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

Courts & crime, 1921

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(Published by Arrangement.) Crime in America. Riot of Robbery and Murder. Prohibition's Startling Sequel

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 1

We have it dinned into our ears with exasperating repetition from every prohibition platform that drink is the mother of crime. America is a…

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A Crowded Court. Ordered Out of Homes. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 1

It was almost impossible to gain an entrance to the North Sydney Court to-day. Over 70 people, mostly women and…

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Darlinghurst Gaol. Government Decline to Convert Into College. Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 3

The State Cabinet has declined to convert Darli[?]hurst gaol into a technical College. They find that immense damage has been done to the…

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North Sydney Murder. No Arrest Yet, SYDNEY

Young Witness · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 4

The police to-night denied that a man had been arrested at Molong connected with the murder of Gertrude McGrath at North Sydney…

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Police Association. First Conference. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 1

The first annual Conference of the Police Association will be held on February 28th, at which all delegates of the Association throughout the…

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Lindfield Tragedy Court in a Hospital. Mrs. Mort's Condition. Sydney

Young Witness · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 1

A farther stage was reached to-day in the case in connection with the Lindfield tragedy, when Mrs. Mort, who is charged with the murder of…

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Assault and Robbery. Three Cases

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 4

Three cases of assault and robbery were reported during the week-end. The most serious occured at Naremburn, North Sydney, where Robert…

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Horse Stealing Charge. Remanded Till

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 2

Albert Hector Walters was charged at the Goulburn Court before Mr. Arnett, P.M., on Monday with stealing a saddle and bridle at Merrilla on Oct…

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District Court

Young Witness · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 2

The Young District Court will sit at Young on February 14. All plaints must be filed by January 20…

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Horse, Saddle, and Bridle. Missed From Merrilla. Youth Charged with Stealing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 2

Albert Hector Walters (on remand) was charged at the Goulburn Police Court this (Thursday) morning before Mr. Arnott, P.M., with…

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A Chemist Charged

The Yass Courier · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 6

At the Central Polios Court on Monday Michael Dunne, & chemist, was charged supplying Edith McLaughlin with a drug and an instrument,…

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Yass Police Court. WEDNESDAY.—Before Mr W, S. Arnott, P.M.)

The Yass Courier · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 2

A. W. Chapman was charged with supplying wine to fen aboriginal, George Lane. Defendant said that Lane was working in his garden all…

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Search for a Wanted Man. Wireless Message to the Police

Young Witness · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Arising out of the murder of Gertrude McGrath in a house at Lavendar Bay on 24th December, a warrant was issued some weeks ago…

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Eastbourne Murder. Convicted Men's Stories. Judge Won't Believe Them. London, 18th.—The Chief

Young Witness · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 1

Justice declared that Field and Gray's stories to be fabrications put forward in a last desperate attempt to escape the consequences of their…

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Murder at Newcastle. Acting the Bushranger. Newcastle

Young Witness · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 1

The circumstances surrounding the murder of Mr Lun near New Lambton yesterday suggested that the man who fired the shot was acting as a…

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The Latest. Ireland — Six Police Killed. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 2

Details of an ambush at Glenwood in which six were killed show that a patrol of ten was waylaid where the road skirted a wood whence numerous…

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Searching For Work. Boys "Jump" Train at Albury. Wagga Police Sergeant's Commendable Action

Young Witness · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 3

The four boys who were before the Children's Court at Wagga this week for "jumping the train at Albury" are, it appears, all about the age of…

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Gaol for Gunmen. Law in Force. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day Leslie Woodcroft, aged 18, pleaded guilly to a charge of carrying a revolver last Saturday without holding…

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Fair Rents Court. First Goulburn Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 4

The first case in Goulburn under the Fair Rents. Act was called at the Court on Monday morning. The parties were George Elijah…

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Wolgast's Murderer. Police Search Everywhere. Man Detained in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 2

Members of the police are every where on the look-out for the murderer of Constable Wolgast who was shot in Centennial Park, Sydney, last week…

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