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

Courts & crime, 1917

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Licensing Court

Young Witness · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 1

At the Licensing Court this morning, (Messrs. F. B. Treatt P.M., J. Forsy the and C. Wright J.P.'s, presiding) the transfer of the license of the…

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David Howell Price. Sentenced to Four Years. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

David Howell Price was brought up for sentence this morning. Mr. Abigail pleaded for leniency for the prisoner, and asked the Judge to take into consideration the prisoner's…

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Alleged Theft of Bank Notes. Snatched From Bank Counter

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 2

Two men, Archibald Hughes and George Cunningham, were charged at the Central Police Court to-day with stealing 160 10/ bank notes from the Union Bank of Australia, and were…

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Goulburn Licensing Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

A sitting of the above was held on Monday before Mr. Arnott, Licensing Magistrate, and Messrs. Badgery and Belcher. The license for selling colonial wines at…

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Stealing Whisky

Young Witness · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 1

At the Dubbo Police Court on Friday, Daniel Hannigan, an engine driver, convicted of stealing a case of whisky, the property of the…

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German Sent to Gaol

Young Witness · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 6

Charles Anderson or Bruno Schonneberg, 35, was charged at the Redfern Police Court with having failed, as an alten, to register under the War…

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A Cootamundra Murder Revived Murder of Warder Brown

Young Witness · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 4

The Attorney General having decid ed not to file a bill against Wang Jang, who killed Warder Brown with an axe, revives a g[?]uesome…

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Burrowa Police Court Thursday, March 29Th. (Before Mr. [?]hippind[?]le, P.M.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 2

William O'Brien, using profane language, pleaded guilty under provocation, Fined 10[?], with 6[?]. 1…

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Extended Police Power

Young Witness · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 2

An amendment under the War Precautions Act gives the police absolute power to search premises and seize documents…

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Licensing Court

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 2

William Cooper Lyons, of the Commercial Hotel, Binalong, applied for a reduction of his rent by 25s per week. Mr. Hogan, of Young, appeared for…

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General News. Murder of Son Alleged

Young Witness · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 6

On a charge of having murdered his son, James Edward Warren, 10, at Korumburra, on January 15, Edmund, Charles Warren appeared at the…

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Warden's Court. Tuesday, March 27, 1917. (Before Mr. Williams, Warden)

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 3

Patrick Joseph Patterson, granted authority to enter, portion 7, parish [?], for search of [?]. Harvey All[?]n O'Har[?], against…

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Police Court. Monday, April 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

Before the P.M. DRUNK. A "drunk," with 22 previous convictions against him, was fined 10/ in default 24 hours'…

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Burglary in Boot Store

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

Burglars entered Joe Gardiner's boot store last night and got away with boots, etc., valued at £150. The intruders gained an entrance by cutting through several iron bars…

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Murder Charge Dismissed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

In the Central Criminal Court on Monday, Adolph Herman Zink, a married man, 31 years of age, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having feloniously and maliciously murdered…

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Strange Gun. Devised to Fire Dynamite. Investors and Police Looking for Lost Inventor

Young Witness · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

A man who declared he had a remarkable invention has succeeded during the past few months in obtaining a large sum of money from prominents…

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Katoomba Assault. Death of Mr. King. Two Youths Charged

Young Witness · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 2

Katoomba Wednesday.—Mr. George Henry King, the victim of the assault at the California boarding house, died this afternoon. In connection with…

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Three Boys Charged with Robbery

Young Witness · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 2

Three boys, Oswald Smith, William Seymour, and Sidney Page, were charget at the Central court in connection with the robbery of 150 worth of…

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Police Court. Before Mr. P. B. Treatt, P.M. Failure to Furnish Stock Returns

Young Witness · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 1

Charles Byrnes and Jas. S. Cusack were each fined £1 and £1 7/ costs for failing to furnish their annual stock returns as prescribed by the P.P…

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Police Court. Tuesday, April 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 4

Before Messrs, Belcher and McKcon, Js.P. James Perry was charged that on April 9 at Goulburn he did have insufficient lawful means of support. He pleaded not guilty…

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