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

Courts & crime, 1880

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, December 31. BEFORE the Police-Magistrate

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 January 1880 · page 4

John Benson and Charles Miller were charged with breaking into and stealing two hams from the store of Mr. H. C. Pratt, in Sloane-street…

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Local and General. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, December 31. Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. H. Hall

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 January 1880 · page 2

John Snarey v. Thomas Hines, balance wages due. Mr. Wilkinson for defendant. John Snarey deposed: I am at present living…

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Burrowa Police Court. Wednesday December 31. (Before Messrs. W. J. E. Wotton and A. E. Middleton.) Police Prosecutions

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 January 1880 · page 2

Thomas Maloney, for leaving a bullock dray in the middle of Marsden street, near the Post and Telegraph office, was fined in the mitigated…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, January 2. BEFORE the Police-Magistrate

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 3

Ellen Duffy was charged with being drunk and disorderly. Defendant had been sent to Goulburn gaol from Wagga, and was only discharged the day before…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, January 2

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 2

BEFORE the police=magistrate, Ellen Duffy was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Auburn-street on New Year's Day…

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Crown Land Sales. Police Office, Cooma. On Wednesday, the 21st January, 1880. Country Lots

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 4

Lot A, 40 acres, county Wallace, parish Caddigat, adjoining part of the south boundary of T. S. Hyles’ portion No. 127 of 280 acres. Queengallery Run. Void conditional…

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Crown Lands Sales. at the Police-office, Wagga Wagga, On Wednesday, 28th January. Country Lots

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 4

Lots A and B, 65 acres 2 roods and 61 acres 2 roods, county Clarendon, parish Bute; adjoining and near the south boundary of T. J. Giles' conditional purchase…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday, January 3

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 5 January 1880 · page 2

BEFORE the police-magistrate. An elderly man, found guilty of exposing his person in Auburn-street on Friday night, was fined 20/- or ten days' imprisonment…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, January 5. BEFORE the Police-Magistrate

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 January 1880 · page 3

One man, brought up for drunkenness, was cautioned and discharged. Margaret Fennerley was charged with assaulting Alice Foxley…

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Local and General Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, January 5. Before the Police Magistrate

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 January 1880 · page 2

DRUKENNESS.-- William Mitchell was charged with having been drunk in Cooma-street on the previous night. Defendant pleaded guilty…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, January 6

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 January 1880 · page 4

THE usual monthly sittings in connection with the above court were held this morning before the Police-Magistrate. There were only four cases on the list;…

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Crown Land Sales. at the Police Office, Yass. On Wednesday, 14th January. Country Lot

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 January 1880 · page 4

Lot A, 50 acres, county of Cowley, parish of East Goodrabigbee, on the left bank of Sugarloaf Creek, and on the road from Yass to Narrengullen, and lying about ½ a mile southerly from P. Grace's…

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District Court

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1880 · page 2

We have been requested to state that the jury canoe will not occupy the attention of the court until Tuesday. THE GOULBURN SMALL DEBTS COURT sat…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, January 7. BEFORE the Police-Magistrate

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1880 · page 4

John Murphy was charged with using threatening language to John Spillane calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. Defendant did not appear; but his wife…

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Small Debts Court

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1880 · page 1

II. C. Wheatley v. Luck—No appearance. J. Wheatley v. N. Luck.—No appearance. Thomas Gray v. Samuel Withers.—Complainant claimed £2 19s. 6d. for goods sold…

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Police Court.—january 7. BEFORE Messrs. W. R. Reynolds, A. S. Jones, and J. F. Ken yon, J P.’s

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1880 · page 1

Joseph Noble was changed with careless riding in Yass-street. Defendant pleaded guilty. Constable Clifford deposed : On the date…

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Goulburn Quarter Sessions. Tuesday, January 6. BEFORE his Honor JuDge Mc Farland. Stealing From the Person

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1880 · page 3

John Jones (on bail) was charged with having, at Moss Vale, on the 20th day of November, 1879, stolen ^14 from the person of Gerard Irvine…

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Yass Small Debts Court. Tuesday, January 6. Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Hall

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 January 1880 · page 2

Mote v. Graham -- goods, £7. Mr. Wilkinson for plaintiff. James F. Mote deposed: I am plaintiff in this case; I am a publican residing in Yass;…

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Local and General. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, January 7. Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Hall

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 January 1880 · page 2

THE SHEEP ACT AMENDMENT ACT, -- This was a case brought by Mr. George Merriman against Mr. Daniel Morrison, for having mustered sheep without having given written notice of his…

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Appraisement Court at Yass

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 January 1880 · page 2

AN Appraisement Court, under the Land Acts, was held at Yass last Tuesday, before Mr. Yates, police magistrate, when the following evidence was taken as to value of improvements effected…

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