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

Courts & crime, 1914

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Police Court. Friday, Jan. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

Before Mr. Williams and Mr. Smith DRUNKENNESS Two defendants for being drunk were each fined 2/6, in default one hour's hard labour…

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The Bourke-street Fire. Miss Cox Before the Court. a Nominal Penalty

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

On Friday morning, at the Police Court, before Mr. Williams and Mr. Smith, Barbara Catherine Cox, whose store was burnt on the morning of Christmas Day, was charged with…

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Police Court. Monday, 5th JANUARY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 4

Before Mr. O. A. Edwards, P.M., and Messrs. Belcher and Smith. INDECENT LANGUAGE. Alexander McDonald was charged with using…

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Licensing Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 4

A sitting of the above court was held on Monday morning, before the chairman, Mr. O. A. Edwards, and Messrs. Belcher and Badgery. LICENSE RENEWAL…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. Charge of Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 4

A coloured man named Alick Marina was charged at the Police Court with tile alleged murder of Patrick Sullivan, who was found lying unconscious in front of an hotel in…

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Goulburn Petty Sessions Court. Annual Returns

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

The returns for the year 1913 of the Goulburn Potty Sessions Court are now to hand. The number of police charges, though less than in 1912, was over the average. The return shows…

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Police Court. Thursday, January 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 2

Before Mr. Belcher. DRUNKENNESS One defendant for being drunk on the Goulburn railway station on January 8 was fined…

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Police Court. Wednesday, January 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 4

Before the P.M. and Mr. Belcher. ALLEGED ILLEGAL POSSESSION. William Chandler (34) was charged with having in his possession one bag containing…

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Licensing Court. Booth License

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 4

At the sitting of the Licensing Court on Wednesday morning, before the chairman, Mr. O. A. Edwards, and Mr. Belcher, Spencer William Bates, licensee of the Commercial…

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Police Court. Friday, Jan. 9th

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 4

Before Messrs. W. Wood and A. Bryson. ALLEGED ILLEGAL POSSESSION. William John Thomas was charged on remand with having in his custody at Goulburn…

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Police Court Proceedings. Unnecessary Waits

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 4

Punctuality in the commencement of the proceedings in the local court has become very irregular of late, causing considerable inconvenience not only to witnesses, but officials,…

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Liverpool Murder. London, Jan. 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

The inquest regarding the murder of Miss Bradford, whose body was found in a sack in the canal at Liverpool, was opened to-day. The prosecution called Samuel Elroft (a…

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Motor Fatality. Cooma Pastoralist Charged with Manslaughter

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 6

Melbourne, Thursday.—As the result of the fatality which occurred on the Sydney Road on December 20, when Gordon Campbell March, 19, wool-classer, of Ascotvale, was knocked off…

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Murder in Railway Car. London, Jan. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

A seven-years-old boy was found strangled under the seat of a railway carriage at Shoreditch. The child has been identified, but the names of the parents, who reside at Marstead,…

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Police Court. Tuesday, 13th JANUARY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 2

Before Messrs. C. J. McShane and W. H. Leak. CONVICTED OF STEALING. Daniel McCloskey was charged with stealing at…

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Police Court. Monday, 12th JANUARY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 4

Before Mr. O. A. Edwards, P.M., and Mr. Smith. DRUNKENNESS. A defendant pleaded guilty to being drunk…

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Murder in Railway Car. London, January 9

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 2

A seven year old boy was found strangled under the seat of a railway carriage at Shore- ditch. The child has been…

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Zabern Court-martial. Berlin, Jan. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 4

Colonel Von Reuter has been acquitted by the court-martial inquiring into the Zabern affair. The Court held that the Colonel was justified in protecting the honour of his officers,…

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Police Court. Wednesday, January 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 4

Before Mr. W. H. Leak and Mr. Cusick. DRUNKENNESS. One defendant for drunkenness in Auburn-street on January 13 was fined 5/, in default…

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Zabern Court-martial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 4

Colonel Von Reuter has received 15,000 congratulatory telegrams on the result of the court. martial which acquitted him of the charges in connection with the Zabern affair…

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