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

Courts & crime, 1924

790 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 14 of 40

Fair Rent Magistrate Puts It Up When Tenant Applies to Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 2

In the Goulburn Fair Rents Court Monday before Mr. G. R. Williams P.M., William Kennedy Smith applied to have determined the fair rent of his…

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Charge of Murder Boy Before Court The Corowa Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 6

Thomas Roy Mitchell, aged sixteen and a half, a farm hand, appeared at the Central Criminal Court to-day to answer a charge of having murdered…

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Condemned to Death. Boy Murderer Sentenced

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Thos Roy Mitchell aged 16 years and a half, charged with the murder of his employer, Richard Pethybridge, near…

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Young Woman's Death Doctor and Nurse Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 6

The inquest opened to-day concerning the death of Elsie Francis Burke, 23. who died in a house in Old House Road, Bondi, on March 23…

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Appin Murder Trial. Postponed Till June

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--William Geo. Simpson, 34, motor driver, who is charged with the murder of Guy Clift, engineer at Appin, and of…

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Boy Murderer Sentenced to Death. the Corowa Tragedy. Sydney

Daily Witness · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 2

Thomas Mitchell, aged 16½ years, was sentenced to death at the Criminal court, Darlinghurst, last evening for the murder of Richard…

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Appin Murder. Trial of Simpson. Sydney

Daily Witness · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 2

William Simpson is to appear for trial at Darlinghurst to-day for the alleged murder of Constable Flynn and Guy Clift, at Appin, but the…

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Cost of Houses. Fair Rents Court. Application Determined

Daily Witness · Wednesday 9 April 1924 · page 2

Some interesting information was given in the Fair Rents Court at Goulburn regarding the cost of building materials and construction of…

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Police Court

Daily Witness · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 2

John Work, 59, and Walter Molloy 41, were fined £1 and 10/ respectively at the Police Court this morning for drunkenness…

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Sentenced to Death

The Yass Courier · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 5

At the Criminal Court, Sydney on Monday, Thomas Roy Mitchell! a lad 16½ years of age, was charged with feloniously murdering Richard…

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Herbalist in Court Charged With Unskilful Treatment Patient a Returned Soldier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 3

At the Brisbane Police Court on Wednesday, Charles Estoppey, an elderly man, who described himself as a herbalist, appeared on remand…

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Leura Murder Trial. Sydney

Daily Witness · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 3

At the Da[?]inghurst Criminal Court to-day, Douglas Shuttleworth, aged 21, was charged with the murder of Davis Oliver Sharp, 45, at Leura, on…

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Treason Trial. Four Sentenced to Death. Berlin, April 9

Daily Witness · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 2

The trial was concluded at Kieff of a number of prominent local intelligence officers, including several professors and two women, on charges…

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Is He Insane? Lieutenant Who Absconded With Naval Funds Now Safe in Gaol A.P.A. New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 6

Lieut. Brown, who absconded with 120,000 dollars of naval funds has been captured by the police, who found him apparently deranged, lying in a park…

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Orderly Crowd Police Chief on Fleet Sightseers Little Crime and Few Arrests

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 2

The Inspector General of Police (Mr Mitchell) commenting on the conduct of the crowd yesterday said it was the most orderly in his experience. There…

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Leura Tragedy Labourer Before Court "I'll Give It To You!"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 April 1924 · page 2

The trial of Douglas Frank Shuttle worth (21) labourer, for the alleged murder of David Oliver Sharp (45), an accountant at-Leura, commenced at the…

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Glenferrie Murder. Where is Richard Buckley? Murray to Hang. Demonstrations in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Witness · Friday 11 April 1924 · page 4

The detectives still believe that Richard Buckley, who la wanted in connection with the Glunferrle murder, in hiding la Melbourne. They…

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Constable Rebuked. Magistrate Would Deal With Him

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 1

"If an attorney indulges in an improper practice, I will deal with him; but I have never yet had to do so," said Mr. Peisley, S.M., in the Manly…

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The Leura Murder

The Yass Courier · Monday 14 April 1924 · page 4

At the Darlinghurst Criminal Court on Thursday, Douglas Shuttleworth, 21, was charged with the murder of David Oliver Sharp, 45,…

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Prisoners Revolt. Warders Attacked in Pentridge Gaol. Melbourne

Daily Witness · Monday 14 April 1924 · page 3

A revolt by prisoners in Pentridge Gaol occurred on Saturday. Two warders were severely handled, blue metal being lively used. The riot…

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