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

Courts & crime, 1903

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Goulburn Circuit Court. Wednesday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 April 1903 · page 2

Before his Honor Mr. Justice Owen. A BURRAWANG CASE. Walter John Lever was charged with having at Burrawang on 8th January, 1962, unlawfully…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 3

BEFORE the P.M. and Mr. Huxtable. UNSOUND MIND. Charles Alexander Sibbald, a young married man, was brought up as being of unsound…

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FRIDAY. His Honor took his seat at 10 o'clock. Indecent Assault

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 2

Charles Johnson was charged with having, on April 2nd at Eden, indecently assaulted Johanna Walsh, a child three years and ten months of age…

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THURSDAY. His Honor took his seat at 10 o'clock. Cattle Stealing and False Declaration

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 2

Francis Lynham, who on the previous day pleaded guilty to charges of cattle stealing and making a false declaration, was brought up for sentence…

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Work and Remuneration of Supreme Court Judges

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 2

AMONGST the reductions in expenditure foreshadowed by the Treasurer in his Cowra speech, the salaries of high officials and of the judges were included. Some…

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Friday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 4

At the Police Court on Friday, before Mr. Harold O' Brien, JP., Walter Austin was charged with disobeying a maintenance order for the payment of £4 10s. Constable Gandy, lockup-keeper, deposed…

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Goulburn Circuit Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 4

Before his Honor Mr. Justice Owen. ACQUITTED. In the case of Robert Cameron, charged with being found at Mittagong in possession, without…

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Alleged Assault on a Child. a Woman Committed for Trial

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

At the Singleton Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., of Sydney, Eva Edney, a married woman, was charged with assaulting a child in her care, named Elsie May…

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Sensational Incident in Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 4

Launceston, Thursday.—The trial of Walter Penny, James Cobbing, and Albert Tippet, charged with the larceny of tin ore from Mount Bischoff Company, was concluded…

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The Latest. London, Friday. Murder of Jews by Workmen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

Workmen at Kishinieft, Russia, attacked the Jews there, killing 25 and wounding 275. THE BUDGET. The simplicity of the Budget is commended…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 27 April 1903 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. Murphy, P.M., and Mr. Belcher. ALLEGED INSANITY. John william Jones, on remand, was discharged, for admission to the Goulburn…

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Monday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 4

James Goodwin was summoned by Edwin Rigley for assault Defendant pleaded guilty under provocation. Mr. A. M. Betts appeared for defendant…

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Queanbeyan. Police COURT.—Wednesday, April 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 4

Before the Police-Magistrate, and Messrs. Gale, F. A. Campbell, P. McNamara, and J. McLaughlin. ALLEGED CATTLE STEALING. Arthur Pother appeared on summons to answer…

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Sentenced to Death. London, April 22

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 4

Private Carey, one of the men who were shot during, the recent riot at Pretoria among the 2nd Liensters, has succumbered…

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Consul's Murder. London, April 22

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 4

Further developments have taken place in connection with the murder of M. Stcherbina, the Russian Consul, at…

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Small Debts' Court. Monday, April 27, 1903. (Before R. W. Burstal and D. Mackenzie, Esqrs. J's.P.) DAMAGE

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 2

William Travers v. Richard Howell, jun. Claim, £10 damage to horses through dogs. Mr. Gordon for plaintiff. William Travers, sworn--I am claiming…

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Small Debts Court. MONDAY. Before Messrs. R. W. Burstal and D. Mackenzie, J’s.P. Damage to Stock

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 2

William Travers v. Richard Howell, jun. Claim for £10 damages to stock by dog. Mr. Gordon for plaintiff. William Travers deposed: I am claiming £10…

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Old-age Pensioner Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 2

Moruya, Tuesday.—David George, an old-age pensioner, who last month obtained a verdict in the District Court for £185, for money lent and interest, was to-day before the local bench on a charge of…

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Goulburn District Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 5

OPENS on Tuesday next before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge. The list contains sixteen cases, including one for slander, one for breach of agreement, one for damages, and…

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Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 4

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. S. Murphy. P.M., and Mr. S. H. Belcher, J.P., George Austin, on remand for disobeying a maintenance order, was further remanded for a week to…

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