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

Courts & crime, 1882

1,111 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 56

Burrowa Police Court. Wednesday, January 25. (Before Messrs. W. J. K. Wotton, and E. Deer

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 January 1882 · page 3

D. Croke, chaired with being drunk and disorderly, and resisting the police, pleaded guilty. Constable Millar stated the wanner of arrest of prisoner, and said…

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District Court. Friday, January 20. (Before His Honor Judge Forbes.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 January 1882 · page 3

C. Cole v. G. Cranston—goods sold; £13 17s. lOd.—No appearance of defendant.—C. Cole deposed : I am plaintiff in this case, and defendant owes roe the amount…

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Local and General News. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday. January 25

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 January 1882 · page 2

Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. T. Colls. ASSAULT. -- Selwyn Pembrooke v. Richard Roach, for having assaulted him in the Mechanics Institute on last Saturday night…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, January 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 4

BEFORE Messrs. Voss, J. A. Chisholm, and Captain Rossi. James Shepherd was charged with neglecting to pay, Maria Shepherd wages due for work and labor…

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Goulburn Police Court. Thursday, January 26

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. H. H. Voss. Drunkenness.—James Brogan, for drunkenness, was discharged, and a charge against the same prisoner for using obscene language was withdrawn…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, January 27. Before Messrs. H. H. Voss, James A. Chisholm, and Captain Rossi. Threatening Language

Southern Argus · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 2

Thomas Lehane was charged with having, on the 21st instant, at Goulburn, threatened one William Pearce, by using the words " I'll do for you." Plea, not guilty…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, January 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 January 1882 · page 2

Samuel Webb was charged by the police with being drunk and disorderly. Constable Harford proved the charges. The Bench, on defendant promising not to…

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Binalong Police Court. Friday, January 27

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 31 January 1882 · page 2

Before Mr. Yates, P.M., and Mr. Patterson. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. -- Patrick Ryan was summoned by the police for an aggravated assault upon his daughter. The case was…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday, January 28

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1882 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. H. H. Voss. Drunkenness.—Ellen Moore was charged with being drunk on Friday afternoon. Senior-sergeant Fenton stated that prisoner had recently given way…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday, January 28. Before Mr. H. H. Vo[?] DRUNKENNESS

Southern Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1882 · page 2

Elen Moore, an [?] woman, charged as above, was fined 20/- or seven days. The fine was paid. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY…

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Local Intelligence. Young Police Court. Tuesday.(Before the Polios Magistrate.) Leary v. Nichols,—Assault. Withdrawn

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1882 · page 2

Wildash v. Elizabeth West.—Breach Pastures and Stook Protection Act. Withdrawn. Permission to have music on the evenings of Thursday and Friday, February 9 h and 10th,…

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Police Court. Wednesday, February 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 February 1882 · page 2

Samuel Webb was charged by the police with drunkenuess, and was find 20s or seven days in gaol. Peter Blackburn, on bail, was charged with being…

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Goulburn Police Court. Tuesday, January 31

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 2 February 1882 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs Mackellar and Alexander. Drunkenness.—Elizabeth Sullivan, a young woman about eighteen years of age, was convicted of drunkenness in a public place. Several previous…

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Goulburn Police Court Tuesday, January 31. Before Messrs. A. Mackellar and C. S. Alexander. DRUNK

Southern Argus · Thursday 2 February 1882 · page 2

Elizabeth Sullivan, charged with being drunk, was fined 2O/- or 7 days. VAGRANCY. John McKay, for being a vagrant, was sent to…

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The Police and a Police Magistrate

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1882 · page 2

THE bludgeon ruffianism of a portion of the New South Wales police force, and magisterial flippant [?]ney, have been painfully exemplified within the past…

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Local and General News. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, January 1

The Yass Courier · Friday 3 February 1882 · page 2

Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. T. Colls. VAGRANCY. -- Daniel McMahon was assigned fourteen days in Yass gaol, with a view to his being forwarded to the Benevolent Asylum…

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Gunning. Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 February 1882 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. J. F. Gray, and F. Kenyon, Esq's., J's.P. Queen v. John Clifford,—Obscene language…

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To-days Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 February 1882 · page 4

Ellen Cockburn, a respectable looking person about 20 years of age, was charged with an attempt at arson. Mr. Betts appeared for the prisoner…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, February 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 February 1882 · page 3
Also in Goulburn Herald

BEFORE Messrs. McKellar and C. S. Alexander. Dennis McCarthy was charged by the police with drunkenness. It being his first…

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