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

Courts & crime, 1922

718 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 36

Police Indignant

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 4

Police officials stated to-day that Mr. Dooley was making a great mistake in reducing the officers of the police force, cutting down the allowances, and…

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Gun Alley Murder. a New Witness. Tells Extraordinary Story. Melbourne

Young Witness · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 1

At the trial of Colin Ross yesterday sensational evidence was given by a now witness "Darkv" Upton. He said he was having a "spree on the night…

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Alleged Stealing by Fraud

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 2

Dennis John Sullivan was remanded till Monday by Mr. S. E. Beaver, J.P., at the Goulburn Police Court this (Saturday) morning on a charge of…

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Kicked Out of Own House. a Brutal Assault. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 1

At the North Sydney Court to-day Jack Whittaker was remanded on a charge of assaulting Eliza Harvey. The police stated that accused called…

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Is Ross Innocent? Gun Alley Murder Melbourne

Young Witness · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 1

Further evidence in support of Ross' alibi was Riven by his two broths. Thomas and Ronald. Thomas detailed Colin's movements on…

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The Gun Alley Murder

The Yass Courier · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 4

An attempt to prove an alibi, chiefly by showing that the accused man was at home at the times when he is alleged to have been sear the…

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Yass Police Court February 25—(Before Mr G. L. Berry, J.P.)

The Yass Courier · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 3

Cecil Fielding was charged with maliciously damaging machinery at the gasworks, the property of Yass Municipal Council, of the…

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Moss Vale Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 1

A man has been detained by the police in connection with the Moss Vale murder case…

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Police Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 1

The police conference to-day carried a resolution that two censors be apponted to supervise the work of pressmen at the conference and…

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Police Trap

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 1

Constables Royal Greene, and Cohen set a trap yesterday for bathshed thieves. They placed their clothes in a cubicle, Constable Greene…

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Impudent Theft. Car Disabled at Goulburn Baths

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 2

Under cover of the darkness which nightly shrouds the shrubbery at the Victoria Park City Baths an impudent thief, or thieves, detached and…

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Murdered Girl. Ross Sentenced to Death. An Appeal to be Lodged. Scene at the Court Melbourne

Young Witness · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 1

The trial of Colin Campbell Ross for the murder of Alma Tirtschke in Gun Alley, Melbourne, on December 30, under revolting circumstances,…

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Charged with Murder. Philomena Utting's Death. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 2

Mary Davenport appeared at the Central Police Court today charged with murdering Philomena Uttering. The police stated that Utting died…

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Alleged Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 4

Mary Davenport (aged 36) was remanded at the Police Court to-day on a charge of having feloniously and maliciously murdered Philomena Utting…

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Taylor Murder Los Angeles

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 2

There was a real development in the Taylor murder to-day, when six persons were arrested following an accusation Ly Mrs John Rupp that Harry Lynch…

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£25 DEMANDED. Two Men Charged. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 3

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day James Cartor, and Walter Spear pleaded not guilty to a charge of demanding money with menaces and…

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Police Conference Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 1

Mr. Tom Pauling was re-elected president of the Police Association at the annual conference to-day…

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South African Strike Strikers and Police Collide JOHANNESBURG

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 4

An affray occurred outside Boksburg Gaol,. where strikers had intimidated a worker. The strikers fired five shots at the police, who replied with a volley…

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Alleged Indecent Assault

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 2

The Goulburn police are investigating a report concerning an alleged indecent assault on a girl of tender years. The offence is supposed to have been…

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Ex-police Sergeant's Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 2

Moss Vale, Friday:—The body of Mr. P. J. Nels, an ex-sergeant of police, who went duck-shooting on Monday morning, was recovered in the Bong…

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