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

Courts & crime, 1869

306 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 16

Charge of Murder Against a Surgeon

The Yass Courier · Friday 1 January 1869 · page 3

DR. DIPLOCK, West Middlesex coroner, held an inquest at the Commercial Hotel, King's road, Chelsea, on the 28th October, respecting the death, under very distressing circumstances, of…

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Young Local News. Young Police Court. Monday, 28th December. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Du[?]nk and Disorderly

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 2 January 1869 · page 2

Ann Taylor was fined 5s. for this offence, or sentenced to take three days’ accommodation in the lockup instead. PROFANE LANGUAGE…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday—december 30

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1869 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate. Thomas Skelly appeared charged with wife-desertion. Mr. Gannon for the prosecution, and Mr. Betts for the defence…

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Tuesday, 29th December. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Sly Grog Selling

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 2 January 1869 · page 2

Mary Ann Bennett was informed against for having, on the 12th instant, at Billabong Creek, sold certain spirituous liquor (to wit, rum) without a license…

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News by the English Mail. Charge of Murder Against a Surgeon

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 2 January 1869 · page 3

Dr. Diplock, West Middlesex Coroner, held an inquest at the Commercial Hotel, King’s-road, Chelsea, on Wednesday, October 28th, respecting the death, under very distressing…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday—january 2

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 6 January 1869 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate. Mary Jane Sinclair, charged with using obscene language, was sent to jail for fourteen days, in default of paying a fine of forty shillings…

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Yass Small Debts Court

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 January 1869 · page 2

Allman v. McAlister.-- Withdrawn. Geo. T. Robinson v. Henry Powell.-- No appearance: struck out. William Kelly v. John Doncaster.-- The…

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LOCAL & General Intelligence Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, January 6. Before Dr. O'Connor

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 January 1869 · page 2

VAGRANCY.-- Thomas Floyd, a man who is blird, and has Been frequently brought before the court on charges of vagrancy, was again placed in the dock…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday— January 6

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1869 · page 4

BEFORE Messrs. Hovell, Finlay, and Blomfield. William Gibbons, charged with using obscene language in Auburn-street, and who pleaded not guilty, was sent to gaol for forty-eight hours…

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Gunning Police Court. Wednesday, January 6

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 13 January 1869 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate and Messrs. Gray and Hassell. Robert Earl was charge charged with allowing a cow to stray in the streets Defendant did not appear; and…

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Collector Police Court. Tuesday — January 5

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 13 January 1869 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate of Goulburn and Messrs. J. W. Chisholm, J. J. Waddell, and A. G. Huthwaite. James Dooley V. Michael Wickett; threatening…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday — January 11

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 13 January 1869 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate and Mr. Finlay. William Gategood, charged with assaulting his wife, was bound over to keep the peace for twelve months—himself in £40, and two sureties in £20…

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Young Local News. Young Police Court. Tuesday, 12th January, 1869. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 16 January 1869 · page 2

WILLS v. PRESS.—lNSULTING LANGUAGE. Mr. Freestone for plaintiff. Martha Wills, sworn, said : I live at Bark Creek. 1 am a widow. I known the defendant…

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Goulburn Police Court. Tuesday—january 12

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 16 January 1869 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate. Hugh Kennedy was brought up for protection. Defendant, who was apparently suffering from excessive drinking, was sent to jail for fourteen days…

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The Police Magistracy and Governmental Retrenchment

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 January 1869 · page 4

WRITING from Grenfell, a correspondent of the S. M. Herald remarks: -- Having passed a considerable portion of my time for the last fifteen years upon the gold-fields…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday — January 16

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 20 January 1869 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate. Robert Mc Alister was charged with using threatening language to his wife, Alice Mc Alistere. Mr. Gannon for defence…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday—january 20

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1869 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate and Mr. Hovell. John Collins, brought up under the Vagrant Act for having no means of support, was discharged. Thomas Wade was charged with leaving a fire…

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Police Magistrates-- Their Work and Pay for Twelve Months

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 January 1869 · page 2

THE following table, compiled from the most recent returns issued from the Government Printing Office, will enable our renders to see at a glance how entirely unnecessary it is that the present number of Police Magistrates should he continued. We have prepared it at considerable trouble, and it will be found fully to justify the remarks we lately considered it…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday — January 23

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1869 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate. John Walmsley, a very old man walking on crutches, was charged with vagrancy. Defendant, who stated that he was over ninety years of age and…

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LOCAL & General Intelligence Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, January 27. Before Mr Calvert

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 January 1869 · page 2

WILFUL DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.-- James Bryer, an aborignal, was charged with having wilfully destroyed property belonging to another aborignal known as Louisa Lane…

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