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

Courts & crime, 1908

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Police Court

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 2

On Tuesday morning, before Mr. A. Wood, a young girl named Alchin, Was charged with stealing 1s. 2d. the property of Mrs. Flower…

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A Court-martial Among Crows

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 5

[?]rooks are in the habit of holding courts-martial on their own kind has long been known to naturalists out a is not often that one witnesses…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday, 13th JUNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 2

Before the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher and C. H. Roberts. FOUND ON THE PREMISES. John Vingoo was charged with entering the…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, 12th JUNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 4

Before the P.M. ALLEGED STEALING. John Dennett, a young man, on remand, was charged with stealing at Goulburn on 6th June…

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Murder of Native Methodists

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 4

Three of the Christian natives attached to the Methodist Mission in the Baining district of New Britain have been murdered. Owners of property (says the Sydney…

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Young Police Court. Tuesday. (Before Mr. F. Treatt, P.m.) Drunk and Obscene Language

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 8

JOHN Hall, charged with being drunk and using obscene language, pleaded guilty, and was fined 40s or one month for language, and 5s for being drunk…

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Allandale Murder. Green Found Guilty. Recommended to Mercy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court on Thursday before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury, the trial of Frederick Davies Green, a young man, who was charged with murdering Lily…

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Police Trapped. Gambling Scandal in New York

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 5

The New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote from New York on 22nd March:-- An illegal gambling saloon…

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Young Police Court. Friday, June 12, 1908. (Before R. W. Collins and G. S. Whiteman) Esqs., J's.P. Drune and Language

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 2

Michaol O'Connor, charged with being drunk and using obscene language, plended guilty. [?] Constable Brown stated the facts of the…

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Extraordinary Story. Told in the Divorce Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 2

Mr. C. F. Poole appeared in Sydney on Friday, before Mr. Justice Simpson, in Divorce, for the petitioner, Florence Nightingale Armstrong, who sought a judicial…

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Yass Police Court

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 2

Before Mr. C. F. Butler, P.M., at the police court yesterday, the adjourned case of Police v. Thomas Comins for allowing drunkenness on his licensed…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, June 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 4

Before the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher and Twynam. RAILWAYS CASES. John Miller pleaded guilty to travelling…

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Goulburn District Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 4

The District Court was opened on Monday before his Honor Acting Judge H. Montgomerie Hamilton. The barristers present were Messrs. A. James,…

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Small Debts Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 2

The bi-monthly sitting of the above was held to-day (Tuesday) before the P.M., and Mr. Belcher. The list contained four cases. In one the amount had been paid in, two others had been settled, and…

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Licensing Court. Monday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 2

Before the P.M. (Chairman) and Messrs. Belcher and Twynam (members). APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWALS. Thomas Mooney; Argyle Inn, Taralga. Mr…

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District Court. Tuesday, 16th JUNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 2

Before his Honor Acting Judge H. Montgomerio Hamilton. MC MAHON V. PRYKE. Terence C. McMahan, minor, of Merrilla, sued…

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Ordinance 40—Powers Under Police Offences Act

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 1

Provides for payment or fee to Council of 2s 6d for its action taken under provisions of section 53 of Police Offences Act, No. 5, of 1901, in furnishing paper specifying requirements of…

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Goulburn Licensing Court. Monday, June 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Licensing Bench for the hearing of applications for renewals of licenses was held. There were present the P.M. (chairman) and Messrs…

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Sentenced to Death. Murderers Who Loved Their Victims

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 4

When William Alfred Hancocks was sentenced to death at Chester Assizes on Ju[?] for the murder of his daughter. Mary Elizabeth, aged fifteen, he saluted…

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A Shocking Murder. London, June 8

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2

In April last a horrible murder was discovered in Berlin. A "degenerate" named August Heidert killed Hermann Blechert, a boy of fourteen years, whom he had…

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