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

Courts & crime, 1911

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Missing Explorers. Their Murder Reported

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 2

Thursday Island, Wednesday.—Very little authentic information came to hand from Daru by the ketch Assam Ceylon last night. Other mails are expected to arrive early next week…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 4

At the Goulburn Police Court on Friday, before the P.M., one defendant was fined 2/6, or an hour in the lockup, for drunkenness One person, on remand for medical…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Alleged Ghastly Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 6

At Melbourne last night William Thomas Smith, 53, was arrested on a charge of having murdered his three-year-old daughter. It is alleged he cut the child's throat out of…

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Dan O’connor. His London Accident a Comedy in Court. “I Am a Knight of the Pope.”

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 4

THE English papers to hand on Tuesday morning devote a lot of space to the action taken by Mr. Daniel O’Connor to recover damages…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 2

Before the P.M. and Mr. Badgery. BRENNAN v. WHEATLEY. Frederick A. Wheatley was summoned on a charge of keeping in his possession a pony…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, March 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 4

Before the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher, C. H. Roberts, and Badgery. DRUNK. Two defendants were each fined 5/ or 24 hours…

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Licensing Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 1

A sitting of the above was held before the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher and Badgery on Monday morning. Mary O'Leary applied for permission to…

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Crookwell Police Court. Monday, March 13. Before Messrs. S.L. Cox and E. Harvey, Js.P

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 3

Richard Siggs pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly and using profane language in Goulburn-street, Crookwell, on 11th instant, and was…

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Young Police Court. Tuesday. Before Mr. F. B. Treastt, P.M. Riotous Behaviour

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 2

George Perrin charged with behaving a riotous munner pleaded guilty and. was fined 10s and 6s costs or seven days…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday. Before Mr. F. B. Treatt, P. M. Goods Sold

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 2

W. S. Millard & Sons, Ltd., v. E. F. Stuart Claim for £12 4s 7d.. Defendant pleaded not indebted and a set-off. After hearing evidence, his worship…

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Queanbeyan. Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 4

Before Mr. W. O. Russell and C. T. Campbell, Js.P. Mark Thomas Dyball, on bail, appeared on Monday to answer a charge that on…

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Clapham Common Murder. London, March 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 2

Counsel for the prosecution argued that Morrison's defence rested almost entirely on his own oath. His attack on the witnesses for the Crown suggested an inquiry into his own antecedents,…

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Burrowa Police Court. Wednesday, March 15. (Before Mr. F.A. Ridley, P.M.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 2

John Ovens, Inspector under the Pastures Protection Board of Young, proceeded against John J. Smith, of Greham and Jeringoman properties, for…

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Dreadful Tragedy. Three Year-old Child Murdered. Father Charged with Crime

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 2

A ghastly tragedy occurred at North Melbourne late on the night of 9th inst., as the result of which William Thomas Smith, 53 years, is in custody…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, March 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 6

Before the P.M. and Mr. Belcher. DRUNKENNESS. Two defendants pleaded guilty, and were fined 2/6 each, or two hours' imprisonment…

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Released to Die. Attorney-general Blames Gaol Officers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 4

The Attorney-General made reference on Friday to the case of a consumptive named James Donald Kelly, who died a few days after release from prison. "The facts of the…

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Cable News. Clapham Common Murder. London, March 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 6

At the Clapham Common murder trial on being cross-examined Constable Greaves, who had stated that he wrote to Morrison's counsel in the interests of justice, detailing what…

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Crookwell Police Court

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 2

The business transacted at the monthly sitting of the above on Thursday, before Mr. F. H. Galbraith, P.M., was of a miner character, three…

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Goulburn Police Court. Monday, March 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 4

Before the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher and C. H. Roberts. DRUNK. One defendant was fined 2/6 or an hour in the…

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Licensing Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 2

A sitting of the above was held this (Tuesday) morning before the P.M. and Mr. Belcher. TRANSFER OF LICENSE. An application was made by Joseph Emmerton…

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