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

Courts & crime, 1923

1,062 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 54

Escapes Gaol. Alleged Theft of Trousers

Young Witness · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 1

YASS. Wednesday.—John Cameron (17) charged with the theft of a pa[?] of trousers, and remanded until today (Wednesday) escaped from the…

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Police Court

Southern Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 1

On Friday last, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., J. C. Dawson was charged by Arthur Brigg with unlawfully assaulting him at Braidwood on…

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Bank Manager Charged with Stealing £5400 SYDNEY

Southern Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 2

George Kenneth Kitching appeared at the Hornsby Police Court to-day charged with stealing £5,400 from the Hornsby branch of the Savings Bank…

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Kitching Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 4

George Kenneth Kitching, manager of the Hornsby Government Savings Bank, was brought before the Hornsby Police Court to-day to answer a charge…

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Fined for Theft

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 4

Lionel Hansen, insurance agent, formerly of the Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Company, pleaded guilty at the Maryborough Police…

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Yass Police Court. January 17. (Before Mr. Montague Longfield, P.M.)

The Yass Courier · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 4

Harry Cole was charged with riding a bicycle negligently. He pleaded guilty. Constable Tame stated that defendant ran into a girl, knocking…

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Bank Manager Charged Substantial Bail Allowed

Young Witness · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—George Kenneth Kitching who was arrested at Albury, appeared at the Hornsby Police Court to-day charged with…

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Licensing Court

Southern Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 1

Before Mr. Shropshire, P.M., and Mr. J. J. Donnelly, J.P.—The inspector's quarterly report was sread and adopted. This showed that all the hotels…

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Police Court. Tuesday. January 16. (Before Mr, Walter Scott. P.m.) Motor Act

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 4

Laurence E. Rix was Summoned for not delivering up his motor driver's license within three days after expiry. Defendant pleaded…

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Assaults on Police. Last Year's Record

Young Witness · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY Wednesday.—During last year 335 policemen in this State were assaulted in the course of their duty…

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Supplying Liquor. to Prohibited Persons. Magistrate's Caution

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 2

"The next man who comes before the Bench for supplying prohibited persons with liquor will be made an example of. There is too much of it…

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Esseh Mine-owners to Be Court-martialled Paris

Southern Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 1

Six mine-owners of the [?] region will appear before the court M[?] charged with re[?]ing to de[?] [?] co[?] to France…

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Thyssen to Be Tried By French Court Martial WITH 22 Others for Nondelivery of Coal Berlin

Southern Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 1

The twenty-three mine-owners ordered to appear before the Court Martial include Thysyen. The "Lok[?] Anzeiger" says:"The…

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Lightning Extraordinary Kills Police Horse

Southern Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 1

Aralu[?] was visited by [?] terrible thunderstorm during the week. Old residents describe the storm as the most terrifying in the history of the valley…

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Gunning Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 4

At the Gunning Police Court on Tuesday the Yass P.P. Board proceeded against three landowners in this district—Messrs. W: F: C. Coves, J. K…

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Bank Clerk Charged with Fraud

Young Witness · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mondny.—Detective Sergeant Anderson to-day arrested a clerk in a bank in the city on a charge of defrauding the bank of…

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Police Raid at Potts Point

Young Witness · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The police [?] a house at Potts Point last night where allegedly sly grog trade was carried on. Ten men and…

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Potts' Point Raid Police Make Fifty Charges Sydney

Southern Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 2

Police raided a house at Pott's Point last night where allegedly a sly grog trade was carried was carried on. Ten emn and four women were…

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Mistaken Identity Shooting at Cork Free State Officers v. Police London

Southern Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 3

General E[?]nis, commanding the West Cork area, was walking in Cork In [?] with two ither officers when the party was ordered to halt by three…

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Ex-Police Magistrate William Corbett Lawson Dead Sydney

Southern Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 2

William Corbett Lawson, formerly police magistrate at Armidale, died at Leura to-day at the age of 88…

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