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

Courts & crime, 1890

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Marulan. Police COURT.—Monday, 23rd December

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 4

BEFORE C. R. Styles, Esq., and T. Ferguson, Esq., Js.P. George Armstrong, charged with using threatening language to J. D. Browne, hotelkeeper…

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Goulburn Police Court. Tuesday, December 31

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Mr. Hammond. DRUNEENNESS.—One defendant was fiued 5/- or twenty-four hours…

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Goulburn Police Court. Thursday, Jan. 2, 1889

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 2

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate. RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR. James Kinsela (on bail), charged with riotous behaviour, did not appear…

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District Court Judges

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 2

Several changes in the District Court judiciary have been rendered necessary by the retirement of Judge Dowling. The Minister for Justice (Mr. Gould) has appointed Judge M'Farland to…

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Young Police Court. Friday. Before the Police Magistrate

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 2

HAWKERS LICENSE.—The application of George Hunter for A hawkers license was [?]nted…

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Saturday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 4

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate. DRUNKENNESS. One man pleaded guilty to the above charge, and as it was not his first offence be was ordered…

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Goulburn Police Court. Thursday, January 2

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 4

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR.—James Kinsela (on bail), a shop assistant, was charged with riotous behaviour. Defendant did not appear…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, January 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 3

BEFORE Messrs. S. Meyer and A. Ellis, J.P. UNSOUND MIND. Thomas Francis on remand on a charge of being of unsound mind did not appear, having been…

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Tuesday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 2

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate, Dr. McKillop, and Mr. W. Davis, Js.P. CHILD MURDER. Esther Jane Jocelyn was brought up on a…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday, January 4

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. DRUNKENNESS.—One defendant was fined 20/- or four days. PROTECTIN.—Andrew Hickey, fifty years of age,…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, January 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 4

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Messrs. W. Davis, and E. J. Ball, Js.P. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Elizabeth Healey pleaded guilty to a charge…

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Suspected Child Murder

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 2

AN inquest was commenced at Goulburn on Friday afternoon, on the body of a newly-born infant, found in an outhouse. Mrs. Callaghan, licensee of the…

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Gunning Police Court. Friday, 3Rd. Jan. Before Colonel. Chisholm, P.M, and Mr. J. " Wheatley J.P.

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 2

ASSAULT.—Thomas B. Brown v. Henry Walker. ; Defendant did not appear. The case was heard and a fine of 20s inflicted with 4s rod costs, or fourteen days in Gunning lockup…

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Goulburn Small Debts Court. Tuesday, January 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 2

THE monthly sitting of this Court was held as above, before the Police-Magistrate and Mr. W. Davis, J.P. There were 18 cases on the list, of which six were struck out and one had not been…

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TUESDAY. Before the Police Magistrate

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

HAWKERS LICENSE.—An application for a hawkers license by William Alexander storekeeper Young was granted…

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Young Police Court. Monday. Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. George Rankcn, J.P.

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

DISOBEYING A SUMMONS.—John Murdoch was charged with disobeying a summons for fraudulently appropriating a horse and dray, the property of one Francis Gardner, Tumut.—…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, January 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 4

Before Messrs. S. Meyer and J. Clifford, J.P. INDECENT LANGUAGE. John Pritchard was summoned by William John Smith for making use of indecent language…

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Goulburn Police Court. Tuesday, January 7

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate, Mr. W. Davis, and Dr. Mc Killop. INFANTICIDE.—Eather Jane Jocelyn, a young woman of respectable appearance, was charged with…

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Collector. Police COURT.—Friday, January 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 4

Before the Police-Magistrate of Goulburn. Police v. Henry Rabjohn and Henry Denny; carrying firearms on Sunday. Dismissed. Police v Peter Brogan, Robert Neeley, John…

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Small Debts Court

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 2

THE monthly of sitting of this court was held on Tuesday last before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Davis. 'The list contained sixteen cases, of which three were struck out because of tile non-attendance of the…

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