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

Courts & crime, 1859

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Country News. Berrima. Police Office—wednesday. (Before Messrs. W.J. Cordeaux, John Merrice, and C. L. Nicholson, J.P.'s.)

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1859 · page 3

LICENSING MEETING.—The following licences were transferred:—Lewis Levy, Berrima, to William Chapman; John Horam, Sutton Forest, to new house lately erected by him; and a new license was granted…

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Police Reports

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 21 September 1859 · page 2

ON Saturday, Philip Stone, remanded on a charge of horse-stealing, was discharged through insufficiency of evidence. MONDAY…

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Country News. Wheeo and Lachlan River Cattle Stealing Preventive Association

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 28 September 1859 · page 3

PURSUANT to advertisement, a public meeting of the above association was held at the post office, Wheeo, on Monday, the 19th instant, at noon. The meeting was well attended, though not quite so numerously…

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Goulburn Circuit Court

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 28 September 1859 · page 2

HIS HONOR, Mr. Justice MILFORD, arrived here on Saturday, accompanied by Mr. Milford, clerk of arraigns. The Court was opened on…

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Police Reports

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1859 · page 2

(Before the Police Magistrate.) DRUNKENNESS.—Mary Flanagan and Joseph Kitchin were fined 5s. for drunkenness, it being their first offence…

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Goulburn Circuit Court. Wednesday—september 28

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1859 · page 2

George Broadbent and Robert Stanley, charged with stealing one horse, one more and one filly, the property of William Dixon, at Cookeehedong, on 7th July last, having pleaded not guilty, were…

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Goulburn Circuit Court. Saturday—october 1

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 5 October 1859 · page 2

The Court opened at ten o'clock. Before Mr. Justice MILFORD and a jury of four. WRIGHT v. COLVERWELL. The evidence on both sides in this action having…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, October 6

The Yass Courier · Saturday 8 October 1859 · page 2

THE magistrates in attendance during the sitting of the court were Messrs. Davidson, Calvert, Campbell, Blake, and Davison. DRUNKARDS.-- Philip Garrigan and John…

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Local Intelligence. Atrocious Murder of Two Men and Attempt to Burn the Bodies

The Yass Courier · Saturday 8 October 1859 · page 2

THE following particulars of the murder of two men and attempt to destroy their bodies by fire have been communicated to us by a person who on Tuesday last met W. D…

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Tuesday—october 11. Cattle-stealing

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 12 October 1859 · page 2

Patrick Conolly, Joseph Connors, and Peter Conolly, three respectable looking men, (on bail), stood indicted for having on the 7th of July, at Gugong, near Queanbeyan, feloniously stolen one ox,…

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Goulburn District Court

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1859 · page 2

THE sittings of this court commenced on Thursday last, under his Honor Judge Callaghan. Attorneys present : Messrs, Walsh, Gannon, and Scarvell. THOMAS V. NEWMAN…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, October 13

The Yass Courier · Saturday 15 October 1859 · page 2

THE Magistrates on the Bench during the day were Messrs. J. G. Davidson, A. H. Hume, and J. S. Calvert. OBSCENE LANGUAGE.-- Ellis Hickson was…

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Government Land Sales. at the Police Office, Yass. On Tuesday, 1st November. Country Lots

The Yass Courier · Saturday 15 October 1859 · page 4

Lot 1, 135 acres, county of King, at the confluence of Diamond Creek with the head of Lachlan River, adjoining the east boundary of R. Hume's 47 acres and 16 percbes…

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A Liberty Taken with Edgar Allan Poe. (Picked Up Within the Precincts of the Supreme Court.)

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1859 · page 2

[The following feu d'esprit was published in the " Era," at the time of Mr. Martin's expulsion from the Ministry. We have long intended to give a place in our columns, but want of space has hither to prevented our doing so]:—…

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Queanbeyan District Court

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1859 · page 2

THE sittings of this court commenced on Monday last, at 10 o'clock, under his Honor Judge Callaghan. Attorneys present, Messrs. Walsh, Scarvell, and Freestone…

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Pass District Court. Thursday, October 20

The Yass Courier · Saturday 22 October 1859 · page 3

THE Court was formally opened this morning, at ten o'clock; end adjourned till next day, at ten o'clock, to permit of the business before the Court of Quarter Sessions being…

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District Court

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1859 · page 2

The following cases were settled out of court:—Hornby v. Gordon, Gordon v. Hornby, and Blatchford v. Hopkins. CUTTER V. RUSH.—This was a claim for £87. For…

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Pass District Court. Saturday, October 22

The Yass Courier · Saturday 29 October 1859 · page 2

His Honor Judge Callaghan took his seat on the Bench at half-past nine o'clock. Hurley, Burrowa, v. Michael Sheedy, Binalong.—This was an action, for £50. the…

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Local Intelligence. the Binda Murder

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 9 November 1859 · page 2

IN our last we gave a meagre outline of this revolting affair. Since then we have learnt fuller particulars confirming the fact of the deed in all its atrocity. Up to the evening of Saturday, the chief constable…

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Local Intelligence. the Binda Murder

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 12 November 1859 · page 2

THE more the details of this horrible tragedy transpire, the more belaous and revolting does it appear. The wretched woman, Ellen Monks, was on Thursday formally brought before the magistrates, and remanded till the…

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