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

Courts & crime, 1910

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Prison Revelry. Convicts and Warders in Cologne Gaol

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 6

One of the governors visiting Cologne prison recently found a convict in a warder's uniform patrolling the corridor, while the warder was sleeping off…

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Suspected of Spying. German Photographer. Charged at Sheerness

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 4

Extraordinary interest was manifested at Sheerness Police Court on August 9th, when a well-known local photographer, named Franz Henrich…

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Warden's Court. Residential Lease

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 2

At the Warden's Court on Tuesday, before Mr. F. B. T[?]eatt, Alfred Friend applied for a residential area, comprising a quarter of an acre in the parish of Young, country…

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"On the Knee." Drastic Action Taken. Several Officers Punished. Court Martial Sentences Revised

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 3

An important announcement on the subject of the recent disturbances at the Portsmouth Royal Naval Barracks was made on the 17th December in the…

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Goulburn Police Court. Wednesday, April 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 4

Before Messrs. C. J. McShane and John O'Brien. ALLEGED INSANITY. One man was charged with being of…

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The Willoughby Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 2

At the inquest touching the death of Florence May Phillips the little girl who was the victim of the Willoughby tragedy, Jesse Phillips, mother of the child, deposed that…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. the Willoughby Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 1

The inquest was opened this morning into the Willoughby tragedy. A large number of the general public, including a number of women, were present and endeavoured to…

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Circuit Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 4

Before his Honor, Mr. Justice Pring. SENTENCE. James Mahony, who was found guilty of embezzlement, was sentenced to six months…

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American Police Methods. London, April 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 4

The Senate committee on the Judiciary at Washington has declared itself in favour of a thorough investigation of "The Third Degree" methods of extorting confessions from prisoners, and of the…

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Circuit Court. Wednesday Afternoon. (Continued from page 4.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 2

Before his Honor, Mr. Justice Pring. The evidence in the case in which Robert Stephen Blacker was charged with wounding a Chinaman, Ah Fung, with intent to murder,…

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Alleged Stealing

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 2

At the Goulburn Police Court on Monday, Alfred Joseph Garner Woolley was charged that he did at Crookwell on 26th October, 1908, steal the sum of £10, the…

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The Willoughby Murder

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 2

The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of the little girl Florence May Phillips, whose body was found buried in the dense scrub at…

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Goulburn Circuit Court

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 2

The Goulburn Circuit Court opened at 10. a.m. on Tuesday before his Honor Mr. Justice Pring. Mr, Whitfield was Crown Prosecutor…

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Young Police Court. Friday. Before Mr. R. W. Collins, J.P. STEALING

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 4

Richard Francis was charged with at the Young racecourse on Thursday, April 28, he did steal £9 from the person of Andraw [?]…

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The Willoughby Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 4

The City Coroner, Mr. Stephen Murphy, on Friday continued the inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the little girl, Florence May Phillips, whose body was found…

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The Circuit Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 4

On Friday night the Circuit Court was adjonrned till Monday. There are still two cases to be tried—the Yass murder case and a local case of alleged assault…

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“Stage” in Court

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 7

[?] OWNER’S SUIT [?] made-[?] Mr. Frank [?] brought an action for [?] to the [?] Division…

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Circuit Court. Thursday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 6

The evidence in the case in which Robert Stephen Blacker was charged with wounding a Chinaman, Ah Fung, with intent to murder, was continued…

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Goulburn Circuit Court. Sentenced to Death

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 2

At the Goulburn Circuit Court on Friday before Mr. Justice Pring, the hearing of the charge against Robert Stephen Blacker of having feloniously…

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Sentenced to Death

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 2

The trial at Goulburn of Robert Stephen Blacker, on a charge of wounding with intent to murder Ah Fung, a Chinese, at Mittagong,…

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