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

Courts & crime, 1920

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The Latest SYDNEY. Tuesday. Foreman Charged. Serious Allegations

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

At the Central Police Court to-day John Purcell (36) was charged with having at Balmain stolen 21 cases of quinine, valued at £2115. The police…

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Mr. M'Girr on Housing Problem Little Faith in Fair Rents Court

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 3

SYDNEY.—The Minister for Health and Motherhood (Mr. M'Girr) is under no delusions about the maze of intricacles wrapped up in the…

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Alleged Embezzlement Stationmaster Charged

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 2

Michael Joseph Doyle was on Tuesday morning charged at the Camden Police Court, before Mr. Clegg, J.P., with having embezzled…

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Breaking and Entering. Two Youths Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 2

Wm. Thomas Goodwin (22) and Leslie Wm. Allen Dalton (16) were charged at the Goulburn Police Court this (Thursday) morning with…

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Accident to Police Officers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 2

While Inspector Milne, of Marrickville police, and Constable Gillis of Lukehurst were driving through the city in a motor bike and sidecar their…

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Another Murder in Ireland. (United Service Message.) LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 4

Five men with revolvers killed Captain Wilson, Police Inspector at Gorey, Wexford. The assailants stood a short distance beside a motor car and…

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Poisoned his wife and three children Sentenced to Death

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 18 June 1920 · page 2

A jury at Adelaide convicted Alexander Lee, who was charged with wife murder. Evidence showed that the prisoner poisoned his wife and three…

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A Murder Mystery. Husband Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 4

London, June 16.—A remarkable murder mystery has developed as the result of the exhumation of the body of Mabel Greenwood, who died in…

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The Ponsonby Murder. Auckland

Young Witness · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 2

Denis Gun, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Mr. Braithwaite, the postmaster at Ponsonby, was executed this morning…

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Accidents to Police Officers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 2

Inspector Fraser was knocked down by a motor cycle near the Central Railway Station last night. He was picked up in a dazed condition, but…

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Beer and Soap. Goods Missed From Railway. Youths Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 4

Donald Alexander Murray (16); Roy Thomas Kearns (16), and Harold Thynne (18) appeared at the Goulburn Police Court on Monday before Mr. W…

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Murder Mystery in Wales. Woman's Body Exhumed. Solicitor Under Arrest

Young Witness · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 4

LONDON, June 16,—A remarkable murder mystery has developed as the result of the exhumation of the body of Mabel Greenwood, who died in…

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Ex-Warder Sentenced. Three Years' Imprisonment

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 4

At the Cootamundra Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, before Judge Bevan and a jury, Richard Daniel Lehane Willis, ex-warder in Goulburn gaol,…

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Police Allowance Increased

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 2

The allowance of plain-clothes police and detectives has been increased from 1/ to 2/6 per day oy Mr. Dooley (Chief Secretary). The…

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Police Court. Tuesday, June 22. (Before Mr. H. Malone, P,m.) Found on Licensed Premises

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 3

Paul Cooper and James Jones were each fined 10s, with 6s costs, for being on the licensed premises of the Doncaster Hotel, Harden, on…

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Rioting in Londonderry. Police Powerless

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 4

London, June 21.—Civil war prevails in Londonderry. The authorities are powerless against the armed bands that hold the city. Several…

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Special Licensing Court

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 2

At a special Licensing Court, held at Burrowa on Friday last, before Mr. B. Morgan (chairman) and Mr. W. J. A. Macpherson…

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"A Fair Thing." New Magistrate on Rabbit Destruction. Prosecution Fails

Young Witness · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 5

For alleged failure to destroy rabbits on the stations "Wadenhoe," "Somerset," and "Kokhedahl," Mr. James B. Lempriere appeared at the police…

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Committed on Murder Charge. a Young Man's Death

Young Witness · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 1

AUBURY.—At Tumbarumba on Saturday the coroner concluded the inquiry into the death of Charles M'Lean 22, runway platelayer, who on 10th…

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Fined Again. Stockowners in Court

Young Witness · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 3

The sanitary inspector (Hr. MacGregor) proceeded against several stockowners at the police court on Wednesday for permitting stock to…

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