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

Courts & crime, 1919

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Goulburn Circuit Court. Thursday, May 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 2

Before his Honor Judge Pring and a jury. THE WHEAT CASES. The cases in which William Cross, Neils Juel Jacobsen, and William Parker Martin were…

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Three Men Sentenced

Young Witness · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 2

WAGGA, Thursday.—The sequel to the story of the midnight drive told in the press three months ago, was enacted at the local Quarter Sessions…

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Stealing Sheep to Feed Families

Young Witness · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 4

COBAR, Thursday.—A set of relutions carried by a large meeting of unemployed at Cobar, has been forwarded to the State Government for…

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Police Court. Thursday, 1St May. (Before Mr. W. S. Arnott, P.M.)

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 2

Sidney McDonald v. Gilford Baker; assault and insulting words. Struck out; no appearance of parties. Police v. John Wood; excessive…

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Train Robbers Daring Mail Theft. Stationmaster Hoodwinked. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 2

Two men approached the stationmaster at North Wollongong and asked for permission to telephone the stationmaster at Balgownie. The…

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Coonamble School of Arts Case. Appeal of Eva Leveridge Upheld (Before Mr Justice Barton, Mr Justice Isaacs and Mr Justice Rich in the High Court of Australia.)

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 3

Judgment w[?]s delivered in the appeal of Eva Leveridge (by her next friend, Horace Leveridge) from a decision of the Supreme Court. The…

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Braidwood Police Court.—Correction

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 4

In our issue of April 24, in a Police Court report, taken from the Braidwood papers, appeared the statement that Patrick McGrath pleaded guilty to using indecent language in…

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Circuit Court. the Wheat Cases. Thursday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 4

After the luncheon adjournment, Mr. F. Johnson, public accountant, gave evidence regarding books, cheques, etc., in connection with the cases…

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Goulburn Circuit Court. Friday Afternoon. the Wheat Cases

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 2

Before his Honor Mr. Justice Pring and a jury. Witness H. Walker concluded his evidence after lunch…

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Police Court. Monday, May 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 4

Before Mr Arnott, P.M., and Mr. Badgery. BREACHES OF TRAFFIC ACT. Wm. Wood was charged with driving a motor and in Auburn-street on 21/4/19 at 7.50 p.m…

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Goulburn Circuit Court. Jacobsen Acquitted, But Further Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 2

At 5 o'clock Mr. Penny addressed the jury on behalf of Cross, and stated that the Crown had had about five months to prepare their case and had not proved anything. Throughout the trial…

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Angelic Designs in Gaol Chapel

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesay.—The prisoners at Long Bay Penitentiary a little while ago erected a fine chapel for the tise of all denominations. One of…

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Alleged Stealing a Twelve Months' Old Crime

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 2

At the Cootamundra Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. Holcombe P.M. Samuel Masters was charged at the instance of First class Constable Noble…

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A Son Accused. Returned Soldier Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 2

Joseph Walker, 54, a resident of Bondi, is now in St. Vincent's Hospital in a dying condition with two bullet wounds in the head, one in the shoulder, and another in the back…

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Bankruptcy Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 4

A sitting of the above was held before Mr. Arnott, District Registrar, on Monday. The public examination of Ishmael Walter Tuchin, grazier, of Yarra, was continued, and…

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Small Debts Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 4

A meeting of the above Court was held before Mr. Arnott, P.M., on Monday. The following undefended case was disposed of:—J. T. Lemon v. Mrs. O'Callaghan, claim for…

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Shots at Midnight Sensational Affair at Waverley. Son Charged with Shooting. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 2

A man named Joseph Walker, was admitted to St. Vincent's hospital after midnight suffering from bullet wounds in the head and neck, as a…

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Riot at Fremantle. Fight with Police. Shots Fired

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 2

Following upon the decision of the Government to protect the Nationalist workers on the wharfs and recommence work, a riot occurred at Fremantle on Sunday. Volunteers…

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Circuit Court. Saturday. Fifth Day of Trial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 4

Mr. Watt continued the cross-examination of Mr. Blakeney regarding the books cheques butts, etc., of Martin's firm, Up till 10.30 this morning this witness had been under…

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A Street Fight Crown Street Shooting. Police Set Upon by Mob. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 2

Two members, of the police force heard revolver shots in Crown street at midnight. They went to the [?]eene and found three men[?] two of…

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