the prisoner had that morning…

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Sydney News. Sydney Police Court. Thursday, August 2

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1855 · page 4

CHARGE OF PERJURY AGAINST A YOUNG LADY.—Miss Flora Harris, a popular young vocalist, of considerable talent and personal attractions, was charged before the magistrate,…

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