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

Courts & crime, 1868

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Young Local News. Court of Bequests. Monday, 15th June. (Before the Police Magistrate. SIMPSON V. Ae Sam

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 June 1868 · page 2

No parties. Case struck out. A. S. FREESTONE V. GEORGE JAMES.—ATTORNEY’S BILL, £3 4s. 6d. Defendant did not appear. Verdict for…

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LOCAL & GENERAL INTELLlGENCE Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, June 17

The Yass Courier · Saturday 20 June 1868 · page 2

Before Messrs. Campbell and Laidlaw. CATTLE STEALING.--Mary Ryan, in custody, was charged with stealing six head of cattle, the property of Charles O'Neill…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday—june 20

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 24 June 1868 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate. George Humphreys alias Bothered George, was sent to jail for seven days as a vagrant…

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LOCAL & General Intelligence Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, June 24. Before Messrs. Blake and Laidlaw

The Yass Courier · Saturday 27 June 1868 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS.-- Two persons who had been apprehended for this offence, and who had deposited 1l. each as bail for their appearance, on being called and not appearing, were severally fined ten shillings…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday—june 27

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 1 July 1868 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate and Mr. Huthwaite. William Gill was brought up charged with horse-stealing. The case was remanded till Friday, July 3rd…

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Burrowa. Police Court. Wednesday, June 24. Before Messrs. Pearce, Besnard, Campbell, and Hayes

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 1 July 1868 · page 2

HORSE STEALING.-- John Kelly, in custody, was charged by sergeant Cornett with stealing a horse, the property of William Lannigan, of Back Creek. On the application of the sergeant, the prisoner was…

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The Attempted Murder of Prince Alfred. Effect of the News in England

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 1 July 1868 · page 4

The news of the attempted assassination of Prince Alfred at Sydney reached London on the 24th ult. at midnight. The attempted assassination of Prince…

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Arrival of the English Mail. Via Suez. English News to May 11: From New York to May 12. President Johnson Likely to Be Acquitted. Death of Lord Brougham. Riots in England-- Great Animosity Against the Catholics. Barrett Convicted of Clerkenwell Outrage and Sentenced to Death

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 1 July 1868 · page 2

Havana, 13th May.-- News has been received from Europe and the United States up to the evening of the 12th May. The impeachment committee was to give their…

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Young Local News. Young Police Court Thursday, 2nd July. (Before the Police Magistrate.) MURDER

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 4 July 1868 · page 2

Louis Deuchef, on remand, was charged with being one of three men implicated in the murder of Daniel Crotty, the Marengo mailman, in 1862…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday—july 1

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 4 July 1868 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate. William Hughes, against whom a summons had been issued for using obscene language, failed to make an appearance, and a warrant was ordered to…

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Australian Institutions. — the Supreme Court

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 4 July 1868 · page 2

THE history of that grim old brick building in King-street, known as the Supreme Court, is full of suggestiveness. An erratic imagination could find ample food in speculating…

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Land Sale at the Police Office, Burrowa on Monday, 27Th July, 1868. Country Lots

The Yass Courier · Saturday 4 July 1868 · page 3

Lot A, 92 acres, county of Harden, parish of Birrema, on the right bank of the Murrumbidgee River, adjoining the northern boundary of Macansh's 535 acres on that river, about 6 miles…

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LOCAL & General Intelligence Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, July 1. Before Messrs. Calvert and O'Connor

The Yass Courier · Saturday 4 July 1868 · page 2

THE DOG ACT.-- Samuel Bates was informed against for having on his premises at North Yass, on a certain day, and fourteen days previously, a black mongrel, without the same being duly…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday—july 4

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 8 July 1868 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate. Mary Murrell was charged with assaulting Mary Anne Minshall. The evidence proving that the assault was of an aggravated nature, defendant was…

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Murder of Daniel Crotty, the Mailman

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 8 July 1868 · page 3

AT the police office, Young, on Thursday last, Louis Denchef, on remand, was charged with being one of three men implicated in the murder of Daniel Crotty, the Marengo mailman, in 1862…

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The Murder of the Marengo Mailman

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 8 July 1868 · page 4

AT the Young Police Court, on Thursday last, before the police magistrate, Louis Deuchef, on remand, was charged with being one of three men implicated in the murder of Daniel Crotty,…

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Young Police Court. Tuesday, 7th July. . (Before the Police Magistrate.) LARCENY

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 11 July 1868 · page 2

Mary Ann Haynes, of Wallendbeen, appeared, on remand, to answer the charge of feloniously stealing a sow pig, the property of one John Ryan…

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Friday, 10th July. (Before this Police Magistrate.) Assault.—eliza Williams V. Margaret Quinney

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 11 July 1868 · page 2

This was an assault case of such an trumpery nature that it is undeserving of report. His worship dismissed the case. HORSE-STEALING…

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Young Local News. Small Debts’ Court. Monday, 6th July. (Before the Police Magistrate

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 11 July 1868 · page 2

There were five cases set down for hearing, in two of which there was no appearance of either parties. HOLUS V.LEONARD…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday—july 8

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 11 July 1868 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate and Captain Hovell. John Murphy, charged with being durnk and disorderly, was ordered to pay a fine of five shillings, but chose the alternative of twenty-four hours in…

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