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

Courts & crime, 1899

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To-day's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Messrs. Finlay and Shepherd. SUSPICION OF UNSOUND MIND. George Bolton, a young man, was charged on…

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Goulburn Licensing Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

A SITTING of the Licensing Court was held this morning before the Police-Magistrate and Messrs. Finlay and Shepherd, when the following renewals were granted:—G. A. Sykes, publican's license; A…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 3

Before the P.M. and MESSRS. I. Shepherd and Finlay. UNSOUND MIND George Bolton (15) was charged with being…

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Crookwell Police Court. Thursday, December 29. BEFORE Mr. S. L. Cox

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 2

Elward William Bates was brought up on a charge of being of unsound mind. Constables McBARRON AND…

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Goulburn Licensing Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 3

A QUARTERLY sitting was held yesterday before Messrs.Osswell (chairman), I. Shepherd, and, Finlay. The following were granted :…

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Thursday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 2

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Mr. S. Meyer. CHARGE WITHDRAWN William Charles Warren, on bail, charged with wife desertion, was discharged. It was stated that…

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Yass Police Court. Tuesday, January 3

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. and Messrs. Ross and Kieley. Edward Bates, on warrant from Wagga, for disobeying an order of the court. To…

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Murder in a Bakehouse

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 2

A CABLE a few days since stated that a man named Schneider had been sentenced to death at the Old Bailey for the murder of a baker named Berndt. London papers…

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Licensing Court

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 2

ON Tuesday, before the licensing bench at Yass a renewal of license for the Bowning Hotel, Bowning, was granted to Margaret Loomes…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 2

William Charles Warren (on bail) stood charged with deserting his wife. Frances Warren, at Orange. Constable Boozley, the arresting constable…

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Murder and Its Punishment

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 2

THE increasing tendency to introduce the plea of insanity in cases of murder adds to the difficulty of the task which devolves upon the authorities in the…

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Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 4

Edward Bates, on remand from Crookwell on suspicion of being of unsound mind, came before the Goulburn Police Court yesterday. Certificates as to Bates's insanity were handed in from Drs McKeillop…

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Police Court. Thursday, January 5, 1899. (Before the P.[?]

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 2

J.F. Long pleaded guilty to the charge of allowing to be thrown on his licensed premises in Murrumburrah, and was fined 40s, and 4s 10d costs…

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Chase after a Gaol Escapee

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 2

ADELONG, Friday.—Late yesterday Thos. Fenton, the escaped prisoner from Gundagai gaol, was sighted by two constables four miles west of Adelong. Fenton was on foot, and started at a run…

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Gunning News. Police Court

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 9 January 1899 · page 2

ON Friday before the P.M., Messrs. J. S. Sands, and R. Dowling Maintenance case, Clare Pullen v. M. E. Pullen. Defendant was defended by Mr. A. M Betts,…

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Another Murder

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 9 January 1899 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday Afternoon.—The mystery of the lad Hill, who has been missing since December 10, is in a fair way to be cleared up. Large search…

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Police —Promotion

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 9 January 1899 · page 2

CONSTABLE HENRY SULLY, who for four years was stationed at Yass, has been promoted to the position of lockup-keeper at Temora. Constable Sully has proved…

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Yass Police Court. Friday, January 6. BEFORE Messrs. Hughes and Wood

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 9 January 1899 · page 2

Maria Boxall v. Jas. England. Maintenance of illegitimate child. Order made for payment of 7/6 a week for 13 months. P. and C. Coulton v. Edward Mulligan,…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 2

AT the Police Court to-day (Tuesday), before Mr. H. O'Brien, J.P., George Bolton was farther remanded for another week for medical observation. Later, before Messrs. Ellis, Roberts, and Oliver,…

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Gunning. Police COURT.—Friday, Jan. 6th

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. C. W. Weekes, P.M., and Messrs. J. S Sands and R. Dowling, Js P. Clare Pullen v. M. Edgar Pullen; a charge for maintainance. Mr. Howard for plaintiff…

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