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

Courts & crime, 1907

1,235 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 62

Braidwood. Police Court—monday

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 4

Before Messrs. A. Elliott, P.M., and R. M. Higgins, J.P. An old ago pensioner was charged with being drunk on Mongarlowe racecourse on January 1…

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Licensing Court—monday

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 4

Before Messrs. A. Elliot, P.M., and R. M. Higgins. J.P. Mrs. Alicia Brady, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Nerriga, applied for a reduction of…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

One defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined 2/6 or two hours in the lock-up. FRIDAY. Before Mr.Knowlman…

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Theft of Clothing

Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 5

At the North Sydney Police Court on Friday morning, Annie Delaney, 23, domestic servant, was charged with having, at North Sydney, on January 15, stolen…

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Police Court. This Day. Before Mr Nesbitt, P.M.

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

Frederick Connors was charged with being on the promises of the Doneaster Hotel, Harden at a time when the said premises should not be open for the sale of liquor…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, January 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 4

Before Mr. Knowlman. ALLEGED COMMUNICATION WITH A PRISONER. Henry George Snow was charged that without lawful authority he did communicate with…

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Young Police Court. FRIDAY. Before H. Byrne, P.M. ABDUCTION

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

Richard Camden Long was arrested on warrant issued by the Crookwell Bench, charging him with the abduction of one, Maud Stevenson, a girl of about sixteen years of age, against…

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Young Police Court. TUESDAY. Before Mr. H. J. Byrne, P.M. Licensing Act

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 4

Robert Mather was charged with being unlawfully upon licensed premises, when such premises should not be open for the sale of liquor, to wit, on Sunday, January…

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Young Police Court. Friday, January 25, 1906. Before H. Byrne, Esq., P.M. A[?]DUCTION

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

Richard Camden Long was arrested on warrant issued by the Crookwell Bench, charging him with the a[?]duction of one, Maud Stevenson, a girl of about sixteen…

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Murder and Attempted Suicide. London, Jan. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

The identity and motives of the murderer of Mr. Whiteley are uncertain. The assailant is still alive. He carried a paper, on which wanes written: "I am Mr. Whiteley's son." The family of deceased deny…

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Where Etiquette Is King. Mediaeval Pomp and Ceremony of the Spanish Court

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 4

When Princess Ena of Battenberg becomes Queen of Spain she will find herself mistress of no fewer than half-a-dozen magnificent, palaces, veritable…

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The Murder of Mr. Whitely

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 4

The identity and motives of the murderer of Mr. Whitely are uncertain. The assailant is still alive. He carried a paper. on which was written: "I am…

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The Murder of Mr. Whiteley

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 4

The murderer of Mr. Whiteley, of the great stores of that name in London, has been identified as a man named Rayner. He was well dressed. He is not known…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. Stealing a Box of Sovereigns

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 4

Two young seamen, charged with stealing a box containing a thousand sovereigns from the steamship Navua, were remanded this morning to February 15…

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Latest News Murder of Whitely

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 2

The man who murdered Mr. Whiteley is named Rayner. He was well dressed. The murderer is unknown to…

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Empty House Murder. Mystery of a Boy's Body

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 2

Further inquiries support (according to the "Daily Mail" of 21st November) the assumption that the fifteen-year-old lad, Squire Kynston, whose naked body…

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Alleged Contempt of Court. London, Jan. 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 4

The Divisional Court has refused an application made by the Standard newspaper to commit Mr. John Burns, President of the Local Government Board, for alleged contempt of court…

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Cable News. Murder of Mr. Whiteley. a Case of Blackmail. London, Jan. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 4

The murderer of Mr. Whiteley, of the great stores of that name in London, has been identified as a man named Rayner. He was well-dressed. He is not known to the Whiteley…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. Belcher. ALLEGED INSANITY. John Gale, an elderly man, was discharged on the recommendation of Dr. McKillop…

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Confirmation in Goulburn Gaol

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 2

THIS morning the sacrament of confirmation was conferred upon fifteen candidates in Goulburn Gaol by His Lordship Bishop Gallagher, assisted by the Rev. John O…

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