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

Courts & crime, 1909

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Warden's Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 1

John William Casey applied for authority to enter (under the Mining Act of 1906) portion 242 of 115¼. acres, parish Goorooyaroo, and prospect for gold upon two acres. He desired authority…

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Small Debts Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

A sitting of this court was held in the courthouse this (Tuesday) morning, before the P.M. and Mr. Belcher. Three cases wore set down for hearing. Of…

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Bungendore. Small Debts Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 1

Before the P.M. Daniel Leahy v. J. Donnelly.—Mr. O'Brien appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Thomas for defendant. The plaintiff claimed £14 5s, £7 16s…

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Broken Hill Trouble. Loss of £90,000 in Wages. Arbitration Court Award

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

Melbourne, Saturday Night.--The new development in the Central [?] Sulphide Corporation below the 1000 feet level has slightly balanced the industrial…

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Crookwell. Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 4

Before Messrs. Galbraith, P.M., and J A. Crow. Thomas Bourke pleaded guilty to offensive behaviour and was fined 2, with…

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Goulburn Police Court. Thursday, March 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 2

Before the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher, Roberts, and P. McShane. DRUNK. One man pleaded guilty to drunkenness…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, 2nd MARCH

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 4

Before Mr. Belcher. DRUNK. A defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk. He was fined 10s, in default three days…

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Wilful Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 2

Rockhampton, Wednesday.—In the Supreme Court to-day the trial of Bismarck, an aboriginal, for the wilful murder of Janet Evitts at Jundah on January 14 was…

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Carpentaria Downs Murder. Billy Wilson on Trial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 4

Townsville, Tuesday.—At the sittings of the Supreme Court to-day Billy Wilson, an aboriginal, was charged with having, on September 28 last, at Carpentaria Downs…

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The Carpentaria Downs Murder. Billy Wilson on Trial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 2

Townsville, Wednesday,—The trial of Billy Wilson for the Carpentaria Downs murder was continued to-day. Thomas Baldishon, residing at…

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The Latest. the Carpentaria Murder. Jury Disagreed. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 2

The jury disagreed in the trial of Billy Wilson, charged with the murder of Miss Duffy at Carpentaria Downs, and accused was remanded to next Court…

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Wilful Murder. Aboriginal Sentenced to Death

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 2

Rockhampton, Wednesday. In the Supreme Court to-day the trial of Bismmck, an aboriginal, for the wilful murder of Janet Evitts at Jundah on…

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Famous Magistrate. Some Stories About Him

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 6

The death occurred on December 13 of Mr James Sheil, who was a London magistrate for twenty five years, at the age of seventy nine. He retired from…

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The Murder of Miss Duffy

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 2

TOWNNVILLE (Q ). Thursday.—The case in which Billy Wilson, aboriginal, was charged with the wilful murder of Nellie Duffy governess, at Carpentaris Downs…

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Tragedy in Blacks' Camp. Trial for Murder

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 4

Brisbane, Tuesday.--At the criminal sittings of the Rockhampton Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Power, Long George, an aboriginal, was…

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The Murder of Nellie Duffy. “ BILLY ” Wilson’s Trial

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 2

Townsville, Tuesday. —The trial of “ Billy ” Wilson, the aboriginal, charged with the murder of Nellie Duffy, at Carpentaria Downs Station, was c[?]…

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Gundaroo. Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 6

Before Mr. Butler, P.M. One defendant was fined £1 for working a horse with sore shoulders. A State boy named Bousfield who had absconded…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, 5th MARCH

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 6

Before the P.M. and Mr. Belcher. REMANDED. One defendant, on a charge of being of unsound mind, was, on the recommendation of Dr…

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Famous Magistrate. Some Stories About Him

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 4

The death occurred on December 13 of Mr James Sheil, who was a London magistrate for twenty-five years, at the age of seventy-nine. He retired from…

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Young Police Court. Friday, 5Th, March, 1909. (Before Mr. R. W. Collins, J.p.) Case Dismissed

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 2

Edward Henry Delaney, alias Henry Frazer, (on remand) was charged that he did on or about the 23rd January, 1909, take away one Eulalie Beatrice McCole, a…

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