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

Courts & crime, 1865

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Friday, 14Th July. Before the Police Magistrate

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 July 1865 · page 2

MUSGROVE V. JAMES.—Senior-Sergeant Musgrove charged the defendant, James, with unlawfully displaying a sign upon his house, at the corner of Main and Burrowa-streets, which…

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WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 July 1865 · page 2

ROBERT FREEMAN was brought up on suspicion for cattle-stealing. Senior-Constable Ussher was sworn and said he apprehended the prisoner at Cootamundry…

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Local and Provincial. Goulburn Police Court. Friday—july 14

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 15 July 1865 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate and A. W. Hanford, Esq. BUSHRANGING.—Daniel. Ryan on remand, was again placed at the bar charged, in conjunction with…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday. the Robbery at Mr. Boyd’s, Tarago

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 July 1865 · page 3

Daniel Ryan was brought up, on remand, on a charge of robbing the store of Mr. W. Boyd, Tarago, on the 14th March. Mr. Gannon appeared for the prosecution…

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Local and Provincial. Goulburn Police Court. Saturday—july 15

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 19 July 1865 · page 2

BEFORE the police magistrate. OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Charles McKinlay was charged with using obscene language, to which charge he pleaded guilty, expressing his sorrow for…

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Original Correspondence. the Present Police System to ODOREADDERY.--No. II. Per favour of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 19 July 1865 · page 3

SIR,--In my former letter to, you I referred to a few, and only a few, of the multitudinous evils that have led to the inefficiency pf the police of this colony, and the many grievances the well-disposed…

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Local Intelligence. Police Court, Young. Saturday, July 15. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 22 July 1865 · page 2

MARY ANN WILSON was brought up, and charged with using obscene language to Thomas Coupland, at the Criterion Hotel, on the preceding day…

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Friday, July 28. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 22 July 1865 · page 2

M‘CA[?]E v. RICHARDSON.—ASSAULT.—The parties in this case were two little boys, each about seven years old. Young Richardson, in some boyish burst of anger, struck M‘Ca[?]e in…

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Tuesday, July 18. Before the Police Magistrate

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 22 July 1865 · page 2

PHILLIP ZAHNL[?] was charged with permitting cards to be played in his licensed house on the 6th instant. This case had been remanded from Friday last…

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Wednesday, July 19. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 22 July 1865 · page 2

ROBERT FREEMAN was brought up on remand for cattle-stealing. Constable Ussher, stationed at Cootamundry, was sworn, and said that, on the 10th July, he…

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Court of Requests. Monday, July 17. (Before the Police-Magistrate and A. Mackay, Esq., J.P.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 22 July 1865 · page 2

Zahnleiter v. Williams—cash lent, 10s.—Defendant did not appear. Judgment for the plaintiff. Homer v. Maroney—detinue and trover, £10…

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Monday, July 17. (Before the Police Magistrate and A. Mackay Esq., J.P.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 22 July 1865 · page 2

WILLIAM REYNOLDS was charged with violently assaulting one John Dixon at Sydney Creek. Constable Daniel Murphy said that Dixon…

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Local and Provincial. Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday—july 19

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1865 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate, and W. E. Dignam Esq. MASTERS AND SERVANTS ACT.—S. Emanuel v. Denis Cleary. The defendant appeared on…

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The Road-hill Murder

The Yass Courier · Saturday 22 July 1865 · page 2

ANOTHER chapter has been added to the Roadhill tragedy. Miss Constance Kent was brought a few days ago before the magistrates at Trowbridge, and an extraordinary scene took place…

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Dreadful Murder at Bowling-alley Point

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1865 · page 3

ONE of the most frightful murders that has over occurred in this part of the country was perpetrated on Tuesday last, or early on Wednesday morning, at Bowling Alley Point, Peel River, about…

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(From the English papers.) America. Assassination of the President. — Attempted Murder of the Secretary

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1865 · page 7

The details of the tragedy announced in our last are now before the world, and not only in America, but throughout Europe, men's minds are absorbed by them. From…

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Local and Provincial. Goulburn Police Court. Saturday—july 22

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 26 July 1865 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate. ASSAULT.—James Cairn, on remand, was placed at the bar charged with assaulting and wounding John O'Brien, at the railway station near Bombala…

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The Road Murder

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 26 July 1865 · page 4

ON Tuesday afternoon Miss Constance Kent, aged about 21, formerly of Road-hill House, near Frome, and for the last two years an inmate of St. May's Hospital, Brighton,…

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Local Intelligence. Police Court, Young. Tuesday, July 25. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 29 July 1865 · page 2

GEORGE JAMES was charged with keeping a sign exposed over the door of his house, which gave reasonable cause for supposing that it was open for the sale of liquors…

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Friday, July 28. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 29 July 1865 · page 2

BREACH OF THE SCAB ACT.—Messrs. W. O’Brien, Thomas Mayo, James Newell, and William Martin were fined 1s. each, and costs, for neglecting to make a return of their sheep…

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