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

Courts & crime, 1915

678 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 34

Crookwell Police Court Thursday, February 18. BEFORE Mr. Gas. R. Williams, PM

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

Ethelina Gerterude Campbell, wife of the licensee of the Royal Hotel, Crookwell, pleaded not guilty to supplying liquor to Bertie Henry Churchill (16), a…

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Police Court. Tuesday, February 23rd. (Before Mr. F. B. Treatt, P.M.)

Young Witness · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

Michael Brennan for being drunk in Burrowa street last night, was fined 5/ or the rising of the court…

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Warden's Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

A sitting of the Warden's Court was held on Monday afternoon before Mr. Williams, Mining Warden. CLOSING A COPPER MINE…

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A Court Table

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

An argument atose at Yass police court last week between the P.M. and the legal gentlemen as to the proper position of a solicitor's table…

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Small Debts Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

A sitting of the above was held on Monday morning before Mr. Williams. Acting P.M. UNDEFENDED. Jenkins and Co. sued F. McCure for £2 19/2,…

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Police Court. Wednesday, Feb. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 4

Before Messrs. McDougall and Egar. PROHIBITION. A prohibition order was made against one man, who consented to such course being taken…

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Police Court. Thursday, February 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 2

Before Messrs. McDougall and Egar, Js.P DRUNKENNESS, ETC. One defendant, for being found drunk in the Goulburn Botanic Gardens, was fined 10/- or 7…

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Inspector V. Contractor Magistrate’s [?]een Scent

The Yass Courier · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 2

The matter of using offensive language to J. A. Kilpatrick, sanitary inspector to the Yass Municipality by [?].O. Hoffmau, sanitary contractor…

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Theft at Goondah. Before Mr. A. O. Butler, P.M. Tuesday, February 23rd. 1915

The Yass Courier · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 2

Mary Josephine Donnelly, remand from Goulburn, was charge with stealing a gold ring, valued a £2, from Irene Chown, at Goondah…

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[?] as Delinquents. Police Magistrates Firm [?] Soldiers Must Respond in Duty

The Yass Courier · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 2

In the Yass Police Court on Tuesday last a number of [?] attached to the K Company, 43 B area were summoned for failing to…

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Crookwell Police Court. Monday, February 22

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. John Keith and J. J. Manion, Js. P. Christopher Wilson was charged with behaving in an indecent manner in…

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Police Promotion

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 1

Constable Buclan, who came to Young as a beginner in the police force only a few years ago and was sent from here to Binalong about…

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Alleged Stealing From Railway Truck Koorawatha Case Diemissed

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

At the Koorawatha police court on Monday (writes our correspondent) before Mr. F. B. Treatt, P.M., and Messrs M. J. Waher and P. Oass,…

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Police Officer Retiring

Young Witness · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

Yass, Feb. 24.—Senior-Sergeant Drummond, who has been off duty for some time owing to Illness, is, shortly to retire from the police force…

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New Kind of Assault Water Squirted in Lady's Face. a Startling Experience

Young Witness · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 6

A somewhat startling experience befel a young lady who lives in Thornhill street as she was on her way home from the local picture show on…

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Crookwell Notes. Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 5

Before Mr. G. B. Willams, P.M. Police v. Eheline Gertrude Campbell, supplying liquor to a person under the age of 18 on the licensed premises of the Royal Hotel…

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 2

Before Mr. Williams, Acting P.M. DRUNKENNESS. Three defendants, one a female, pleaded guilty to being drunk on the previous day, and…

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Police Court. Monday, March 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 1

Before Mr. Williams, Acting P.M. DRUNKENNESS, ETC. The dock at the Police Court, as usual on Monday morning, was far too small to hold the…

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War or Gaol? Judge Decides on Former

Young Witness · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 4

Orange Feb. 26.—John Thomas Robertson came up for sentence before Judge Scholes yesterday. He was charged with fraudulently converting…

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Press and Police

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 4

The relations between the press and the police of Goulburn have always been of a cordial nature, and the latter have recognised that nothing is to be gained by withholding…

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