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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 5 of 40

Bad Luck Record Breaker Strikes Trouble Police Detain Motorist

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 2

F. Della Valle, a chatswood motorist accompanied by L. Gordon, a Mechanie, in a 9.45 h.p. Fiat car, made an attemption the Melbourne to sydney record on…

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Battle in Brisbane Many Men Fight And Police Makes Arrests

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 2

Brisbane, Tuesday.— A section of Cricket-street,which passes the A.U.S.V companys wharves, was the scence of teruittent fighting in which about…

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Crookwell Police Court. 31st JANUARY, 1924. (Heard before Mr. W. S. Arnott, P.M.)

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 4

Stanley Maber, charged with using indecent language. Fined £3, with costs 8-, or 14 days h.l. in Goulburn gaol…

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Young District Court. List of Cases

Daily Witness · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 2

The Young District Court sits on Monday next, and owing to the number of cases listed for hearing, the sitting will, doubtless, occupy at least…

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Alleged Wheat Stealing

Daily Witness · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 2

At the Grenfell police court, Leslie Norman Nicholls and Edward Gunning were charged with stealing 40 bags of wheat from Mogongong,…

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Three Children Murdered. Shocking Tragedy. a Paldington Horror. Father Charged with Murder. Sydney

Daily Witness · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 2

A shocking tragedy was discovered at a house in Underwood street, Paddington, at 8 o'clock last night, when a woman, on entering the front…

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Another Boom Divorce Court Popular

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 4

There is every likelihood of another. divorce boom this year, seeing that up to the present nearly 150 petitions have been lodged in the Divorce Office of the…

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Stolen Motor Cab. Police Constable Arrested. Albury

Daily Witness · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 2

A motor car which had been missing from Oaklands, near Albury, since October, was recently traced to Jerilderie where it is alleged the car…

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An Old Chart Leads Shipmaster Astray Court Exonerates Him LAUNCESTON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 6

Evidence given at the inquiry into the grounding of the steamer Port Lyttleton showed that a chart made from a survey in, 1880 indicated that…

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Small Debts Court. Rent Due

Daily Witness · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 1

Before Mr. Cohen, at the Small Dabts Court this morning, Blanche James sued R. Mac[?] for. £5 4/ claimed to be due for:3 weeks went…

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Paddington Murders. Williams Eludes Police. Worried by Spectre of Poverty. Sydney

Daily Witness · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 4

Although the entire city and suburbs is being combed by police there is no trace so far of Edward Williams. The theory that the missing…

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Forged Cheques Man Sent to Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 1

The operations of a man who was sentenced to three years' hard labour at Narrabri this week for forging cheques, almost identify him with the…

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Williams Not Found May Have Suicided Police Theory

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 6

There is still .no sign of Edward Williams who is wanted by the police in connection with the murder of his three children at Paddington. The…

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Alleged Fruit Stealing

The Yass Courier · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 3

Before Mr L A, McDongall, C.M., at the Goulburn Police Court on Thursday morning Cecil John Thompson (20) was remanded till Monday…

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Racehorse Stealing Charge. an Interesting Case. the Law's Technicalities

Daily Witness · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 2

At the Young Quarter Sessions today, before Judge Bevan, Walter E. Watson and Eric Armstrong, both young men, were charged on remand…

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The Paddington Murder. Searching for Williams

The Yass Courier · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 3

There were no fresh developments on Friday in the police search for Edward Williams, father of the children who were murdered at Paddington…

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The Murdered Children. Father Surrenders to Police. Full Confession. Sydney

Daily Witness · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 2

Edward Williams, father of the three children murdered at Paddington last Monday night, walked into the Newcastle Police Station at 10.15…

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Fire and Theft At Woodhouselee and Kingsdale Police Searching for Mysterious Stranger

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 2

During the past week some unknown man has been terrorising residents in the district around Woodhouselee and Kingsdale…

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Child Maintenance Father's Liability Magistrate's Decision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 6

Mr. Prior, Police Magistrate at Lithgow, gave a decision last week, which moans that a man is not compeiled to provide for the maintenance of his…

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Bus Driver Sentenced Offence Against School Girl. Bendick Morrell Case

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions yesterday morning Before His Honor Judge Bevan. Frederick Warren pleaded guilty…

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