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

Courts & crime, 1912

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, Jan. 19, 1912. Drunkenness

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

One defendant pleaded guilty to being drunk on the railway station platform on Thursday, and was fined IOS or 4 days' hard labour. Another defendant, who was drunk in…

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Bankruptcy Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 5

The adjourned examination under section 30 of the Bankruptey Act re J. C. McKay's bankruptcy was continued before the Registrar. Mr. Meares…

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At the Police Court

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 2

Before Mr. W.H.Woodward., J.P., Herbert Abraham Marshall, and James E. Townsend were charged, that on the 13th day of January…

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More Sp[?]ous Sovereigns. “Got Them from the Police.”

The Yass Courier · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 2

Two more spurious sovereigns were discovered at Parramatta on Saturday morning. A teller in the Bank of New South Wales found them in his…

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Police Court. Monday, January 22

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

Before the P.M., Mr. Galbraith, and Mr. C. H. Roberts. DRUNK. One defendant for drunkenness was fined 2/6,…

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Police Court. Tuesday, January 23

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

One man who had been remanded for observation was, after evidence by Dr. Gillespie, discharged. The doctor said the defendant had been suffering from alcoholic insanity…

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Licensing Court

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

At a sitting of the Licensing Court this morning the P.M. and Mr. F. D. Badgery on the bench, the report of the District Inspector for the quarter ended 31st December was read. The…

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The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday. Murder at Hillgrove

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

A case of murder is reported from Hillgrove. It apears that Samuel Watson, a middle-aged man, a wood-cutter by occupation, left home yesterday afternoon with a cart load of timber…

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Police Court. Wednesday, January 24

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

Before Messrs. Williams and Foxall. FREE RAILWAYS. John William Armstrong pleaded guilty to travelling in a railway carriage without paying…

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More Police Wanted

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 2

WE hope the Municipal Council will emphasise the Coroner's recommendation that an additional Police Officer be stationed at Murrumburrah, and whilst they are…

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Queen Mary's Court Train

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5

The statistics of the Queen's new court train are appalling. If Queen Mary had not been, in her own time, responsible for a million or so of…

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Goulburn Police Court. Saturday, 27th JANUARY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 2

George James Williams was charged with stealing at Goulburn, on 13th January, a bicycle, at £9 10/, the property of George Morgan. Accused was arrested at Yass…

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Entertainment at Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 2

The members of SS. Peter and Paul's Cathedral choir visited the gaol on the morning of Anniversary Day, and provided an entertainment for the prisoners. The Rev. Father Bon-…

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Breaking Gaol

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 29 January 1912 · page 2

A man named Williams was at the Yass court convicted and sentenced to two months imprisonment for the larceny of the clothes from…

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Police Court. Monday, January 29

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

Before the P.M., Messrs. Williams and C. H. Roberts. DRUNKENNESS, ETC. George Philip Green pleaded guilty to having…

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Police Court. Tuesday, January 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 3

Before Mr. Williams. ALLEGED WIFE DESERTION. John William Armstrong was charged on war, rant with leaving his wife. Eliza Jean…

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The Glebe Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 2

Campbell Nairn Moir was charged at the Central Criminal Court on Monday with the murder of Henry Trevascus at the Glebe. The court was crowded throughout the day, and the…

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Warden's Court

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

Mr. Williams, Warden, held a Court on Monday. The case of S. P. Jessop v A. A. Kerr was called. Mr. Betts appeared for complainant, and Mr. Thomas for defendant. Mr. Betts…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. the Glebe Murder

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

The trial of Campbell Nairn Moir, charged with the murder of Henry Trevascus at the Glebe, was commenced this morning at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice…

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Small Debts Court

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

A sitting of the Small Debts Court was held on Monday, before the P.M. and Messrs. Williams and C. H. Roberts. A boy named Ormond Leo Gale sued Holland and Co. for 12/. Plaintiff…

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