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

Courts & crime, 1876

784 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 40

Local Intelligence. Young Police Court. Thursday. (Before the Police Magistrate.)DRUNKENNESS

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 1 April 1876 · page 2

Jas. Edwards was charged as above, and pleaded guilty. Mr. Sanderson said defendant went into the Oddfellows'’ Hall where a prayer meeting was…

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Friday. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Indecent Exposure

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 1 April 1876 · page 2

Andrew Hannah was charged with the above offence. Constable Wheally proved the charge, and defendant was sentenced to 7 days…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, March 29

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1876 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate. Thomas Williams was charged with threatening to cut his wife's throat. Constable Emerton deposed: I yesterday evening…

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Small Debts Court. (Before W. D. Campbell and W. J. E. Wotton, Esquires.)

The Burrowa News · Saturday 1 April 1876 · page 2

T. Gavan v. B. Long. Plaintiff sued to recover £7 14s. alleged to be due to him by defendant for carriage of timber, while defendant had placed an account owing to…

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Burrowa Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, March 27. (Before W. J. E. Wotton, Esq.) Drunk and Disorderly

The Burrowa News · Saturday 1 April 1876 · page 2

Charles Bond, who had been apprehended on the previous day, was brought up and charged with the offence. H. S. Williams deposed : About 11 o'clock on…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, April 3. BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Messrs. L. M. Alexander and Horsbury

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1876 · page 2

John Johnson, an aboriginal, was charged with being drunk in a public place on Saturday last. The defendant, who has frequently Been convicted for the same offence, was severely…

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Local and General. Yass Circuit Court. Saturday, April, 1

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 4 April 1876 · page 2

THIS court was opened at ten a.m. to-day before Matthew Henry Stephen, Esq., acting-judge. Mr. J. H. Want prosecuted for tho Crown; Mr. J. B. Jackson acted for the Crown solicitor: Dr…

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Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, April 3. Before Mr. Yates

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 4 April 1876 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS.--Thomas O'Brian, who this day week was fined 20s. or seven days' imprisonment for this offence, and who on Friday last paid the fine and was released from gaol, was to-day…

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Young Police Court. Saturday. (Before the Police Magistrate.) LARCENY

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 5 April 1876 · page 2

Laurence Daley was charged with stealing a blanket and other articles. The evidence of the apprehending constable, Sen.-constable M’Gee, was taken, and accused was remanded[?]…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, April 3

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 5 April 1876 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate, Messrs. Horsbrugh and L. M. Alexander. John Johnson, who has been repeatedly before the court for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, was…

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A Strange Murder in Queen Land.—questionable Emigrants

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 5 April 1876 · page 4

AT the Maryborough (Queensland) Police Court on the 24th March. Alexander Rixon was charged with the wilful murder of his wife, to whom the had been married…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, April 5. BEFORE Messrs. C. S. Alexander and F. Horn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 6 April 1876 · page 2

Thomas Stacey was charged with allowing a horse to stray in Montague-street, and pleading he was fined Is. and 2s, 6d. costs, it being his first offence…

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Police Court, Gunning. Wednesday, April 5

The Yass Courier · Friday 7 April 1876 · page 2

Before Mr. J. J. Allman, P.M., and Messrs. Gray, Waddell, Saxby, and Reynolds. Denis Murray was charged with assault, with intent to commit a rape. The prosecutrix,…

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The Emu Flat Murder. List of Subscriptions

The Yass Courier · Friday 7 April 1876 · page 2

RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE WIDOW AND FAMILY OF JAMES OMANT, WHO WAS MURDERED AT EMU FLAT ON THE 26TH FEBRUARY, 1876…

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Local and General. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, April 5. Before Mr. Hall and Mr. Yates

The Yass Courier · Friday 7 April 1876 · page 2

The parties to the case Walter v. Brennan, for using language calculated to cause a breach of the peace, having been called, failed to appear, and the case was struck out…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday, April 8. BEFORE the Police-Magistrate

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 2

Mary Lamb was brought up for being drunk and disorderly in Auburn-street; but it being found that her arm had been broken by some means, she was discharged and removed to the hospital…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, April 5

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 3

Before Messrs. C. S. Alexander and F. Horn. James Thompson and Thompson Stacey for allowing horson to stray in the streets, were severally fined 1s. and 2s. 6d. costs…

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Collector Police Court. Friday, April 7

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 4

BEFORE the police-magistrate of Goulburn and MR. A. S. Chisholm. Robert Hobson was charged with cruelly ill-treating a horse…

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An Atrocious Murder

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 8

Royseville, Kan., December 22.—William Hixon and Joseph Gorrell were brothers-in-law, living near this place. Gorrell had, in a…

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Local Intelligence. Young Police Court. Thursday. (Before J. Broughton, Esq. J.P. Larceny

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 2

Lawrence Daley, on remand, was again brought up. Senior-constable M’Gee of Murrumburrah, deposed; I arrested accused at the Criterion…

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