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

Courts & crime, 1902

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 May 1902 · page 2

Alexander Dallas and Edward Horsfield. two young men on remand, were charged with assaulting Charles Cornwell (a powerful man of about thirty-five) with intent to steal…

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Braidwood Court House

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 May 1902 · page 4

THE Nowra Telegraph says:—" A courthouse has just been completed at Braidwood at a cost of £5000. Why so much money should be spent on a 'Temple of Justice' in…

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Goulburn District Court Friday Afternoon

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 May 1902 · page 2

At the time of going to press on Friday the case of Thomas Bogg v. James Marsh, in which £100 was claimed for trespass was proceeding…

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Tuesday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 2

Before the Police-Magistrate. ALLEGED LARCENY Mary Murphy and Reginald Percy Murphy, mother and son, were charged with stealing…

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The Police Barracks. Completely Renovated

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 May 1902 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, a reporter from this [?] was shown over the Sub-inspector’s residence at the police barracks by Senior Constable Hanna, and was…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. CHARGE OF LARCEY. Mary Murphy and Reginald Percy Murphy, mother and son, were charged with stealing…

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Arbitration Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 3

A CASE in which the members of the Newcastle Wharf-labourers Union are the claimants, and the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, Limited, the…

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Court of Assize

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 3

A SPECIAL Circuit Court was opened at Young on Tuesday, His Honor, Mr. acting-Justice Rogers, presiding: Mr. A. Nugent Robertson, instructed by Mr. W. R. Beaver: prosecuted for the Crown,…

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A "Breeze" in Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 3

DURING the hearing of a case of larceny at the Goulburn police court this morning. Sergeant MeHardy asked a female defendant if she had been convicted previously. Mr…

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Small Debts Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. In the following cases defendants did not appear, and verdicts were given for the amounts claimed…

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Circuit Court. Tuesday, May 20, 1902

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 2

Before his Honor. Mr. Acting-Justice Rogers. The Court opened at 10 o'clock. The Bar was represented by A. Nugent Robertson (Crown Prosecutor), Mr. E…

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Police Court Proceedings

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 May 1902 · page 4

Matters at the Police Court yesterday did not run smoothly. Mr. T. Huxtable was on the Bench, and Mr. Thomas, solicitor, objected to the way Mr. Freeman, Assistant C P S, had directed the Bench…

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Charge of Stealing Iron

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 May 1902 · page 4

At the Goulburn Police Court yesterday, before Mr. T. Huxtable, the remanded case against Mary Murphy and Reginald Percy Murphy, charging them with…

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Second Charge of Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 May 1902 · page 4

The Solicitor-General has been looking into the case of Charles Cornelius Pera, the Hindoo, who was tried at the Circuit Court at Grafton and acquitted on a charge of…

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The Arbitration Court

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 22 May 1902 · page 2

No issue has yet been sufficiently advanced to permit of conclusions being drawn or judgments formed of the actual working of the Court constituted…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 6

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. TRAVELLING WITHOUT TICKETS. Albert John Stephenson and Henry Watson two labourers, pleaded guilty to travel…

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Local and General News. Police Court

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 2

ON Tuesday last, at the Police Court, Mr. W. Jermyn, on behalf of the Municipal Council, proceeded against Francis William Peterson for illegally shooting…

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Crookwell Police Court. Wednesday, May 21

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 2

BEFORE W. S. CASWELL, P.M. Charles Willis was summoned by William J. Mortimer for assault. Mr. Clifton appeared for complainant…

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Assault and Robbery

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 5

A MOST sensational raid on the contents of a jeweller's shop in Bourke-street, Melbourne, was made last night by two men. The shop is occupied by Mr. Alfred Kiss, who carries…

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Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 4

Wednesday May 21. Before Mr. W. S. Caswell, P.M. Police v. Matthew Toole, summoned for causing a sledge to be drawn upon the highway. Mr. Clifton appeared…

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