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

Courts & crime, 1895

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Marulan Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 3

ON Wednesday, January 2nd, before Mr. W. M. Cunningham J.P., William Boots (thirty. four) was charged on a warrant issued by the Newtown bench with deserting has child,…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. A HAPPY PAIR. Lucy Nobes sued her husband, Henry Nobes, for neglecting to contribute to the…

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Murderous Assault in Bathurst Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 3

BATHURST, Saturday—This afternoon, in the gaol yard, a prisoner named Charles Williams struck James O'Connor, another prisoner, with a broom. O'Connor was rendered unconscious, and…

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Monday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 4

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Mr. Wombey. INDECENT LANGUAGE AND ASSAULT. Thomas Henry Wyatt pleaded guilty to having used indecent language and assaulted Con-table…

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Tuesday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 2

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate. STEALING A GUN. John Dover and Samuel McAndrew were charged with having stolen a double-barrelled…

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The Murder in Bathurst Gaol.—Jurors Threatened

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 2

BATHURST, Monday.—An inquest was hold to-day at the gaol on the body of James O'Connor, a confinee who, on Saturday, was killed by a blow inflicted by another prisoner, John Williams. Both…

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Murderous Assault in Bathurst Gaol. One Prisoner Kills Another

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 2

Bathurst, Saturday. -- This afternoon, in the gaol yard, a prisoner named Charles Williams struck James O'Connor, another prisoner with a broom. O'Connor was…

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A Strange Assault Case at Balmain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 3

AN unusual incident occurred on Saturday morning at Balmain, when an aboriginal named Ton my Todd committed a double assault. Several boys were playing on a…

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Murder in Kensington. London, Jan. 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 4

Mr. Reginald T. Saunderson, nephew of Colonel Saunderson, M.P., has been committed for trial for the murder of a woman in Kensington under circumstances similar to those by which the…

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Cable Intelligence. Bulgaria. the Beltcheff Murder. Charge Against M. Stambouloff

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 3

London, Thursday Night. -- The Bulgarian Court of Appeal has for the third time acquitted Ilia Ghcorgieff, who was sentenced to death in 1893, for high treason and for the murder of M…

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The Goulburn Police Force. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 4

SIR,—Will you allow me to draw the attention of the authorities through the medium of your valuable paper to the nuisance and annoyance caused to the residents of North Goulburn by bands of larrikins,…

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Murderous Assault in Bathurst Gaol

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon in the gaol yard, a prisoner named Charles Williams struck James Conner, another prisoner, with a broom. O'Connor…

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Murder in Bathurst Gaol

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 3

BATHURST, Saturday. -- This afternoon, in the gaol yard, a prisoner named Charles Williams struck James O'Connor, another prisoner, with a broom. O'Connor was…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. STEALING A GUN. Samuel McAndrew and John Dover. (on bail) were brought up on remand charged…

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Delaying Admittance of the Police

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 3

John Walker, for delaying admittance of police to the case of the Dunmore Hotel, Macquarie-street, south, was to-day fined £10 with costs or three months…

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Young Police Court. MONDAY. Before Dr. Heeley, F. G. Bushel], and. P. Cram, Js.P. Alleged Larceny From a Dwelling

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 2

James P. Munsell was charged with stealing a gold watch and brooche from a room ill the residence of Mr. James Gordon. Constable McKeown said from something he…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 4

AT the Police Court yesterday morning, before the Police-Magistrate, Henry Thomas Edmunds, aged about 17, supposed to be an apprentice of James A. Walsh, of Wild's Meadow, near Berrima, was…

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Mining Warden's Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 2

MR. F. R. WILSHIRE, mining warden, held a warden's court, at the Goulburn court-house this (Thursday) morning, when several important matters came up for consideration…

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Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 3

MR. F. R, WILSHIRE , mining warden for the southern district, held a court at Goulburn yesterday, when the following important applications were dealt with:—…

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Young Police Court. WEDNESDAY. Before Dr. Heelcy and Mr. P. Cram Js. P. Alleged Horse Stealing

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 2

Anthony Hall, a youth about 18 years of age was charged with the larceny of a horse, the property of Sydney Beswick. Constable Anderson, who made the arrest, was…

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