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

Courts & crime, 1912

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Police Court. Thursday, July 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 2

Before Messrs. Phillips and Bryson. HOW TO DO IT. Alexander Elliott Bromage and Eric Loch were charged with travelling on the train with…

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Clapham Common Murder

The Yass Courier · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 2

A remarkable statement was made in Sydney on Monday by a naval deserter that he and another man were connected with the Clapham…

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News Tems. Young Police Court

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 2

At the Young Police Court on Friday morning, before Mr. P. B. Treatt, P.M., James Cullen was fined 5, or 24 hours for being drunk in…

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Police Graft

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 4

Acting on the recommendations of the Superintendent of Metropolitan Police, the Inspector-General, Mr. E. C. Day, on Thursday decided that the two constables who were suspended for…

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Death after Fight. Boy Charged with Manslaughter

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 2

Kempsey, Tuesday.—A schoolboy named Warren Wandsworth Howe, aged 10 years, died, it is said, presumably as the result of a fight with other boys…

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Police Court. Monday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 2

Before the P.M. ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY. John Gordon was charged with assaulting Susan Yeadon at Goulburn on July 20th and…

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Police Court. Monday, July 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 4

Before the P.M. and Messrs. Williams and C. H. Roberts. DRUNK. One defendant, for being drunk on the railway…

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Bungendore. Police Court.—tuesday, July 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 4

Before the P.M. and Mr. J. J. McJannett, J.P. One man, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and was fined 10/ and costs, 6/. Before the P.M…

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The New York Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 4

The city is stirred by the failure of the police to arrest tile murderer of Rosenthal, the gabbler, who was shot dead in the street on Tuesday. Enormous interest is being manifested…

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Small Debts Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 4

A sitting of the above was held on Monday morning before the P.M. and Messrs. Williams and C. H. Roberts. The list contained five cases. Of these two were struck out and one…

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After the Match. Police Court Proceedings

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 July 1912 · page 2

AT the Young Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. F. 8. Treatt, P.M., a number of young fellows from Marengo were charged, on the…

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

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 July 1912 · page 2

Catherine Payne, charged with being drunk in Burrowa-street, was fined 6d or the rising of the court. Robert Leach, charged with, on the…

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Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 July 1912 · page 4

A remarkable case was heard at the Police Court on Tuesday. Maria Skerritt was charged by a warrant taken out by her husband, Thomas Skerritt, with being a person deemed…

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Police Graft

The Yass Courier · Thursday 25 July 1912 · page 3

The action of the Inspector-General of Police in dismissing—it seems that the technical word is “discharged” —from the force the two…

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Young Police Court

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 1

At the Young Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. R. W. Collins, J.P., Lily Ellen [?]y, for being drunk in Burrowa-street, was fined…

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Police Court. Friday, July 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 4

Before the P.M. and Mr. Bryson. Maria Skerritt, alleged to be insane and not under proper care and control, was again before the Court…

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Bomb and Assault. Speaker's Safety

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 6

Members of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday afternoon showed considerable concern as to the safety of the Speaker (Mr. Willis), and questions were put to him on…

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Supposed Murder at Grafton

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 4

A telegraph has been received by the Inspector General of Police (Mr. Day) from the police at Grafton, stating that a man has been found dead in a lonely camp at South Grafton with every…

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News Items. a Police Transfer

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2

Mounted-constable H. H. Buchan, who has been stationed at Young for some years past, has been notified of his transfer to Binalong. He leaves Young this…

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Police Court. Monday, July 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 4

Before the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher, Williams, and C. H. Roberts. DRUNK. One defendant for drunkenness was fined £1…

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