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

Courts & crime, 1889

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday May 21. Before Colonel Chisholm, P.M.

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 2

Buckmaster v. Petty and Wife; £7 16s, money lent, etc., Mr. Brennan for plaintiff, and Mr. Iceton for defendant, who had put in a set off, and…

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LOCAL & General News. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, May 21. Before Colonel Chisholm, P.M., and Mr. J. T. A. Styles, J.P.

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 2

WAGES.-- J. H. Gannon, W. Andrews, W. F. Smith, F. Chaplain, D. McGrath, and J. Norman, were summoned by John O'Malley Manly, for the recovery of the sum of £8 2s…

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Young Police Court. Wednesday. Before the police Magistrate

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 2

DRUNK.— R. Bargess was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Main-street. Fined 5s, on 24 hours’ imprisonment. PROPANE LANGUAGE.—Same prisoner was…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 4

Before Messrs. J. Clifford & J. Wombey, Js.P. DRUNKENNESS. A woman pleaded guilty to a charge of having been drunk on the previous night, and she was…

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Goulburn Police Court. Thursday, May 23

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 4

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.—Samuel Wright was charged with attempting to rob James Harrison Knowles of a pocket-book containing notes…

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Tuesday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 2

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AND ASSAULT. Samuel Wright was brought up (on remand) charged with attempting to rob, and also with…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 4

BEFORE Messrs. J. Clifford and J. W. Wombey, Js.P. John O' Brien, licensee of the Imperial Hotel, was brought before the court on suspicion of…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday, May 25

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. Clifford and Wombey. DRUNKENNESS.—A female defendant pleaded guilty and was discharged with a caution as it was her first offence…

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The Cronin Murder. LONDON, May 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 4

The house in Chicago in which Dr. Cronin, who was summoned to give evidence before the Times-Parnell Commission, was murdered has been discovered…

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Special Telegrams. Terrific Weather in Sydney. Torrents of Rain. Supreme Court and Other Business Places Closed. Manly Steamers Unable to Run. Great Destruction to Property. Sydney, Monday, 8 p.m

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 2

Heavy rain still continues, The manly Beach steamers have suspended running owing to the heavy sea at the Heads. The ketch, Maid of Australia, was blown on…

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Thursday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 May 1889 · page 2

Hannah McGrath, on remand from Bungendore, was brought up on suspicion of being of unsound mind. The unfortunate creature, who was on her knees during the hearing of the case,…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, May 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 May 1889 · page 4

The old man Mark W. Manby, who last week was remanded to the goal hospital for medical treatment, with a view to his being forwarded to the Benevolent Asylum, was too ill to attend;…

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Goulburn Police Court. Tuesday, May 28

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 30 May 1889 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AND ASSAULT.—Samuel Wright, on remand, was charged with attempting to rob James Harrison Knowles of a pocket-book con…

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The Maybrick Murder Case. LONDON, May 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 May 1889 · page 2

The inquest was held yesterday on the Liverpool merchant, named Maybrick, who is supposed to have been poisoned by his wife, a niece of Jefferson Davis, the celebrated…

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Goulburn Police Court. Thursday, May 30

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 1 June 1889 · page 4

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Mr. Kerr. UNSOUND MIND.—Hannah McGrath, a young woman, on remand from Bungendore, was brought up as doing of unsound mind…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, May 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 June 1889 · page 3

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Mr. J. Clifford, J.P. UNSOUND MIND. John O'Brien was brought up, on remand…

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News by Cable. The Cronin Murder. LONDON, May 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 June 1889 · page 3

A man named Woodruff, who was arrested on a charge of having murdered Dr. Cronin, in Chicago, has made a confession of his guilt. Ho implicates several other presons…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, June 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 June 1889 · page 4
Also in Goulburn Herald

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Mr. E. J. Ball, M.P. DRUNKENNESS. One man pleaded guilty to a charge of having…

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Shocking Murder In New Zealand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 June 1889 · page 2

Auckland, Monday.—A settler at Kaiwarra, near Wellington, named Thomas Hawkins, has been found murdered on the road leading to his residence. He had been shot and afterwards…

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