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

Courts & crime, 1899

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M and Mr. Cropper. DISOBEYING A MAINTENANCE ORDER. William Poweli Preston (on bail) with noncompliance with an order issued at the Police…

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The Mansfield Murder

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 2

THE inquiry into the death of David Butler was concluded on Monday. Anastasia Butler, daughter of the deceased, was present in custedy…

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Crookwell Police Court. Monday, May 15. Before Mr. S. L. Cox

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 2

Mary Roche pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 10, in default 24 hours' imprisonment…

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Small Debts Court

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 2

Alexander Marks v. John Foster claim of £4, for loss and damage sustained by failure to deliver chaff as per contract…

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Goulburn Revision Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 2

Monthly sitting yesterday before the P.M. Two names. James Craig McNanght and David William Joseph Pritzler, were added to the list…

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The Mercadool Land Case. Appeal to the Full Court Upheld

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 1

The Full Court has delivered judgment in the matter of the appeal of James Wilson in what has been known as the Mercadool case. The appeal was heard…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 22 May 1899 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate BIGAMY. William Thomas Soles was charged with having committed bigamy…

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Collector Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 22 May 1899 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. and Messrs, E. J. Crowther and Myles B. Hannan. On the complaint of the police, Alfred Rowlands, John Ryan, James Costello, and…

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Tuesday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. J. Oliver, J.P. CHARGE OF STEALING. James Alexander Atkinson was charged with having stolen a horse rug belonging to G. H…

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Monday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 4

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate. CHARGE OF BIGAMY. William Thomas Soles, on remand, was charged with bigamy…

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Goulburn Mining Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 4

AT the Warden's Court yesterday, before Mr. W. S. Caswell warrien, Walter J. Walsh, of Collector, applied for authority to enter on the private lands of James Baxter at Currawang for mining purposes…

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Young Police Court

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 2

Before Mr. [?] P.M., [?] P. Cra[?]. J. P. [?] charged with [?] in the railway [?] paid his [?] De[?]…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 3

BEFORE Mr. Oliver. STEALING A HORSE-RUG. James Alexander Atkinson was charged with stealing on or about 5th February a…

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Small Debts Court

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 2

Before Mean. Before P.M., and P. Gram, J.P. GOODS SOLD. G.S. Whiteman v. Hugh Thompson.—Claim for 15s 9d, goods sold and delivered. verdict fur…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 May 1899 · page 4

AT the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, J.P., Spencer P. Phillips was charged on suspicion of being of unsound mind. Constable Beez'ey deposel that he arrested Phillips on the…

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Thursday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 May 1899 · page 2

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate. DISOBEYING AN ORDER. William Powell Preston, on bail, was charged with having disobeyed an order for the maintenance…

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That Brutal Assault

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 May 1899 · page 4

THE man who was brutally assaulted in Bathurst-street, Sydney, on Sunday morning succumbed to the effects of his injuries at about half-past 12 o'clock on Tuesday…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 May 1899 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. DISBEYING MAINTENAN[?]E ORDER. on remand with dieobeying an order issued in Sydney for the maintenance of his illegitimate…

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Marriage in Gaol

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 May 1899 · page 4

AT Maitland on Friday a prisoner was married at the goal to a free woman, to whom he had been engaged before he was…

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Police Court. Thursday, May 25. (Before Messrs Dillon and Bourke, Js.P.)

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 2

Henry Fallon sued Edward Golden for detaining 12 bags of chuff, Mr Foley appeared for the prosecutor and Mr Gordon for the defendant…

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