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

Courts & crime, 1894

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Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 1

At the Police Court on Friday, before the Police-Magistrate, James Hedges by his father pleaded guilty to allowing a horse to stray, and was fined 1s with 4s 4d costs, and 2s witness's expenses…

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Saturday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. DRUNKENNESS. One defendant was discharged with a caution. ALLEGED THEFT OF MONEY AND A HAT…

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Crookwell. Police COURT.—Tuesday, March 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 5

BEFORE Messrs. Cox and Guno. John Thompson (a youth in the employ of Archibald Nixon) pleaded guilty to using a horse while the animal was suffering from a…

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Gunning Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 3

BEFORE Colonel Chisholm, P.M. on Wednesday several small cases were disposed of at the Gunning Police Court; and [?]laughtering licenses were granted to William Alchin and…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. DRUNKENNES. One defendant locked up the previous day, was discharged with a caution…

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Telegrams. the George-street Burglary. Arrest of a Frenchman. Sydney, Monday, 3.15 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 3

A FRENCHMAN has been arrested in connection with the attempted burglary at the premises of Messrs. Bosch, Barthel, and Co., of George-street, Sydney, early on Sunday…

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The Insolvency Court. in Re Richard Essington Zouch. Sydney, Monday, 7.15 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 3

IN the Insolvency Court to-day, certificate applications in re Richard Essington Zouch, auctioneer, of Goulburn, were heard. On the application of the official assignee, an…

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Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 2

AT the Police Court yesterday an old man named Joseph John Felton, aged 65 years, was remanded for a week pending the receipt of an admission order to an asylum. This morning an old man,…

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Monday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 4

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Mr. Ball. UNSOUND MIND. Laurie Horsfield, aged about 20, was charged on suspicion of being of unsound mind…

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Daring Attempted Burglary. the Burglars Frustrated

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 3

A DARING and carefully-planned burglary was attempted at about a o'clock oil Sunday morning at the establishment of Messrs. Bosch and Barthel, importers of watchmakers' and dental…

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Additional Conditional Purchases. Mr. Copeland on the Decision of the Land Court. a Case to Be Stated to the Supreme Court

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 2

AN important decision affecting several hundred original conditional purchases was recently given by the Land Court of Appeal, It arose out, of an application of Robert M. Micking for an additional…

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The Case of Hercules O'keefe. Appeal to the Whole Court. an Important Point

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 2

IN the Full Court on Friday their Honors the Chief Justice, Judge Windeyer, Judge Innes, Judge Stephen, and Judge Foster were occupied in heating the appeal in the case of the…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate end Mr. E. Ball, J.P. DRUNKENNESS. One defendant, an old man, pleaded…

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An Abortive Burglary

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 7

A BURGLARY, which proved a somewhat pithless enterprize on the part of the burglar, was committed at the stores of Mr. John Forsythe and Co. on Sunday night or Monday morning. The…

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Young Police Court. MONDAY. Before Dr. Heeley and Mr. F. G. Bushell, Js.P Alleged Stealing From the Person

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 6

G. Jackson, Luie Lawson, and J. Coolaghan, on remand, were brought up on a charge of stealing from the person. The depositions taken at the first hearing were…

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Burrowa Police Court. a New Arrival From Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 2

AT the Burrowa Police Court on Thursday last, Jacob Woifort was charged on auspicion of being of unsound mind, and was remanded for seven days for medical treatment…

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Police Court Procedure. Can a Complainant Withdraw His Case?

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 2

AT the Goulburn Police Court on Monday, a number of townsmen were summoned for keeping unregistered dogs. On the first case being called, one of the defendants offered a…

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The Cronin Murder. London

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 8

The trial of Coughlin, a member of the Clan-na-Gael Irish Secret Society, for the murder of Dr. P. H. Cronin, of Chicsgo, in April, 1889, was brought to a close to-day…

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The New Superintendent of Police

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 2

Mr. Edward Grainger. the new Superiendent of Police for the Southern district. is daily expected to arrive in Goulburn…

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TUESDAY. Before Dr. Heeley, and Messrs. J. Foraythe and G. Ranken, JsP. Stealing a Suit of Clothes

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 6

John Murphy was charged with stealing a suit of clothes from the front of the of Messrs. C. S. Rush and Co., in Burrowa-street. Constable Anderson, sworn, said : About a…

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