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

Courts & crime, 1903

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 2

Before the Police-Magistrate. COUNTER CHARGES. Bert Barnes, about 20, was charged with assaulting James Allen O'Neill on January 9th…

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Escape from Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 4

Braidwood, Tuesday.—Stephen Simmonds and Wiliam Bentley, under sentence for receiving stolen goods, also awaiting trial on a charge of stealing a horse, and, buggy,…

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Inspector-General of Police.—Contemplated Retirement

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 4

Within a few days the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Edmund Walcot Fosbery, C.M.G., will complete 50 years' continuous service in the police force, 41 years of which he has…

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Yass Court of Quarter Sessions

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 2

This morning the Quarter Sessions were opened by his Honor, Judge Fitzhardinge, Mr. Armstrong K. C. acting as Crown Prosecutor…

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Police Proceedings. a Horse and Saddle Transaction

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 3

Before Mr. Thomas, P.M., on Tuesday morning, Thomas Arthur Leslie was charged with stealing a saddle, value £2, the property of John Roche, of Bowning…

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Crookwell Police Court

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. W. S. Caswell, P.M., W. Bensley and A. T. Dunsmore. George Henry Eldridge was proceeded against by Catherine Amelia…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 3

BEFORE the P.M. CROSS CHARGES OF ASSAULT, ETC. Bert Barnes (about 20) was charged with assaulting James Allen O'Neill on January…

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A Pickpocket Sentenced

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 2

AT the Central Police Court, Joseph Young, 25. labourer, was charged with assaulting Lavers Mills, and rubbing her of a purse. 7s 5 1/2d, in money, a railway…

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Death in Goulburn Gaol

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 4

THE prisoner, Michael Lyons Butler, who was convicted in Sydney in July. 1900, of performing an illegal operation, was found dead in his cell in…

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Startling Theft. London, Jan 17

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 4

A STARTLING robbery is reported from Italy. In the Church of San Server was the famous [?]as relief "The Descent from the Cross," the…

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Attempted Murder. London, Jan. 20

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 3

THE Constantinople correspondent of Reuter's Agency reports that a ch[?]mist's apprentice named Hatchiklan, belonging…

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Revision Court

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 2

At the Crookwell Police Court on Wednesday, before the Police Magistrate the roll for the electoral district of Argyle was revised, and six new…

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Local and General News, Horse and Saddle Stealing. Accused Committed

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 2

ON Tuesday last a young man named Thomas Arthur L[?]ie, who saw active services in one of the N.S.W. contingents in South Africa was charged with…

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Small Debts Court

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 2

George Eblin v. Patrick H. Ruane and wife; claim for £8, for a spring cart and harness sold. Mr. Betts for plaintiff; no…

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Murder of a Constable at Auburn. Encounter with Burglars

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 2

Shortly before 2 o'clock on Monday morning. Constable Samual Long, a member of the Parramatia Police Force, was shot dead in the Royal Hotel;…

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Yass Municipal Council. Council and Cricketers. Police Protection for the Park

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 2

THE last meeting of the whole existing Council was held on Tuesday evening last. Pro[?]t: Aldermen Thane (Mayor), Dyball, Lynch, Tierney, Cu[?]ck, Kenny,…

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The Council and the People. Scene on the Oval. Police Aid Threatened

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 2

ONE of the most unfortunate episodes connected with the Council took place on Wednesday afternoon last when Mr, Jermyn, the Council Clerk, came into…

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Saturday's Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 2

BEFORE the Police-Magistrate and Mr. Belcher. William Ingram was charged with obtaining £35 from John Bridge & Co., Sydney, in April, 1902, by means of false pretences…

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Police Court. Friday, January 23,1963. Before C. Robertson, Esq., P.M. Drunk, Disorderly, Language, and Assault

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 3

James Barnes, charged with being drunk and disorderly in Lynch-street, pleaded guilty. To a second charge of using obscene language accused declined to plead, as he…

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Gaol Escapees Captured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 4

Braidwood, Thursday.—Bentley and Simmonds, the escapees from Braidwood gaol, were captured early to-day at Bendoura, 12 miles from town, by Constable Evans, who saw…

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