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

Courts & crime, 1908

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Young Police Court. Thursday. (Before Mr. T.N. Williams, J.p.) Drunk

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 3

Charles Collis, charged with helps drunk pleaded guilty and was fined £1 or seven days. Sarah T[?], on a similar charge, was fined 5s or £4 hours…

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Young Police Court. Thursday, 24th September. (Before Mr. T. N. Williams, J.p.) Drunk

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 7

Sarah Talbot pleaded guilty to tho soft impeachment of being drunk the night before, and was fined 5s, in default 24 hours in the cold, cold cell…

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The Medical Institute Case. Applications to the Court

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 2

The case in which Robert Grimson, a farmer at Yallundry, obtained a verdict for £450 damages last week against Howard Freeman and Richard Wallace for alleged…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, 27th SEPTEMBER

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 September 1908 · page 4

Before the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher and Twynam. TRAVELLING WITHOUT A TICKET. Herbert Piper was charged with travelling on…

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Goulburn Police Court. Tuesday, 29th SEPTEMBER

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 September 1908 · page 2

Before the P.M. and Mr. Belcher. DRUNKENNESS. Two men, charged with drunkenness, were fined 10s each or three days, and one was fined…

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Adjourned Shire Appeal Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 September 1908 · page 4

This was continued before the P.M. at the court-house on Monday. On the point raised by Mr. Thomas the P.M. was not called upon to give his decision…

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Licensing Court. Monday, September 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 September 1908 · page 4

A sitting of this court was held in the courthouse before the Licensing Bench, consisting of the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher and Twynam. APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL…

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Young Police Court. Saturday September 26Th, 1908. (Before Mr. T. N. Williams, J.p.) Drunk

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 2

George Davidson, more familiarly known as "Scotty," was once again behind the bare in the Court House, and pleaded guilty to being drunk, and was fined £1 or 14 days…

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The Northampton Murder Coroner's Opinion of a Witness

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 4

At Northampton on Tuesday, 2nd of Samuel Rowledge, 37, carpenter, was charged with the wilful murder of his sweetheart, Alice Foster, 32,…

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Goulbnrn Licensing Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 4

A sitting of this Court was held in the Courthouse on Wednesday, before the P.M. and Mr. Belcher. TRANSFER…

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Stock Stealing Prevention Association

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 October 1908 · page 6

The Annual Meeting of the above Association was held at the office of Messrs. C.H. Ellerman & Co., Young, on Thursday, 24th September, when there was…

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Police Court—wednesday, September 30th

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 6

Mr. Butler, P.M., on the Bench. Police v. E. Butt.— Cutting timber on Crown land without a license. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined £1 and 6s costs…

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Young Police Court. WEDNESDAY.(Before Mr. T. N. Williams, J.p.) Drunk

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 2

James Griffin, on a charge of being drunk, pleaded guilty and was fined 10s or 48 hours. INDECENT BEHAVIOUR…

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Rigid Discipline. How Suffragists Fare in Gaol

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 3

Mr Curran, M.P., visited Holloway Prison the other morning accompanied by Mr H. L. Mosen, whose wife, Mrs Lily Mosen, was sentenced with the…

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Young Police Court. Wednesday, 30Th September. (Before Mr. T. N. Williams, J.p.) Two Charges

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 7

James Griffin was charged with being drunk, to which he meeekly admitted he was, and was fined 10s, or 48 hours' imprisonment. James misbehaved himself while under the…

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Lion's Glass Eye. Operation at Earl's Court

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 3

Perhaps the proudest lion in the world is Nero, the "Boss of the Jungle," at the Earl's Court Exhibition. He has the unique distinction…

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An "Apache" Trial. the Victim Rescued. for a Legal Court

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 6

The "Apaches" or hooligans of Paris habitually employ the death penalty as a measure of discipline among themselves, ruthlessly…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, October 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 4

Before the P.M. and Messes. Belcher, Twynam, and C. H. Roberts. DRUNK. A boy, t8 years of age, was fined 2/6, in…

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Alleged Murderous Assault

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 3

West Maitland, Saturday.—Timothy Manta [?] miner, employed at the Heddon-Greta [?] who resided in west Maitland, was [?] victim of what appears to have been a…

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Licensing Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 4

A sitting of the court was held in the Goulburn court-house on Monday morning, before the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher and Twynam. PENEWALS…

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