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

Courts & crime, 1917

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Circuit Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 3

A Circuit Court opens at Goulburn on Thursday. There are three cases set down for trial, viz., Joseph Leo Fitzgibbon and Selby Arthur Ferney, alleged attempt to steal;…

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"Carrying Yarns!" Man Fined for Assault. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 3

A case in which Herbert Smith was charged by summons with assaulting Ellen Marnsley was heard by Mr. Barnett at the Newtown Police court…

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Ex-police Officer Dies

Young Witness · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 2

Ex-Sergeant Michael J. Cahill who retired from the police force last February, owing to ill-health, died at his home in Rickards-avenue, Bondi,…

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Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 3

Before Mr. L. A. McDougall, on Wednesday, William Geo, Alston Mather was charged with drunkenness and with using indecent language at the railway station, Goulburn, on April 25…

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Goulburn Circuit Court. Thursday, April 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 2

Before his Honor, Mr. Justice Ferguson. The Circuit Court opened at the Goulburn Court House this (Thursday) morning. Mr. Crawford was Crown Prosecutor and Mr. S. H…

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Police Court Thursday, April 26Th. (Before Mr. H. H. Chippendall)

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 2

Sergt. Barnes conducted the prose Richard Brown, for using indecent language at Rye Park, was fined 20s., with 6s costs of court…

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Violent Assault. Political Candidate. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 2

Edumund Jowett, Nationalist candidate for Maribyrnong, (V.) was violently assaulted at the close of his meeting at Fawkner. The assault…

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Goulburn Circuit Court. Thursday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 4

Before his Honour Mr. Justice Ferguson. ALLEGED HORSE STEALING. The case against Francis William Wray was continued…

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Goulburn Circuit Court. Friday, April 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 2

Before Mr. Justice Ferguson. ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO PROCURE ABORTION. Jane Frances Gill was charged with unlawfully…

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Bimbi Police Court

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 2

At the Bimbi police court on Saturday last, before Mr. F. B. Treatt, P.M. Wilfred Pearson was fined 20/and 6/ costs for riding a motor cycle at a…

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Horse Stealing

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 2

At the Goulburn Circuit Court last week, Francis William Wray was charged with stealing one creamy mare valued at £25, the property of…

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Police Court. Monday, April 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 4

Two defendants charged with drunkenness were each fined 5/ in default 24 hours' imprisonment. Another "drunk," with several previous convictions against him, was fined 10s or 48…

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Police Station Closed

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 2

A sign of the times.—It has been decided by the authorities to close up the police station at Grahamstown, anwork that place from Adelong in the…

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Burglary Boom. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 4

Burglars gained an entrance to Sharp's furniture warehouse in Balmain and blew open two cafes, from which they abstracted about £5. There is not the slightest doubt the same gang…

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Painful Scene in Court. Mr. Conroy and the Judge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 4

At noon on Tuesday the case of Conroy v. Conroy was before Mr. Justice Simpson, the Chief Judge in Equity. The defendant is Alfred Hugh Beresford Conroy and the plaintiff his wife…

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The Gaol Land

Young Witness · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 3

One or two matters appertaining to what is known as the gaol land were discussed at the Parents and Citizens' meeting on Tuesday night. It was…

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Bank Teller Charged

Young Witness · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 2

Arthur George Leggo, 46, a tellor in the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales, Moore street, City, was charged before Mr. Smithers at the…

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Charge of Attempted Murder

Young Witness · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 6

Ce[?]ll Boyne Lambert, a laborer, was shot in the head a his home, Evans street, West Maitland, on Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock. He was taken…

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Licensing Court

Young Witness · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 3

An application for the transference of a billiard license from James H. Crabtree to John H. Matthers, both of Murrumburrah, was granted by the…

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Pappageorgi Murder. Wilson to Be Hanged

Young Witness · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 3

The executive council has confirmed the death sentence passed on James Wilson at the Central Criminal Court Darlinghurst, for the murder of George…

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