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

Courts & crime, 1920

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Young Man Shot. Running From Police Dies in Hospital. Tragedy at Stockyards

Young Witness · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY—Reginald Staples, aged 16, of Beaconsfield, street Auburn, who was employed at the Homebush Abattoirs, was shot in the stomach…

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Concert at Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 June 1920 · page 4

On Thursday (King's Birthday) an entertainment, organised by the Rev. C. P. Walkden Brown, was given on the Goulburn Gaol, the contributors…

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Yass Police Court. Monday , 7 t h June. (Before Mr. J. M. Bonthcrne, J.P.)

The Yass Courier · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 2

Sylvester James Lanham was charged that he did at Bowning, on 5th June, assault James Sauuderson, thereby occasioning actual bodily…

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A Wife Charged. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

A married woman named Elizabeth Woolridge was charged at the Central Court to-day with malic[?]ously attempting to administer arsenic, to…

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Sensational Case. Returned Soldier's Wife Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

Elizabeth Mary Woolridge, 36, was charged at the Police Court to-day with having maliciously attempted to administer arsenic to Francis Charles…

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Attack on Police. One Fatality. Several Men Injured. London

Young Witness · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

A number of men attacked four policemen at Cullyhana, in the county of Armagh. Sergeant Holland was dangerously wounded in five places…

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Ireland. Another Attack on Police. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

Five armed men attacked three policemen at Cullyhanna, County Armagh. A desperate encounter ensued. Two policemen were critically…

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Yass Police Court. Tuesday, 8Th JUNE.(Before Mr. W. S. Arnott, P.m.)bowning Assault Case

The Yass Courier · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 2

Sylvester James Lanham (on remand) was before the court on a charge of assaulting, James Sanderson, occasioning actual bodily harm, at…

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Murder Charges

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 2

William Alfred James Jackson, returned soldier, charged on Wednesday with the murder of Thomas Harris at Campsie, was remanded to June…

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Murder Charges

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 4

`Edith Neal or Clyne was charged at the Police Court to-day with having feloniously and maliciously murdered Patrick Loftus at Darlinghurst…

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Sentenced to Death. School Teacher Convicted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 4

At the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Pring. Kenneth Roy Gordon Mackay. 20, a school teacher, was charged with…

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Burrowa Police Court. Friday, June 4. (Before Mr B. Morgan J.P.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 2

accommodation at the Royal Hotel, pleaded James Lenohan, for refusing to pay for guilty, and was sentenced to 7 days hard labour…

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Another Theft

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 4

A gang of thieves is still on rampage in the city and suburbs. The latest sufferer is the licensee of an hotel in the Haymarket, who lost a bag…

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Police Court. the Claude Ferney Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 4

Claude Ferney, on remand, was charged on Monday, before Mr. W. S. Arnott, P.M., at the Goulburn Police Court, with having insufficient…

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A Sunday Dog Fight. And An Assault. Sequel in Court

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 1
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A dog fight last Sunday week was the primary cause of Walter Gilbert's appearance before Mr W. S. Arnott, P.M., at the Goulburn Police Court…

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Alleged Assault. Grenfell Resident in Court. Charge Fails. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 2

Henry Smedley, of Grenfell, was charged at the Parramatta police court this morning with assaulting Night-officer Kerin on the railway…

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Murder in Ireland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 2

London, June 13.—Mr. Winston Churchill (Secretary for War), in an article in the "Sunday Herald," headed "The Irish Murder Campaign,"…

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Big Theft of Drapery. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 2

Thieves stole £600 worth of drapery from the Supply Stores in Pitt street last night…

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Share in Will. Smart Confidence Trick. Young Man Sentenced

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 2

BATHURST.—A young man named Jack Love, not unfamiliarin police records, is now spending six months in Bathurst gaol as a result of an…

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