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

Courts & crime, 1904

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Alleged Murder at Adelaide

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 4

Adelaide, Sunday.—After 9 o'clock on Saturday night, when the crowd in Rundle-street was thickest, a young woman named Florence Horton, aged 22, who had only been married four months,…

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More Arbitration Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 2

The Journeymen Coopers' Society sued Tooth and Co. in the Arbitration Court for a penalty of £20 for the dismissal of the president of the union merely because he was the…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, March 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 2

Before the P.M Emma Walker v. Thomas Higgins, claim for money duo on the sale of a set of harness. Mr. Dwyer appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Sendall…

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Small Debts Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. Maitland, P.M. A case in which Mrs. Emma Walker summoned Thomas Higgins was settled after being called on. Mr. Dwyer for plaintiff;…

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 1St, 1904. Before C. Robertson, Esq., P.M. Drunk and Language

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 2

Mitchael Kelly, charged with being drunk and using bad language, pleaded guilty and was fined 10s or three days. Robert Dunn, on summons, charged with…

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The Chinese Court and Foreigners

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 4

The correspondent at Tientsin of "Standard" writes: -- Comparatively few people have been deceived as to the real sentiments of…

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Goulburn Police Court. Thursday, March 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 2

Before the P M. A RAILWAY CASE. James Ah Chuey, was proceeded against by the Railway Commissioners for having ridden in a…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 3

BEFORE Mr. Maitland, P.M. RAILWAY CASE. James Ah Chuey was charged with riding in a superior class of carriage to which his…

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The Crime of Murder

Goulburn Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

WITHIN the memory of men now alive the form of indictment, or rather of information, against a prisoner charged with murder ran somewhat in these words, which were…

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Crookwell Police Court. Saturday, February 27. BEFORE Mr. S L. Cox

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

James Smith pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly, and was fined 10, in default seven days' imprisonment in Crookwell lockup…

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Arbitration Court

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

The Journeymen Coopers' Society sued Tooth and Co. in the Arbitration Court for a penalty of £20 for the dismissal of the president of the union…

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Police Court—Monday, Feb. 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

Before Messrs A. Elliott, P.M., and J. Kenny, J.P. Ann Stafford for being drunk and using bad language, to which she pleaded guilty, was…

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Young Police Court, FRIDAY. Before Mr. Robertson Pm. Sunday Trading

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

Ah D[?], a Chinese storekeeper, was charged with trading on Sunday. He pleaded guilty and fined 20s and 4s 10d costs or seven days. WIFE MAINTENANCE…

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Suspicious Death of a Girl. Husband and Wife Both Sentenced to Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

Brisbane, Thursday.—The trial of the Macdonalds, husband and wife, who were charged with the wilful murder of Grace Macdonald, aged 15, at Longreach, was concluded to-day at the Supreme…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 March 1904 · page 2

The postponed case against Patrick Collins, who was summoned for selling a railway ticket, was further postponed till Thursday, 11th August, Mr. E. A. Belts, who appeared…

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Goulburn Police Court. Tuesday, March 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 2

Before the P.M. and Mr. Belcher. ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES. Theodore Schultz, on remand, was charged with having obtained by false pretences the…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, March 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 4

Before the P.M. A RAILWAY CASE. The adjourned case against Patrick Collins, who stands charged with having sold a railway ticket…

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Alleged Theft of Butter

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 4

Mittagong, Thursday. —At the local police court, before Mr. Maitland P M,. Jones. Mie manager of the B. D. Farm and Dairy Company,s…

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A Charge of Murder

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The trial of the Macdonalds, husband and wife, who were charged with the wilful murder of Grace Macdonald, aged 15, at…

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Cable News. Murder by a German Prince. London, March 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 4

On the ground of insanity a court-martial has declared Prince Charles Prosper of Arenburg not guilty of the murder of which he was found guilty in October, 1900, and for which…

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