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

Courts & crime, 1862

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, January 2. Before J. S. Calvert, M. O'Connor, and I. M. Blake, Esqs

The Yass Courier · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 2

DRUNKARDS. -- Robert Buckland charged with having been drunk in a public place in Yass, was discharged, it being his first offence. William Murray, (on bail) for…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, January 10. Before Mr. T. Laidlaw, Dr. Blake, and Dr. O'Connor

The Yass Courier · Saturday 18 January 1862 · page 2

INDECENCY.--James Ryan, on bail to the amount of £5 5s., and who did not appear, was convicted on the evidence of constable Ryan of having, on the 11th instant,…

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The New Police Act. Preamble

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1862 · page 4

WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the laws for the regulation of the whole police force of the colony be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent…

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Tuesday—february 11. Assault with Stealing

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1862 · page 2

John Ward was indicted for having, on the 17th November last, at Collector, feloniously assaulted Joseph Carr, and stolen £3 in money, a box, and a tomahawk, his property. A second count charged…

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District Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1862 · page 3

There were twelve cases on the cause sheet for trial, five of which had, previously to the commencement of the business, been either withdrawn or otherwise settled…

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Yass District Court

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 12 February 1862 · page 2

THE following is the cause list for the sittings which will commence on Thursday, the 29th instant:--SUCCESSIVE CASES…

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District-court

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 15 February 1862 · page 2

This court was opened on Wednesday, before Mr. District Justice Callaghan. The professional gentlemen present were Mr. Forbes, barrister, and Mr. Walsh, Mr. Gannon, and Mr. Willoughby, solicitors…

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The Police

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1862 · page 4

WHILE all the metropolis is cricketing, a much more perilous game is being played out on the roads of the colony, and her Majesty's lieges are reminded of the days when bushranging…

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Committal of Peisley the Bushranger, for Wilful Murder

The Yass Courier · Saturday 22 February 1862 · page 3

CARCOAR, Wednesday, Feb. 12.--The noted John Peisley was brought up for examination on a charge of wilfully murdering one William Benyon. There was a large…

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Yass District Court. Thursday, February 20. (Before Judge Callaghan.) M. A. Gill v. C. Quail

The Yass Courier · Saturday 22 February 1862 · page 2

This action bad been brought to recover the sum of £35, for board, lodging, and education of defendant's daughter. Counsel for for plaintiff, Mr. Forbes ; attorney for…

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Yass District Court. Friday, February 21. (Before Judge Callaghan) Watt v. Pottinger

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 26 February 1862 · page 2

This was a jury case. It was an action to recover £200 damages for an assault. The plaintiff was Mr. Thomas Redfern Watt, a settler in the neighbourhood of Cowra, carry…

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The Judicial Murder of Lady Alice Lisle

The Yass Courier · Saturday 1 March 1862 · page 4

IT was a hot September day, as the Court at Winchester was densely crowded, and yet, amid the vast multitude of agitated faces, there were two, who, both…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, February 27

The Yass Courier · Saturday 1 March 1862 · page 2

Before Messrs. Calvert, Blake, O'Connor, Campbell, and Laidlaw. DRUNKARDS.--Samuel Taylor, who had been admitted to bail, did not appear, and…

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The New Police Regulations

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 5 March 1862 · page 4

THE rules for the management of the police Force, under the provisions of the recent A"'t of Parliament, have this day been published by the Government. They…

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Appointments Under the New Police Regulation Act

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1862 · page 3

A supplement to the Government Gazette, issued on Saturday last, contains the following appointments in the police under the Police Regulation Act of 1862. The police districts are not yet, we believe,…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, March 6. Before Messrs. Calvert and Adye

The Yass Courier · Saturday 8 March 1862 · page 2

CHARGE OR OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—In the ease of Benjamin Ford, charged with having obtained money by lalse pretences, from Mr. C. S. Quail, Mr…

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Insufficiency of the Travelling Expenses Allowed to the Police

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 15 March 1862 · page 4

It is a common saying on Lambing Flat, and one which it would be well for the government to consider, that the people were never so secure…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, March 13. Before Messrs. Davidson, Blake. and Calvert

The Yass Courier · Saturday 15 March 1862 · page 2

USING INSULTING LANGUAGE. — Hamlyn Rees Jones appeared on summons to answer the complaint of Richard Gorman, for having on the 27th of February last, at a public…

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Local and Provincial. Goulburn Circuit Court. Monday—march 24, 1862

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1862 · page 2

THE Goulburn circuit opened at ten o'clock on Monday last, before his Honor Sir Alfred Stephen, C.J. The attorney general conducted the cases on behalf of the crown, assisted by Mr. Fraser, from…

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Goulburn Circuit Court. [Abridged from the Goulburn Herald.] Monday, March 24. Before his Honor the Chief Justice. assault, with Intest to Murder

The Yass Courier · Saturday 29 March 1862 · page 2

Charles Coyle was indicted for having, at Chance Gully, Burrangong, on the 13th October, feloniously wounded William Crisp, with intent to kill and murder him. A…

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