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

Courts & crime, 1888

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Crookwell. Police COURT.—Monday, January 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 4

A charge of assault—Thos. A. Brereton v. Frederick Bashford—and a cross case were postponed till next court day without costs. In the Small Debts Court,…

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LOCAL & General News. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Saturday, January 21. Before Major Chisholm, P.M.

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 2

VAGRANCY.--John Smith was charged with having no visible lawful means of support. Senior-constable Tracey deposed : At 10 o'clock this morning the accused gave himself up…

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Young Police Court. TUESDAY.(Before tho Police Magistrate.)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 2

ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF MUNICIPAL BYLAW. —Marian Woodward was charged, on the information of the inspector of nuisances, with having, on or about the 5th January, caused certain fencing to…

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Goulburn Police Court. Tuesday, January 24

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 26 January 1888 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. Supposed Unsound Mind.—Richard Digby Stephans, railway district engineer, was brought up on romand as being of unsound mind. Mr. Sugdon…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, January 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1888 · page 4

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Messrs. J. Clifford and A. Ellis, Js.P. AUCTIONEER'S LICENSE. Mr. Harold O'Brien appeared in support of an…

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The St. Louis Murder. LONDON, Jan. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1888 · page 4

Maxwell, the man who murdered Mr. Preller in St. Louis, and put the body in a trunk, has failed in his final appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court, and will therefore be executed…

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LOCAL & General News. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, January 24. Before Major Chisholm. P.M.

The Yass Courier · Thursday 26 January 1888 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS-- Frank Conlon was charged with being drunk in Rossi-street on the previous day, to which he pleaded guilty and, being his first offence, ha was fined 5s., or in default to be…

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Burrowa District Court Monday Januaey 23. (Before His Honour Judge Forbes.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 January 1888 · page 2

UNDEFENDED CAKES. J. J. Kersahaw v. James Dwyer (Burrowa River), £101 9s.6d., goods cold. No. appearance of defendant. Verdict for…

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Goulburn Police Court. Thursday, January 26. BEFORE the Police-Magistrate. PROTECTION

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 January 1888 · page 4

Joseph Smith, aged 76 years, who had given himself up to the police for protection, being destitute of means and altogether unable to earn his livelihood, was brought before the court…

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Goulburn Police Court. Thursday, January 26

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 28 January 1888 · page 4

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. Protection.—Joseph Smith, seventy-eight years of age, was brought up for protection. Smith, who was apparently very feeble, stated…

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Gunning. Police COURT.—Friday, 20th January

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 January 1888 · page 5

BEFORE Messsrs. H. Saxby, J. S. Sands, and N. T.l Collins, Js.P. T. Collins, Js. P. James Charlesworth was charged on suspicion of being of unsound mind…

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Tuesday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 2

James Charlesworth was brought up (on remand from the previous day) as being of unsound mind. A report from Senior-constable O'Leary, of…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, Jan. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 4

James Charlesworth brought up as being of unsound mind. The evidence taken before the Bench at Gunning, and which appeared in our last issue,…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, January 30

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Mr. Wombey. Unsound Mind.—James Charlesworth was brought up on remand from Gunning bench as being of unsound mind…

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The Armidale Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 2

A MAN named John Grace had been arrested by the Armidale police on suspicion of having murdered John Stapleton, whose dead body was discovered at 6 o'clock p.m. on the 27th instant…

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Shocking Murder near Armidale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 4

A brutal murder has been committed at the Hillgrove mines, Armidale. A stranger, who had taken out a minor's right and gone out there on Wednesday, was found covered over…

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LOCAL & General News. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Thursday, January 26. Before Major Chisholm. P.M.

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 2

VAGRANCY.--An old man named George Alison, who gave himself up to the police, was charged with having no lawful visible means of support, and he was sent to gaol for seven days, with a…

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TUESDAY. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 2

ILLEGALLY BATHING.—George Phillips was charged, on the information of James B. J. Newland, with having bathed in a dam on Petticoat Flat, near Young, within view of a…

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Young Police Court. Monday. (Before the Police Magistrate.) a Pair of Superlatively Contemptible Blackguards

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 2

Henry Jones and William Moran, a brace of as low blackguards as the colony could produce, were placed in the dock to answer several charges preferred against them by the police. Each of them,…

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Goulburn Police Court. Tuesday, January 31

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 4

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Mr. Wombey. Unsound Mind.—James Charlesworth was brought up on remand as being of unsound mind. Charlesworth had been remanded from Monday to…

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