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

Courts & crime, 1856

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Thursday, January 3. Before the Police Magistrate

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1856 · page 4

HORSE STEALING.—George McCarthy, was again brought up for trial, on the charge of having stolen a horse, the property of one Mr. Marks, of Marks'-vale, near Binda. The lad…

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Monday, December 31. Before the Police Magistrate

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1856 · page 4

A FOWL MURDER.—John Hostle, an elderly individual of the masculine gender, of diminutive stature, and as broad as he is long, and his spouse, Elizabeth Hostler, alias "Dublin…

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Police Reports. Saturday, December 29. Before Messrs. E. MAITLAND, and D. H. THORN, J.P's

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1856 · page 4

CHARGE OF HORSE STEALING.—Richard Jeffry a youth, between fourteen and fifteen years of age, who had been remanded on the previous day, was brought before the Court for tinal…

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Horrible Murder of a Wife by Her Husband

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1856 · page 3

ON Tuesday, the neighbourhood of Artillery-lane, Bishopsgate-street, was thrown into a great state of excitement in consequence of it having become…

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Police Reports. Monday, January 14. Before the Police Magistrate

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1856 · page 4

A SHOEMAKER AT HIS 'WAX' ENDS.—Mr. Allan Ramsay, a respectable-looking son of St. Crispin, and who has the honour of living next door to us, being engaged to close, sole…

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Friday, January 18. Before the Police Magistrate

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1856 · page 4

CHARGE OF HORSE-STEALING.—When the case of horse-stealing against the boy George McCarthy, was put upon the police list. The governor of the gaol declined to allow him…

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Tuesday, January 15. Before the Police Magistrate, and E. MAITLAND, Esq., J.P.

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1856 · page 4

RESCUING CATTLE.-John Murphy appeared in the witness-box to complain of the conduct of one Michael Hennigan, a settler at Lake George, for that, on the 23rd of last December,…

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Extraordinary Murder of a Boy by Two of His Companions

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1856 · page 6

On Saturday and Friday the Borough Coroner was engaged in investigating an extraordinary case, which resulted in a verdict of wilful murder being…

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Murder of Two Children by Their Mothers, and Suicide of the Murderesses

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1856 · page 3

THE inhabitants of the district three miles between Wolverhampton town and Wednesbury have been very much shocked by the murder of two children…

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Police Reports. Friday, February 1

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1856 · page 4

Before the POLICE MAGISTRATE, DR. CROPPER, J. S. SUTTER, Esq., and F. MACARTHUR, Esq., J.P's. JOHN CHINAMAN.—Wow Yow Yang Dan…

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Police Reports. Monday, February 4. Before the Police Magistrate, and J. W. CHISHOLM, Esq., J.P.

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1856 · page 4

SUSPICIOUS.—An old man, named Poter Mulvey, was charged with being drunk in the streets. When his pockets were searched at watchhouse, bills of exchange to the amount of…

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Small Debts' Court

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1856 · page 6

THIS Court opened at eleven o'clock last Monday morning, before the Police Magistrate and J. W. Chisholm, Esq., J.P. The plaintiffs and the defendants in the various cases were…

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The Murder of Miss Hinds

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1856 · page 3

THE quarter sessions for the Belturbet division of the county of Cavan, was opened at Ballyconnell on Thursday, by Mr. P. M. Murphy, the Chairman. The…

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Friday, February 22Nd. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1856 · page 4

RESCUING CATTLE.—Robert Lack of Campbelltown, was summoned to answer the compliant of Samuel Baker of Collector, for rescuing cattle which he was taking to the…

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Thursday, February 21. Before the Police Magistrate

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1856 · page 4

CHARGE OF VAGRANCY AND SWINDLING.— Henry Jones, lately a trooper of the mounted patrol, was placed at the bar, charged under the following circumstances:—Mr. A . Kershaw…

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Wednesday, February 20. Before the Police Magistrate, and I. SHEPHERD, Esq., J.P.

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1856 · page 4

A NARROW ESCAPE.—A man named John Ryan, in a tattered shirt, and whose head of hair stood all ahew, as if he had been running from a mad bull, was brought before the court,…

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Extraordinary Charge of Murder

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1856 · page 3

AT the Westminster Police-court, on Friday, Sarah Alien, an exceedingly genteel-looking person, about 33 years of age, the wife of a messenger in the…

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Police Reports. Tuesday, February 19Th

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1856 · page 4

Before the POLICE MAGISTRATE, and Messrs. E. MAITLAND, D. REID, and F. MACARTHUR, J.P's. FRAUD.—William Drake Nicholls, a…

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Police Reports. Monday, February 25Th. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1856 · page 4

INTEMPERANCE.—Alexander M'Donald, for being drunk in the streets, was fined 10s., or twenty four hours in the cells. Surah Edwards, for a similar offence, was…

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Thursday, February 28. Before the Police Magistrate

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1856 · page 4

THE BOTTLE.—John Atkins, an old offender, was charged with being drunk in the streets. He was fined £1, or forty-eight hours' incareeration. Old John had not a shot in the locker,…

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