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

Courts & crime, 1881

1,064 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 17 of 54

Local and General. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, May 18. Before the Police Magistrate

The Yass Courier · Friday 20 May 1881 · page 2

PLACING STONES ON THE RAILWAY LINE.--Denis Whelan, a boy about 13 years of age, was charged with having, on the 24th March last, obstructed free passage on the railway, by…

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Insolvent Court

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 May 1881 · page 3

IN RE G. R. DIBBS.—Sir George L. Innes, who appeared on behalf of the Hon. John Frazer, one of the creditors, asked that the proof should be allowed to…

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Small Debts Court

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 May 1881 · page 2

Thomas Barnel v. James' Asher, amount claimed £2 5b. value of a pig destroyed by defendant, who did not appear.—Thomas Cook deposed: I served a true copy of…

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Burrowa Police Court. Wednesday, May 18. (Before Messrs. Wotton, F. W. Hume, A. E. Middleton, and E. Deer)

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 May 1881 · page 2

There were no summons cases or police charges…

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The "Bulletin" Libel Case. Supreme COURT.—(Before Sir William Manning, and a jury of four.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 May 1881 · page 2

In this case William Moore and Thomas Moore, proprietors of the hotel at Clontarf, sue John Haynes and J. F. Archibald, proprietors of the Bulletin…

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Local Intelligence. Young Police COURT.Thursday. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 21 May 1881 · page 2

William Woods pleaded guilty to drunkenness and disorderly conduce, and was fined 5s. or to be imprisoned till 5 o’clock this evening. Marietta Gould was charged with larceny…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, May 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 May 1881 · page 5

BEFORE Mr. Voss. George Mc Connell was charged with using insulting language to Edward Ball on the 16th May…

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Goulburn Police Court. Thursday, May 19

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 21 May 1881 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. Voss, Drunkenness.—Patrick Tierney, brought up for drunkenness, was cautioned and discharged. Unsound Mind.—Stephen Hyett, charged with…

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Local and General. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Saturday, May 21. Before the Police Magistrate

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 May 1881 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS.--Kate Ward, an old offender, was charged with having been drank in Cooma-street about nine o'clock on the previous night. Prisoner pleaded guilty…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, May 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 May 1881 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Herald

BEFORE Mr. Voss. Thomas Wellsby, an elderly man, for drunkenness was discharged with a caution. Mary Brown was brought up charged with…

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Queanbeyan. Police COURT.—Wednesday, May 18th

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 May 1881 · page 4

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. George Wright (on remand) was charged with stealing a watch and chain from the person of George Edward Stephens, on or…

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Local Intelligence. Young Police Court. Saturday. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 25 May 1881 · page 2

Marietta Gould, on remand on a charge of larceny, was again brought up. Constable Murphy produced the warrant for her apprehension, from the Newtown Bench, and she…

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Stealing Letters and Money

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 May 1881 · page 4

AT the Tamworth Police Court, on May 19, Joseph Thompson, assistant postmaster in Tamworth Police Office, was placed in the dock, charged with stealing letters and money…

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Carlyle at Court

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 26 May 1881 · page 4

A pleasant story is being told of Thomas Carlyle's interview with the Queen. She had commanded him to visit her, and he came into her presence…

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The Murder of Trooper Pearce

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 May 1881 · page 3

THE Hamilton Spectator's Narracoorte correspondent supplies the following particulars of the murder of trooper. Pearce, a report of which we have only…

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A Child Tried for Child Murder

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 May 1881 · page 4

THE Chicago Tribune of 12th January says:-- "One of the most extraordinary murder trials on record was concluded at Machias, Me., to-day. The prisoner was only nine years…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, May 27

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 28 May 1881 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

BEFORE. Messrs. Voss and Ma[?] Letting off Pi[?] in the Street.—William Dickson and Henry Vincent pleaded guilty to a charge of letting off fire [?] in Market-streets, and…

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The New Gaol, North Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 May 1881 · page 5

WE paid a visit t the new goal now in course of erection at North Goulburn on Thursday last, and in order to give our readers some idea of the dimensions and the characters of…

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