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

Courts & crime, 1866

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Goulburn Police Court. Thursday—october 4

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 October 1866 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate. George Hamphries alias Bothering George, a Well-known disorderly character, was brought up charged with having no lawful or visible means of…

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Collector Police Court. Tuesday—october 2

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 October 1866 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate of Goulburn and A. G. D. Huthwaite, J.P. Isaac Pratten and Mary Pratten were brought up in custody charge with vagrancy…

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Coonabarabran.—shocking Murder

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 October 1866 · page 3

Out quiet township was startled on the morning of the 18th by the report of a murder having been committed on the previous day, at the Buck Springs, one of the out-stations of the Garawilla Ron,…

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Goulburn District Court

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 October 1866 · page 4

THE district court opened at twenty minutes past ten. The Governor's commission appointing his Honor Judge Francis to act as deputy during the absence of Judge Purefoy was read. The members…

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Burrowa Police Court. Thursday, 4th October. (Before J. E. Pearce, Esq., P.M., and W. D. Campbell, Esq., J.P.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 October 1866 · page 2

George Webster, for illegally using a horse, was discharged, there being no prosecutor…

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GOULBURN (at the Police Office). on Monday, 5Th November, 1866

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 October 1866 · page 6

COUNTRY LOTS.—Let A, portion 35, 40 acres, county of Argyle, parish of Fden Forest; let B. portion 20, 40 acres, county of Argyle, parish of Cookbundoon—on the left bank of Bridgy Swamp Creek,…

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COOMA (at the Police Office). on Monday, 5Th November, 1866

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 October 1866 · page 6

COUNTRY LOTS —Lots A and B, portions 11 and 12, 40 acres each, county of Beresford, parish of Micaligo—near Ryrie's Creek, about 1¼ miles southerly of Ryrie's 160 acres. Lot C. portion…

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New Zealand.—the Nelson Murders. (From, the Nelson Examiner.)SCENE in Court. Nelson, Sep. 18

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 October 1866 · page 3

Burgess, Kelly, and Levy were found “Guilty,” and sentenced to death. A remarkable scene took place in court. The Judge was proceeding to address the…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday—october 8

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 10 October 1866 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate. Benjamin Bowtell, brought up for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 20s.—being the first case in this court under the new Drunkards' Act…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday—october 10

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 13 October 1866 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate. William Pollard and William Talbot were brought before the court charged with robbery under arms. Senior-constable Kennedy, stationed at Binda,…

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Sheep Stealing at Moppity

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 October 1866 · page 3

[?]oseph Burford pleaded not guilty to an [?]rmation in which he was charged with hav[?] on, the 29th July, 186. at Bendick Morrell [?]en 437 sheep, the property of Carlo Marina…

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The Murder at Five Mile Creek

The Yass Courier · Saturday 13 October 1866 · page 4

In our telegram in last issue the result of the trial of John Hoare, for the murder of one Nathaniel Gorth, a shephord, at Five-mile Creek, near Bogolong, on the 10th October last year,…

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The Horrible Murder at a Colliery Three Years Ago

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 17 October 1866 · page 4

THE cause celebre, known as the "Wigan colliery murder," was again the subject of judicial investigation at the Liverpool Assizes on Monday, and the mystery and complications which…

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Local & General Intelligence Yass District Court

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 17 October 1866 · page 2

THE business of Quarter Sessions having concluded at twenty-five minutes to one o'clock on Friday the District Court was opened. The cause list was unusually light, in a great measure owing to…

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Gunning Police Court. Thursday—october 18

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 20 October 1866 · page 4

BEFORE. Messrs. Hassall and Saxby, J.P.'s. James Fairweather was charged with having stolen property in his possession, and found on his premises at Marengo. Discharged on satisfactorily…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday—october 17

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 20 October 1866 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate and Mr. Dc Lauret. Joseph Halfpenny, brought up on suspicion of having a short time back assaulted a boy of eight years of age, son of Mr. J. J. Martyr, was…

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The Horrible Murder at a Colliery Three Years Ago

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 20 October 1866 · page 8

The [?] "Wigan colliery murder," was again the subject of judicial investigation at the Liverpool assizes on Monday, the 13th August, and…

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The Late District Court. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Saturday 20 October 1866 · page 3

DEAR SIR, -- I have been storekeeper at Hardwicke for the last three years : during that time there has been no one of the same name in the Hardwicke employ, and as I did not give evidence on the trial…

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LOCAL & General Intelligence Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, October 17. Before Dr. Campbell

The Yass Courier · Saturday 20 October 1866 · page 2

WINDOW SMASHING. -- James Smith and Henry Berry were called on to answer a complaint of Mr. Charles Woodman, landlord of the Salutation Inn, in which they were charged with breaking…

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Murder and Suicide

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 24 October 1866 · page 4

ON Saturday the neighbourhood of Muckleford was thrown into an extraordinary state of excitement, in consequence of a report that a man residing there had shot his wife, and afterwards committed suicide…

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