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

Courts & crime, 1891

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Friday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 3

BEFORE Messrs. S. Meyer, J. Oliver, and A. A. Kerr, Js.P. WAGES. Thos. Diggins v. G. W. Rooke, £1 18s, claim…

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Goulburn Police Court. Lively Scene in Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 4

ERNEST J. BAXTER Was again brought before the Police Court this morning on a charge of false pretences. Mr. S. Meyer and Mr. James Oliver, Js.P., were seated on…

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Land Court Sittings

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 6

The following cases are set down for hearing at the forthcoming sittings of the Land Court of New South Wales to be held at Darlinghurst, commencing on…

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Young Circuit Court

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 3

THE Circuit Court will sit at Young on Monday next, 13th instant. His Honor Mr. Justice Foster will be the presiding judge, and Mr. W. W. Tarleton will posecute for the Crown. The calendar…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 April 1891 · page 2

SITTING JUSTICES: The Police Magistrate and Messrs. Meter and Oliver FALSE PRETENCES.—Ernest T. Baxter was brought up on remand, change with…

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Magisterial Etiquette. the Police Magistrate and Mr. S. Meyer

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 April 1891 · page 2

FOR some time past it has been Evident to frequenters of the police court that tie relation between the Police Magistrate and Mr. S. Meyer when sitting as justices, have not…

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Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 April 1891 · page 2

At the Police Court this morning, Thomas Kerr was fined 40s or seven days in gaol for being drunk and disorderly in Auburn-street. In the defendants' possession were found two…

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LOCAL & General News. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Friday, April 12. Before the Police Magistrate

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 14 April 1891 · page 2

BREACH OF MUNICIPAL BY-LAWS. -- Michae Reid was summoned by the Inspector of Nuisances, for allowing two cows to stray in Rossi-street on the 21st March…

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Young Circuit Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 April 1891 · page 2

YOUNG, Monday.—The Circuit Court opened this morning, before his Honor Judge Foster. Mr. Tartleton was Crown Prosecutor. There were only two criminal cases. George…

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Young Police Court. Saturday. Before the Police Magistrate. DRUNKENNESS

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 April 1891 · page 2

John B. Graham pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness in the streets. Fined 5s, or imprisonment till the rising of the court. John Robertson, charged with having been…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1891 · page 2

SITTING JUSTICE: The Police Magistrate. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Thomas Kerr was charged with a drunkenness and disorderly conduct…

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Murder at Surry Hills

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1891 · page 3

ABOUT half-past twelve yesterday, Mrs. Arthur, a boarder residing in No. 1 Foveaux-street, Surry Hills, Sydney, discovered the murdered body of her landlady, Mrs. Dalton,…

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Land Court Appeals

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1891 · page 2

At the land court, Darlinghurst, on Monday, before Messrs, Rogers, Freemen, and Brandis, William Henry Wheatley appealed against the appralead rental of his conditional lease,…

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Young Circuit Court. Monday. Before His Honor Mr. Justice Foster

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 April 1891 · page 2

Mr. S. Robinson, P.M. Deputy Sheriff occupied a seat on the Bench. The Bar was represented by Mr. W. W. Tarleton, prosecuting for the Crown, and Mr. J. J…

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Small Debts Court. Monday. (Before S. Robinson, Esq., P.M.) McCREIGHT v. S. ROSE

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 April 1891 · page 2

Claim for commission on the sale of land. At the last sitting of the court plaintiff was nonsuited on the ground that ho had failed to prove his case. He now sued again, having, as he said,…

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Burglary by Boys

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 2

HOBART, Wednesday.—The two boys, Norman Hanson and George Jones, aged 16 and 17 respectively, who have been arrested for the robbery at Brownell's drapery store, have…

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The Surry Hills Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 2

AT about half-past 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning, an Senior-sergeant Collins was walking along one of the streets at Dawes Point, ha saw a man in the enclosure who resembled very much…

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Land Court.—monday

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. F. E. Rogers, Q.C., president, Mr. Freeman, and Mr. Brandis. William Henry Wheatley appealed against the appraised rental of his conditional lease, No…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 4

SITTING JUSTICE: The Police Magistrate and Mr. Oliver. FALSE PRETENOES.—Ernest T. Baxter, on remand, was charged with obtaining £4 10/-…

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The Surry Hills Murder

Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 3

IN connection with the terrible tragedy perpetrated in Foveaux-street, Surry Hills, on Tuesday, the police shortly after ten a.m. on Wednesday succeeded in arresting Maurice…

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