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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 4 of 54

£3715 Missing. Stationmaster Charged with Theft

Young Witness · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Thomas Alexander Bray, stationmaster at Merriwa, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of embezzling £3715…

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Railway Theft Stationmaster Committed for Trial 8Ydney

Southern Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 1

Thos. Alexander Bray, stationmaster at Morriwa, was committed for trial today on a charge of emi[?] £87/15/, the property of the Railway…

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Bank Manager Charged Steals Five Thousand and Spends on the Races Sydney

Southern Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 1

George Kenneth Kitching, formerly manager of the Hornsby branch of the Government Savings Bank, was charged at Ryde Court to-day with embezzling…

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O'brien Case Settled Out of Court SYDNEY

Southern Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 1

A ckaun fir £500 damages by Albert Lewis against William Henry O'Brien, arising out of a diveres case, in which [?] was the petitioner and Lewis the…

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"2000 Years in Gaol." Prohibition Absurdities. (Published by arrangement)

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 3

According to recent cablegrams from Washington to Australia, the Department of Justice has announced that violators of the…

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Ruhr Invasion Mayence Court Martial Troops With Fixed Bayonets German Industrialists Heavily Fined Berlin

Southern Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 2

At the court martial of the German industrial employers and officials held at Mayence, French troops with fixed bayonets were stationed inside and outside…

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Scotch Concert at Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 2

The pipers will give a concert at the goal this afternoon. The visiting artists —Miss Nina Gordon and Messrs. Harry Little, Don Ross and W. H. Heppell…

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Sympathetic Poland Offers ex-Soldiers' Services Important Germans Court Martialled Berlin

Southern Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 1

The coalowners have, appealed against the court martial and fines. The "Lokal Anzeiger," states that Poland has ordered all ex-soldiers with a…

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Concert at Gaol Visiting Highlanders Entertain Inmates

Southern Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 1

The visiting artists for the Highland Society's [?] on Friday [?] [?] overnight in order to give the prisoners at the Goulburn [?] a concert on…

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Police Court on Licensed Premises

Southern Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 1

Arthur Topham and Frank McPhee were charged at teh Goulburn Court yesterday with being found on the liceused premises of the Club Hotel during…

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Riot at the Quay Police Court Sequel

Young Witness · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A sequel to the riotous affair at Circular Quay on Saturday night, when Petty-officers of the H.M.A.S. Fantome were set…

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Trouble in Opal-street Ventilated at Court Conviction on Assault Charce

Southern Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 1

A case in which many threats were alleged to have been used was heard at the Goulburn Police Court yeserday, before Mr. M. R. Longfield, P.M., when…

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Circular Quay Affray Three Men Before Court Magistrate's Drastic Remedy Sydney

Southern Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 2

The sequal in the riotons affair a[?] Cireular Qany on Saturday night, when Petty Officers from H.M.A.S. Fantome were set upon by roughs and drunks, was…

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Scotch Concert at the Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 2

The Goulburn pipers and visiting artists for Friday night's concert motored to the gaol on Saturday afternoon and gave an entertainment, which was…

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High Schools. Fees Now Charged

Young Witness · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The imposition of High School fees commenced with the re-opening of secondary schools to-day…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 2

The quarterly Licensing Court was held at the Goulburn Courthouse yesterday morning. The Licensing Inspector's report was submitted to the…

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Betting Raids. Police Will Not Prosecute

Young Witness · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—It was announced to-day that the police did not intend to prosecute the men caught during bettings [?] some month…

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A Police Chase St. Kilda Sensation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 2

Two alleged shopbreakers were arrested in sensational circumstances at St. Kilda, Melbourne, last night. Six constables surrounded a grocery…

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Mining Warden's Court Suspensions of Labor Conditions High Costs and Low Returns

Southern Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 1

Before the Acting Mining Warden, Mr. M. R. Longfield, P.M., two applications for suspension of labor conditions on mining leases were granied at the…

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Gaol for Street Betting

Southern Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 1

A meeting attended by between 800 and 1000 citizens was held at Ballarat to protest against the sentence of one month's imprisonment imposed upon two…

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