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

Courts & crime, 1913

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Police Court. Friday, 17th OCTOBER

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 6

Before Mr. O. A. Edwards. DRUNKENNESS. A defendant charged with being drunk in Auburn-street on 16th instant pleaded guilty,…

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Assault in Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 3

Mooney, the man who was attacked in a train near Summer-hill on Thursday morning, says that his aggressor, after striking him a violent blow on the forehead, attempted to rob him,…

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Kieff Murder Trial. Kieff, Oct. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 4

The Kieff trial has so far been marked by frequent conflicts between the opposing counsel reflecting the religious or party antagonisms. Interest has been heightened by the examination…

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The Suffragists. Wild Uproar in Court. London, October 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 3

Dr. Dorothea Smith, wife, of a prominent Glasgow, minister, and Margaret Morrison, an artist, were sentenced to-day to eight months' imprisonment for setting fire to a house in…

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Small Debts' Court. Wednesday, October 15. (Before Mr. F. B. Treatt, P.M.)

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 2

Robert Charles Dix sued Charles Kalman, claiming £5 17s 5d for goods sold mid delivered. Mr. Campbell appeared for plaintiff…

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Police Court. Friday, October 18Th

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 20 October 1913 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. H. G. Shaw, P.M. Police v. Walter Roffe. Failing to send child to school (two cases.) Both cases were remanded till…

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Police Court. Thursday, October 16. Before Mr. F. A. Ridley, P.M.

The Yass Courier · Monday 20 October 1913 · page 2

William George Molloy Williams was charged with having unlawfully assaulted Edwin James Davis in the [?]ar of Comins’ Yass Hotel, on the…

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Police Court. Monday, October 20th

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 4

Before Mr. Williams. ALLEGED OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR. John Bolton pleaded not guilty to a charge of behaving in an offensive manner in…

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Police Court. Tuesday, October 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 2

Before Mr. O. A. Edwards, P.M., and Mr. Belcher. ALLEGED INSANITY. A defendant on remand on a charge of…

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Small Debts Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 2

A sitting of the above Court was held on Tuesday before Mr. O. A. Edwards, P.M., and Mr. Belcher. Four cases were postponed. UNDEFENDED…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, October 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 2

Before Mr. O. A. Edwards, P.M., and Messrs. Badgery and Belcher. RENEWAL OF LICENSE. Leslie Oscar Hum Brown was granted a…

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Crookwell Police Court. THURSDAY, Oct. 16, 1913. Before Mr. A. O. Edwards, P.M., and R. Sullivan, J.P.

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 2

Welby D. Woods was charged by Ernest Treacy with unlawfully assaulting him at Crookwell on 11th October…

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Queanbeyan. Quarterly Licensing Court. Thursday, October 16th

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 1

Before Dr. Blackall (chairman), and Messrs. G. F. DeSalis and R. Moore, .Js.P. Captain Evan Davies applied to make material alteration to his premises known as…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 22nd OCTOBER

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 October 1913 · page 4

Before Mr. McDongall and Mr. Belcher. OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR. John Bolton pleaded guilty to behaving in an offensive manner in Auburn-street on…

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Police Court. October 20Th, 1913. (Before John Bourke and R. D. Heggaton, Esqs., J's.P.)

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 October 1913 · page 2

Richard Wright Redfern (55), bookkeeper, was charged with being drunk on Harden Railway Station, and pleaded guilty. He was fined…

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Theft of Jewels. London, Oct. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 4

At Llandudno, in Wales, yesterday, Edward Jones, a chimney-sweeper, was charged with having stolen certain jewels. After his arrest the police searched his house,…

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Divorce Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 6

In the Divorce Court, Sydney, on Friday, before Mr. Justice Gordon, Charlotte Ann Sailes (formerly Coggan) sued for a dissolution of her marriage with Joseph Walter Sailes on the…

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Police Court. October 24Th, 1913. (Before John Bourke and R. D. Heggaton, Esqs., J's.P

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 2

William Alfred Doolan, aged 16 and Alfred Sparrow, 19 years were charged with stealing 207lbs of wool valued at £10 10s, the property of…

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Police Court. Monday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 2

Nathan James Waldock was charged that he did at Goulburn, on October 19, sell liquor, to wit, schnapps, he not being the holder of a license to sell liquor or the agent or servant…

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Police Court. Monday, 27Th October

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 4

Before Mr. O. A. Edwards, P.M. DRUNKENNESS AND LANGUAGE. George Kemp pleaded guilty to being drunk and using indecent language on the railway…

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