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

Courts & crime, 1897

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POLICE COURT.—Wednesday, 10th inst

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 6

Before J. O'Reilly, D. Leahy, and H. M. Davis, Js.P. George Smith appeared on remand charged with larceny as bailee…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, 12Th February

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 4

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Mr. Fitzgerald CHARGE OF UNSOUND MIND. Edward Bates, on remand on a charge of being of unsound mind, was brought up…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 February 1897 · page 2

BEFORE MR. Oliver. UNSOUND MIND. Kate Jemima Atkin (about twenty) single, was brought up on remand from…

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Monday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 4

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Messrs. Oliver and Fitzgerald. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY AND INDECENT LANGUAGE. Denis Daly, charged with the above, pleaded…

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Tuesday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 2

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Messrs. Oliver and Belcher. DRUNKENNESS. A female defendant was fined 10s or three days…

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Small Debts Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 2

THE usual sitting of the above court was hold to-day before Messrs. Caswell, P.M., Oliver, and Belcher. Charles Rogers and Co, v. John Ahearn; £4 18s,…

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Local & General News. Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, Feb. 15

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 2

Before the P.M. LARCENY AS A BAILEE.--Christian M'Cloud was charged with larceny as a bailee by taking a horse the property of Mr. P. Osborne of…

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Cable Intelligence. the Butler Case. the Extradition Application. a New Difficulty. Butler Claims to Be Lee Weller. Charged with Murdering Preston. the Sydney Evidence Produced

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 2

London, Thursday, Noon.--From San Francisco it is reported that the accused man. Butler has been identified by Captain Jones; as a sailor who was aboard the Flintshire, in 1890…

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The Police Magistrate's Itinerary

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1897 · page 2

IN consequence of the recent amendment of the electoral law requiring the holding of monthly revision courts, which cannot be held before the 15th of each month, the…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1897 · page 3

BEFORE the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher and Oliver. DRUNKENNESS, &C. A female defendant was fined 10/- or three…

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Licensing Court. a Technical Difficulty

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 February 1897 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Licensing Court was hold to-day before Messrs. Caswell, P.M., Finlay, and Shepherd. Mr. Betts appeared for Lavinia Fryor of Mandelson's Hotel, Goulburn, and applied for a…

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Bungendore. Small Debts COURT.—Tuesday, 16th Feb

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 February 1897 · page 4

SMALL DEBTS COURT.—Tuesday, 16th Feb. BEFORE Mr. Maitland, P.M., and Messrs. Rutledge and Donnelly, Js.P. Mr. Maitland said that before commencing the…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 3

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. DRUNKENNESS, &c. John Walsh pleaded guilty to drunkenness and indecent language…

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Dash From Dartmoor Gaol

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 1

AN exciting escape was made from Dartmoor Gaol on the day before Christmas, reports the St. James's' Budget of 1st January. Three men…

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The Warrnambool Murder

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 2

Melbourne, Wednesday.--The trial of Henry Lyfield, at the Criminal Court, for the murder of his wife, whose body was found in a sack in the Merri River at Warrnambool in October…

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Goulburn Licensing Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 3

A SPECIAL, sitting was held yesterday before Messrs. Caswell (chairman). I. Shepherd, and A. G. Finlay. Applications for renewals lodged by Mrs. Lavinia Fryer of Mandelson's…

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New Governor for Goulburn Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 2

MR. FRANK E. BLOXHAM, secretary of the Government Labour Bureau, has been appointed by the Public Service Board to the post of governor of the Goulburn gaol. The salary attaching to this…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday, 2.20 p.m. SENTENCED

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 4

JOSEPH OLSEN, convicted of assaulting William Gray with intent to rob him, was yesterday sentenced to five years' penal servitude. TRIAL OF A NURSE…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 22 February 1897 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. UNSOUND MIND. Jemima Kate Atkins (twenty), single, was brought up on remand, and upon the…

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Monday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 4

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Mr. Oliver. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. William Williams pleaded guilty to the above, and he was fined 5s…

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