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

Courts & crime, 1897

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LOCAL & General News Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, June 1. Before Mr. C. W. Weekes, P. M.

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 June 1897 · page 2

UNSOUND MIND. -- Mary Hemmings, on remand, was charged with being of unsound mind. Lilian Hemmings deposed: I am a daughter…

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Police Court. Thursday Afternoon. Before the Police-Magistrate and Mr. Oliver. an Eastgrove Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 4

The adjourned case against John Evans, charging him with having been drunk and disorderly at Eastgrove on 8th May last, was proceeded with. Mr. Betts appeared for defendant and…

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An Alleged Assault by Chinamen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 2

ON Friday night between 10 and 11 o'clock a peculiar assault was reported to the police in No. 2 Division. A married woman named Hannah Masaki was attacked by some Chinamen whilst she…

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H. S. Gannon. a Second Charge of Larceny. the Matter Before the Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 2

A MATTER in connection with the alleged absconding of H. S. Gannon, solicitor, of Goulburn, came before the Police Court this (Saturday) morning. Messrs W.S. Caswell, P.M., S Meyer, S. H. Belcher,…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 June 1897 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher, Meyer, and L. H. .Fitzgerald. THE CASE OF B. S. CANNON. Mr. W. J. Hill of Sydney, solicitor, applied…

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Gunning. Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 June 1897 · page 4

THE usual monthly court was held on Friday, 4th instant, before Messrs. C. W. Weekes, P.M., John Wheatley, and Robert Dowling, Js. P. There was only a small amount of business in…

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Taralga. Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 June 1897 · page 4

THE monthly sittings of the court were held on Wednesday, the following being the justices presiding:—Messrs. W. S. Caswell, P.M., P. A. Jamieson, C. Ross, and J. J. Lynch. Appended is…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 June 1897 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. Ellis and Oliver. DRUNKENNESS. One defendant was fined 10/- or three days…

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Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 June 1897 · page 4

AT the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Oliver, J.P., William Charles Shaw was charged with drunkenness and indecent conduct. He pleaded not guilty to the second charge. Constable Mc…

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Thursday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 June 1897 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. Caswell, P.M., A. G. Finlay, and I. Shepherd. DRUNKENNESS AND BAD LANGUAGE Frederick King pleaded guilty to drunkenness…

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Goulburn Licensing Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 June 1897 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Licensing Court was held to-day before Messrs. Caswell, P.M ,Finlay, and Shepherd. RENEWALS…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 3

BEFORE the P.M. and Messrs I Shephard and Finlay. DRUNKENNESS. &c. Frederick King and Martin D. Delany…

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Sunderland Bank Burglary

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 3

The branch office of the North Eastern Banking Company at Sunderland was broken into on the night of March 2, the burglars getting clear away with £5869, of…

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Attempted Burglary. the Injured Constable

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 2

Constable Pearce, who received a bullet wound in the left shoulder while endeavouring to arrest a would be burglar at Mr. Oxenham's on Monday morning, is progressing as…

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The Domain Assault Case

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 2

AT the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, George Edward Hammond, a first-class constable of police, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with…

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Attempted Burglary at Randwick. a Constable Shot

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 3

At about 1 o'clock on Sunday morning, Constable Thomas Pearce, of Randwick, was on duty in the vicinity of the residence of Mr. H. Oxenham,…

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Divorce Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 2

IN Sydney yesterday, before Mr. Justice Simpson, Maude Eva Simpson formerly Tory, of Redfern, sought divorce from Harry Simpson, late of Glenmore-road, Paddington,…

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[?] Police Court. Wednesday, June 9. (Before Mr. C. W. Weekes, P.m.) Alleged Cruelty to Animals

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 2

George Donnelly was charged with cruelty to a horse, his property, by neglecting to supply the animal with sufficient aud necessary sustenance…

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The Yass Courier · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 4

Mr. W. J. Hill, of Sydney, solicitor, applied on behalf of John Morton, Mary Cooper, Maria Thistle, and other members of the Cooper family, beneficiaries under…

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The Randwick Shooting Affray. a Constable Shot. £100 Reward. Clues in the Hands of the Police

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 4

Tuesday's "S. M. Herald" contained a report of a sensational attempt at burglary at the house of Mr. Humphrey Oxenham, the well-known sportsman, at Randwick…

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