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

Courts & crime, 1909

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The Latest. the Daley Case. Scene in Court. Mr. Willis Reproved. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 2

The trial of Charles Daley, charged with attempting to blackmail Mr. W. N. Willis was commenced at the Central Criminal Court to-day. Mr. Lieven…

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Murder of a Baby. Artist's Wife Charged

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 3

Beatrice Noble Young, the wife of an artist living in the village of Normandy, between Farnham and Guildford, was charged before a Farnham magistrate…

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In a Berlin Police Court. a Veritable Jeremiah

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 6

Jeremiah Douglas, a pure-bred West Indian negro, got into trouble the other day in Berlin. At the police court he vastly amused his hearers by his…

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Young Police Court. Tuesday. (Before Mr. F. B. Treat[?] P.m.) Drunk etc

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 2

Horace W. Watt was charged with being drunk and pl[?]a[?]ed guilty. He was fined 6s or six honr.. Defendant was also charg[?]d with using…

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"Apology for a Thrashing." Candidate Fined for Assault

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 6

Mr L. Amery, barrister, who unsuccessfully contested Wolverhampton East against Sir Henry Fowler, was at Wolverhampton on 15th January charged…

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Young Police Court. Tuesday, June 8, 1909. (Before Mr. F. B. Treatt, P.M.)

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 2

Horace W. Watt was charged with being drunk in Burrowa-street, to which he pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s or 24 hours. Horace W. Watt was further charged with…

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Told in Court. Italian Girl's Love Story

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 6

Giovanni Nizz[?]a, aged 23, was indicted at the London Central Criminal Court on 12th January for taking Annetta Pezzare, a girl aged 16 years and nine…

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Another Tunnel Murder. Kursaal Manager Killed. Robbed of L14,000. Two Arrests

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 3

According to the London "Daily Telegraph," M. Durel, manager of the Geneva Kursaal, was robbed and murdered in an express between Lyons and…

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A Sensational Hunt. an Escaping Murderer Baffles the Police

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 5

A sensational hunt for an escaped murderer took place to-day in the centre of Berlin. Early in December a waiter was…

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Braidwood Police-magistrate

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 June 1909 · page 4

Braidwood, Tuesday.—Mr. A. Elliott, who has been Police-Magistrate lore for the past seven years, has been appointed to Wollongong. He enters upon his duties there early next…

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Binalong Police Court

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 2

At the Binslong Police Court on Tuesday, 8th inst., before Mr. C. F. Butler, P.M., James Farrell was charged with maliciously wounding a horse the property…

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Police Court. Thursday, June 10th. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, P.M.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 2

Alfred Curtis was charged that he did about the month of February last steal one grindstone, one maul and two wedges, one crosscut saw, one tomahawk, one…

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Amusing Episodes. Police and Boy Smokers

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 3

It was in the secret depths of a dark and narrow passage in the Farringdon Ward Without of the City of London that a representative of the…

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Warden's Court. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, Warden.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 2

Hugh Murray Jun. complained against Albert George Donnelly that labor conditions were not being complied with on land held by him under authority to…

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Goulburn Police Court Friday, June 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 4

Before the P.M. and Mr. Belcher. A STOLEN JACKET. Matilda Mallard, a young woman, was charged with stealing, at Goulburn, on 20th…

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Young Police Court. Thursday, 10Th June. (Before Mr. R. W. Collins, J.P.)

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 2

Stanley Frederick Gray, a sailor, was charged that he did at Marengo, in the said State of New South Wales, on the 3rd day of June, 1909, he being the bailee of certain…

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Amusing Episodes. Police and Boy Smokers

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 3

It was in the secret depths of a dark and narrow passage in the Farringdon Ward Without of the City of London that a representative of the…

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Binalong Police Court

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

At the Binalong Police Court, on Tuesday, 8th instant, before Mr. C. F. Butler, P.M., James Farrell was charged with maliciously wounding a…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, 14th JUNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 4

Before the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher, P. McShane, C. H. Roberts, and E. Twynam. FIRING OFF A CRACKER. William Bourke pleaded guilty to letting off…

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Goulburn Police Court. Tuesday, 15th JUNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

Before the P.M. and Mr. Belcher. DRUNK. One defendant was fined 2s 6d or one hour in the lockup for being drunk…

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