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

Courts & crime, 1921

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Charged with Bigamy. Man Arrested at Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 4

Harold Leslie Wright appeared at the Goulburn Court on Wednesday before Mr. G. R. Williams on a charge of bigamy…

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Licensing Court

Young Witness · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 2

Messrs. H. Malone, P.M., and J. Forsythe J.P., sitting as a Licensing Court yesterday morning granted renewals of the Grand Hotel, Harden…

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Police Court. Tuesday, June 21. (Before Mr. H. Malone, P.m.) Protected Animals' Act

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 2

Arthur Kelly and William Kelly were charged with having in their possession at Stockinbingal, on 11th June, 148 opossum skins, being…

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Small Debts Court

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 4

At the Small Debts Court, on Tuesday, Richard Thompson sued Michael H. Prest for £10, claim for work and labor done and material…

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Braidwood Small Debts Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 4

At the Braidwood Small Debts Court Thomas C. Musgrave sued Patrick [?] O'Brien for [?] two weeks' rent of motor sheds…

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Mordialloc Murder. Youth Committed for Trial. MELBOURNE

Young Witness · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 1

The City Coroner to-day committed Ernest Dowling, aged 18, for trial on a charge of wilfully and maliciously killing Patrick Duff, a farmer of…

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Mulwaree Appeals Court. Report by Shire Clerk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 2

The Shire Clerk, Mr. A. M. Barton, submitted a report to the Mulwaree Shire Council on Wednesday on the recent Valuations Appeal Court…

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Leisure Hours in Gaol. Company of Good Books. Young's Best Library. Marcus Aureleus to C. Henry

Young Witness · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 2

"Men have come into Gaol illiterate and have gone out widely-read and self-educated men." "One could s[?]fely say that the…

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How to Make Sausages. Demonstration in Court. Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 1

How fifty six pounds of sausages may be made from 36lbs of meat was demonstrated to Judge Beeby at the Retail Meat Prices Inquiry to-day…

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Missing Kit Bag. Man Charged with Stealing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 2

Thomas D'Arcy was charged at Goulburn Court this (Saturday) morning with stealing a kit bag at Crookwell on June 18, containing clothing…

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Sudden Death in Goulburn Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 4

A prisoner named Joseph Thomas, a Syrian, died suddenly in the Goulburn Gaol at 8 o'clock on Thursday night. At the afternoon muster he…

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Murrumburrah Court

Young Witness · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 1

Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M., on Tuesday, Arthur K[?]ly and William Kelly, ware charged with having in their possession at Stockinbingal on…

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Would Stay in Gaol. Rather Than Break Vow to Dying Daughter Mrs. Webb Again Sent to Gaol Sydney

Young Witness · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 1

Mrs. Mina Webb, who refused to give the name of the house and nurse to which her daughter went prior to her death from Septicaemia and who…

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State Economy. 30 Police to Be Discharged. Sydney

Young Witness · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 1

All special police are to be discharged, so Mr. Dooley, the Acting-Premier announced to-day. There are only about thirty special constables In the…

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Police Court. Used Trader's Plate

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 2

Norman A. Happ was charged at the Goulburn Court this (Tuesday) morning before Mr. G. R. Williams with using a trader's plate more than 50…

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Concert at Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a concert party of local amateurs, organised by Mr. C. Thompson, gave an entertainment to the prisoners in the Goulburn…

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Beaconsfield Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 2

Melbourne, Monday.—Two men were detained by the police to-night in connection with the double murder at Beaconsfield on June 12, when an aged…

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Stealing and Assaulting Charges. Accused Remanded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 2

William Rowlands appeared at the Goulburn Police Court on Monday before Mr. Arnott, P.M., on charges of stealing a bicycle at Goulburn on June…

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Son Charged with Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 June 1921 · page 2

A charge of having murdered his. father, Ernest Hugo Seidel, was made against Ernest Seidel, aged 17. at the Central Police Court on Wednesday…

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Son Charged. Murder Alleged. Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 30 June 1921 · page 1

Ernest Seidel, who was shot by some men last night, has since died. His own son has been charged with the murder…

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