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

Courts & crime, 1920

712 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 24 of 36

Watering the Milk. Getting Near to Murder. Gaol Without the Option Sydney. Monday Night

Young Witness · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 2

At the North Sydney Police Court to-day, the Police Magistrate sent Arthur Taylor, a milk vendor, to gaol for two months without the option…

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Alleged Wife Murder. Hubert Granted Bail

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 4

Mr. Justice Ferguson has granted bail of £1000 in the case of Sydney Hubert who was committed from the Coroner's Court on the charge of having caused the…

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Refused to Pay. Publicans Suffer. Scaler Sent to Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 4

Lionel Bruce, charged with refusing to play a reasonable sum for accommodation at the hotel Imperial on demand by the licensee Mr. Otto…

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"Cool and Deliberate Murder." Catholic Bishop Outspoken. London

Young Witness · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 2

Two men who were injured in the Belfast riots died in Hospital; Cardlnal Logue, in a lotter condemning the attack on the police at…

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Missing Fowls. Carcases and Bones Found. Suspect Before Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 2

The case of the police versus Bert Mobbs, charged with having three fowls in his possession at Goulburn on August 12, reasonably suspected of having been stolen,…

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The Young Witness With which is incorporated the Burrancong Argus Tuesday, August 31, 1920. Current News. Police Promotions

Young Witness · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 2

Alexander Mackenzie, Harden, to be sergeant, second class; Ernest Rochford, Greenthorpe, to be constable, first class…

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Sentenced to Death. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Young Witness · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 2

James Stewart, aged 30, was charged at the Central Criminal Court to-day before Mr. Justice Cullen with having committed rape on a seventeen…

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Threw a Brick. Scene at Hotel Imperial. Ferney Sent to Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 4

Claude Ferney, who pleaded not guilty to assaulting Otto Joseph by Knopp by throwing a brick at him in the hall of the Imperial Hotel on Tuesday, was sentenced by…

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District Court and Quarter Sessions

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 4

A District Court will be held at Goulburn on Friday, and on Monday the Quarter Sessions will commence. Lieutenants Parer and McIntosh…

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Yass District Court. SEPTEMBER 2, 1920. (Before His Honor Judge Bevan)

The Yass Courier · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 2

R. S. Lindeman v. S. I. Barber —breach of contract. Mr. Breckenbridge (instructed by Mr. Backnell) for plaintiff,…

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Charged with Conspiracy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 4

An engineer, 62, and a clerk, 34, rested this morning and charged with conspiracy to defraud the Commonwealth The accused were later brought before the…

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Authorities Granted Tuena Warden's Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 4

A War Court was held at Tuena on Thursday, before the Mining Warden, Mr. G. R. Williams. The following authorities were grant…

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Record List for District Court

Young Witness · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 2

The list or cases to be heard by the District Court on September 21st is the larges that has been listed for many years. It included claims for…

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Telford Sentenced

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 2

Robert Arthur Telford, 26, charged with breaking and entering the store of James Stevenson, at 'Burrowa, and stealing therefront, was sentenced…

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Alleged Theft. Hotel Imperial. One Case Withdrawn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 4

At the Goulburn Police Court on Monday, before Mr. W. S. Arnott P.M., the charge against Reginald Edward Wallace of having in his…

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Quarter Sessions. Breaking and Entering Charges. Five Youths Sentenced

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 4

Goulburn Quarter Sessions were commenced before Judge Bovan on Monday Mr. J. N. Mason was Crown Prosecutor. A MITTAGONG CASE…

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Young Police Station-tender Accepted

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 2

The leader of W. S. Millard and Sons, Limited, for the erection of a new police station at Young, was yesterday morning accepted. The…

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Licensing Court. Empire Hotel

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 4

At a sitting of the Licensing Court on Monday. Messrs. W. S. Arnott P.M., and E. W. Kelso on the bench, an application for the transfer of the…

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Young's Cheerful Gaol. Criminal Reform. Influence of Education. Judge Bevan's Opinion

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 4

If the general standard of education were raised, there would be [?]ewer criminals in the community was the effect of an address by Judge…

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District Court. MOORE v. Sisk and Others

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 4

The case is which J. L. Moore proceeded against Richard Sisk, James Finlay, and J. H. Langley, trading as the Argyle Plumbing Works, a claim for £30…

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