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

Courts & crime, 1895

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Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, Jan. 22. Before Colonel Chisholm, P.M., and Mr. T. Colls, J.P.

The Yass Courier · Friday 25 January 1895 · page 2

DETENTION OF A BULLOCK.-- Selina Mary Besnard v. John Sheil. Mr. Brennan appeared for defendant, and Mr. Besnard represented Mrs. Besnard…

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LOCAL & General News. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, Jan. 22. Before Colonel Chisholm. P.M. and Mr. T. Colls. J.P.

The Yass Courier · Friday 25 January 1895 · page 3

DETENTION OF B[?].-- S[?] Mary Besnard T. John Sheil. Mr. Brennan appeared for defendant, and Mr. Bernard represented Mrs. Bernard…

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Friday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 4

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Charles Benson for having been drunk and disorderly was fined 10s or 48 hours…

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Crookwell. Police COURT.—Thursday, January 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. W. S. Gunn. James McGee was summoned by Ada Gibson for neglecting to support his illegitimate child. Mr. Malcolm was to have appeared for the defendant;…

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Young Police Court. FRIDAY. Before Messrs. P. Cram and Jennings, J.’sP. DRUNKENNESS

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 3

Michael Williams was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Burrowa-street. He was fined 5s; in default, 24 hours imprisonment ; costs of court, 5s 6d…

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District Court Sittings

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 2

ON taking his seat yesterday morning His Honor asked how much longer were the Sessions likely to last, and the Crown-Prosecutor said he thought they would occupy at least two days more. His Honor,…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 January 1895 · page 2

BEFORE THE Police Magistrate. Henry Lewis Williams (on bail) was charged with committing an assault in view of a constable. Mr. Davidson for defendant…

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Found Guilty of Burglary

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 January 1895 · page 3

At the sessions today Michael Kelly was found guilty of burglary at Mr. Lester's house, Waverley, and was sentenced to five years…

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Monday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 4

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate. Henry Lewis Williams pleaded not guilty to having assaulted a man named Monaghan on the Show-ground on Saturday in view of Constable…

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Suspected Murder at Cootamundra

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 2

COOTAMUNDRA, Monday.—The body of a man was discovered in the town reservoir (not the water supply reservoir) this evening. It was tied, head down, in a bag. It had evidently been submerged for a…

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Echoes From the Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 2

PRISONER, about to be sentenced: "I hope you will take into consideration that I have five children dependent upon me." His Honor: "This is a wrong time to think about them. You should have…

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Plot to Murder the German Emperor. London, Jan. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 4

Prince Hohenlohe, the German Chancellor, has received an anonymous letter containing a warning that the malcontent workmen in the Government gun factory at Spandau, eight miles from Berlin,…

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Local & General News. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Friday, January 25

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 2

Before Colonel Chisholm, P.M. MAINTENANCE. -- Rebecca Curran v. John Curran: maintenance. Mr. Brennan appeared for plaintiff, and Mr…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 3

YESTERDAY before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. I. Shepherd and Oliver, one defendant charged with drunkenness was discharged with a caution…

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Young Police Court. MONDAY. Before Mr. T. Foley, P.M. Assault with Intent

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 2

William Reynolds was brought up, charged with attempted rape. Mr. Wiseheart, representin , Mr. Gordon, who had been retained but was absent from town and…

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Assault on Non-unionists

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 3

Two non-unionists, while on their way to seek work at Seaham colliery, were met by a body of men and shamefully assaulted, their tents and clothes burned, and their tools…

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Crookwell Police Court. Thursday, January 24. BEFORE Messrs. Cox and Gunn

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 2

James McGee (on remand) was again before the court on a charge of failing to support his illegitimate child, born of the body of Ada Gibson…

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Goulburn District Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 2

THE sittings, adjourned from Friday, were resumed this morning at nine o'clock, before his Honor Judge Fitzhardings. C. J. KIRCHNER V. J. WILSON…

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A Licensing Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 3

WILL be held to-morrow, pursuant to adjournment. The Railway Hotel at Tarago has been closed since the 22nd when the license expired, Mr. O'Leary having omitted…

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The Cootamundra Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 January 1895 · page 4

COOTAMUNDRA, Tuesday.—The coroner's inquest on the body of the man found in a bag yesterday in the town dam was w opened this evening. Dr. Hull's evidence showed that two large stones weighing…

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