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

Courts & crime, 1873

464 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 24

Gunning Police Court. Wednesday, 5Th February. Before the Police-Magistrate of Goulburn and the Gunning Bench

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1873 · page 2

John Laws was brought up in custody. Senior-constable Mara apprehended prisoner this morning, charging him with feloniously stealing a roan horse the property of one Madden…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, March 5. BEFORE Mr. C. S. Alexander

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1873 · page 2

PROTECTION.—John Henderson gave himself up for protection, he said he had been living for years at Riverina and had gone blind from blight; he had got as far as Binda when the man who was…

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Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday,march 5. Before Dr. Campbell and Mr. Yates

The Yass Courier · Friday 7 March 1873 · page 2

INDECENCY.--Michael Murphy was brought before the court charged with indecent exposure of his person in Cooma-street, Yass, on the 4th instant. The evidence of constable Whalley…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, March 7Th. Before the Police Magistrate

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1873 · page 2

Two drunkards were brought up and discharged. John Smith, for allowing a pig to stray in Auburn street, was fined 5s. and 2s. 6d. costs. SATURDAY, MARCH 8…

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Gunning Police Court. Wednesday, March 5

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 8 March 1873 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate of Goulburn and the Gunning bench. John Laws was brought up in custody. Senior-constable Mara apprehended prisoner this…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, March 5

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 8 March 1873 · page 4

BEFORE Messrs. C. S. Alexander and J. Whiting, John Henderson, a strong looking man, who had been a resident of the Riverine district for years, and had become blind through blight, gave himself up to…

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The Murder of Fisk

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 8 March 1873 · page 6

NEW YORK, January 4.—The attendance on this, the eleventh day of the Stokes trial, has been larger than on any previous day. From an early hour crowds swarmed in the…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, March 10. BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Mr. De Lauret

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1873 · page 2

Two drunkards Were brought up and discharged. John O'Brien was .charged with being drank and disorderly, also with assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty…

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Gunning Police Court. Wednesday, March 5

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 11 March 1873 · page 1

BEFORE the Police Magistrate of Goulburn and the Gunning bench. John Laws was brought up in custody. Senior-constable Mara apprehended prisoner this…

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Charge of Cattle Stealing Against a Squatter

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 11 March 1873 · page 1

AT the Gundagai Police Court, on Monday, 3rd instant, the Times reports, John Roche, of Chidowla station, was charged on the information of senior-sergent Condell with having, on or…

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Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, March 10. Before Mr. Yates

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 11 March 1873 · page 2

Thomas Johnson was brought before the court charged with having maliciously killed a horse. Mr. Wilkinson, who appeared for the prosecution, stated that the charge was brought under…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday, March 8

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 12 March 1873 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate. Two men, who were discharged on Friday for drunkenness, were again brought up on the same charge, and each fined 20s. or seven days in gaol…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, March 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1873 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Hayes and Sheppard. OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—James Donolly appeared on summons charged with unlawfully making use…

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Local and General. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, March 12. Before Dr. Blake and Mr. Yates

The Yass Courier · Friday 14 March 1873 · page 2

M[?]LY KILLING A HOUSE. -- Thomas Johnson [?]remand) was brought before tho court, c[?] with maliciously killing a horse, the [?]rty of John Morgan Stewart…

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An Act to Confer Jurisdiction on the Supreme Court in Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. [Assented To, 3Rd March.] Preamble

The Yass Courier · Friday 14 March 1873 · page 4

WHEREAS it is expedient to confer upon the Supreme Court of New South Wales jurisdiction in matters matrimonial and also authority in certain cases to decree the dissolution of a…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, March 14. BEFORE the Police Magistrate

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1873 · page 2

One drunkard was brought up and discharged. BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Mr. Shepherd. STRAY PIG.—Lawrence Carveth was charged with allowing a pig to stray in Goldsmith-street…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, March 12

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1873 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate and Messrs. Hayes and Sheppard. James Donnolly was charged with using obscene language in a public place. Mr. Gannon appeared…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, March 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1873 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Mr. Dickson, One drunkard was brought up and discharged. TUESDAY, MARCH 18. BEFORE the Police Magistrate…

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Sales of Crown Lands. Sale at the Police Office, Burrowa. On Monday, 24th March. Country Lots

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 18 March 1873 · page 4

Lot A, 40 acres, county of Harden, parish of Harden, on the road from Murrumburrah to Binalong, and on the trial railway line, adjoining Andrew Murray's conditional purchase of 40…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday, March 15

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 19 March 1873 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate. One drunkard, brought up for the third time, was fined twenty shillings or seven days in gaol…

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