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

Courts & crime, 1894

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International Police Association. a Branch to Be Formed in Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Monday 26 February 1894 · page 3

AT the instance of several police officers a society on Christian lines, entitled the International Police Association was started in the city of London in 1883. The objects, as…

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Illicit Distillation. Plant Seized by the Police. Sydney, Monday, 3.5 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Monday 26 February 1894 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday, 3.5 p.m. THE whole plant of an illicit distillery in working order was seized by the police at a quarter past six this morning in Harris-street,…

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Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 February 1894 · page 2

THOUGH business at the Police Court has been stack these last few days this will not long continue, as during the past two days a large number of summonses have been issued against persons in…

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Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 February 1894 · page 4

AT the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. Caswell, P.M., one defendant was fined 6s or 24 hours for drunkenness…

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The Extraordinary Assault on a Child

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 February 1894 · page 2

BROKEN HILL, Monday.—The charge against the butcher, Daniel Charles Sack, of maliciously wounding a boy named Frank Baker by cutting him on the lower part of the stomach with a knife was…

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Alleged Murder by a Husband

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 February 1894 · page 2

MELBOURNE Monday.—A magisterial inquiry into the strange death of a woman named Ann Meek, at Broadford, was concluded to-day. About 40 years ago deceased and her husband came to live…

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Bungendore Police Court. Convictions for Theft

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1894 · page 3

AT the Bungendore Police Court on Wednesday, before Messrs. D. Leahy and G. Gale, Alick Bain and Henry Agnew, in custody, were, charged with stealing a number of…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1894 · page 2

Alexander McDonald, a State boy, was brought up for protection. Constable Gandy, lookupkeeper, deposed that at half-past two on the previous afternoon…

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Murder Near Melbourne

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 February 1894 · page 3

A feeble old man named Meek has been committed for trial for the alleged murder of his wife at Bradford, near Melbourne…

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Charge Against a Prisoner in Goulburn Gaol. Committed for Trial

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1894 · page 3

JAMES TONNER, or Toner, who is undergoing a sentence in Goulburn gaol for false pretences, was yesterday committed for trial at Albury on a charge of perjury, alleged to…

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Appeal Under the Vagrancy Act. the Magistrate's Decision Upheld. Sydney, Wednesday, 7.5 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1894 · page 3

AN application was made to-day to upset the conviction of Frederick Robson, sentenced to one month's imprisonment under the Vagrancy Act for running a tote in the public…

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Telegrams. Appeals to the Full Court. Illness of Mr. Justice Manning. Sydney, Wednesday, 2.50 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1894 · page 3

MR. JUSTICE MANNING is so unwell that he will be unable to leave his house for some days. Consequently, to-day's appeals to the Full Court had to be postpones…

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Thursday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 2

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate. James Watson, a labouring man, pleaded guilty to having travelled on the railway from Harden to Goulburn without a ticket and be was fined 40s or…

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Wednesday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 4

George Kingsland, a young man, was charged on suspicion with being of unsound mind. Drs. McKillop and Burkitt, who had attended Kingsland during the past week, said they had…

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Sensational Burglary at Kogarah

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 3

EARLY on Wednesday morning a burglary of a sensational character occurred at the residence of Mr. Richard O'Connor, Rooky Point-road, Kogarah. Mr. Richard O'Connor is a horse trainer, carrying…

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Important Land Court Decision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 4

A DECISION affecting hundreds of holders of original conditional purchases throughout the colony was given by the Land Court of Appeal sitting at Darlinghurst on Monday…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. TRAVELLING WITHOUT A RAILWAY TICKET. James Watson pleaded guilty to travelling upon the railway without a ticket…

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Burrowa Gaol. Senior-constable Williams Appointed Gaoler

Goulburn Herald · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 5

SENIOR-CONSTABLE WILLIAMS, who has been stationed in Goulburn for the last six or seven years, has been appointed gaoler at Burrowa. The change has been effected in consequence…

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The Chaplaincy of Berrima Gaol. Father Callachor Gazetted. Sydney, Friday, 7.10 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 5

THE Rev. Father Callachor has been gazetted Roman Catholic Chaplain of Berrima Gaol, vice the Rev. Father Harnett, resigned…

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Moss Vale District Court. Action Against the Bowral Municipality

Goulburn Herald · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 3

THE Moss Vale District Court was held on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The principal case was that of Jeffress versus the Bowral Municipal Council, a claim for £200…

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