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

Courts & crime, 1924

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Sydney Barton Sentenced. SYDNEY

The Yass Courier · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 5

Arrested at Yass on the charge of house-breaking a month after he had absconded from bail on the charge of bag-snatching in Sydney, Sydney…

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On High Seas Alleged Cargo Theft

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 2

Four members of the crew of the steamer port prisabne, john spence, Thomas Austin were changed at the Central police court to-day with…

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Yass Police Court. February 27—(Before Mr. H. Farriugtor, J.P.)

The Yass Courier · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 5

R[?]ond F[?]wick (19) and Lloyd Phillips (22) were charged with stealing one motor car of the value of £350, the property of Mervyn…

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Plucky Postmaster Tackles Phone Thief Police Arrive in Nick of Time

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 2

Lesile Crowe, postmaster at south. kensington, yesterday saw a man in a telephone burean near the post office. it is alleged he was busy pobbing the…

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A Paris Mystery. Police Charged with Murder. the Shooting of Philippe Daudet. Paris, 27th February

Daily Witness · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 4

The sensation caused by the mysterious death of Philippe Daudet, a son, aged 15, of M. Leon Daudet (the Royalist leader and a director…

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Murder of Julius Ceasar. Five Abos Charged. Brisbane

Daily Witness · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 3

Five aborigines were charged at Townsville with the murder of another aborigine named Julius Caesar, near Ingham. At the conclusion of…

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Fortunes Squandered. Two Remarkable Cases in Bankruptcy Court

Daily Witness · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 2

LONDON, Feb. 26.—The loss of a fortune of £140,000, inherited in 1910, was disclosed in the bankruptcy Court to-day during the…

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Doesn't Believe in It Magistrate on Record Breaking Motorist Fined £20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 8

The P.M. at Holbrook doesn't believe in record breaking motor runs. He doesn't think they serve any good purpose and further believes that they are…

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Constable Knocked Out. Unprovoked Assault

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 1

At the Young Police Court on Monday morning Edward Reuhen Wright was fined £5, in default one month's hard labor for having assured…

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Child Killed. Motor Cyclist Charged with Manslaughter

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday--Malcolm Crall, aged 5, was knocked down by a motor cycle at Leichhardt yesterday afternoon and fatally injured. The driver,…

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Lion Rampant's Owner Alleged Insulting Language Police Charge Fails

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 6

J. O. Weston, owner of Lion Rampant, which won a race at Goulburn on Saturday, resented being told to move on by Constable Looby on Saturday night…

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Planted in a Lane Arrest by Goulburn Police Alleged Military Deserter

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 6

Sergeant Waugh, Sergeant Noble, and Constable Looby, secreted themselves in Clinton Lane the other night and remained there till 1 a.m. to arrest a man…

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Telegrams Clergyman Disappears In Parishioner's Car Police Searching for Him SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 6

The police are searching for a country clergyman in connection with the disappearance' of a large sum of money. The amount is said to be…

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Stealing Charge

Daily Witness · Wednesday 5 March 1924 · page 2

Edward Rigby (19), a half-caste, was convicted at the Young Police Court this morning, before Mr. A. S. Wickham, J.P., of stealing one kit…

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Gaol for "Brummy" Jewellery Sellers. Sydney

Daily Witness · Wednesday 5 March 1924 · page 2

Three young men convicted of conspiracy to defraud by selling imitation jewellery at auction as genuine, were yesterday evening…

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Police Art Union. Where the Money Went. Sydney

Daily Witness · Wednesday 5 March 1924 · page 1

Mr. Oakes states the police hospitals art union last year obtained £26,408 from the public and distributer £19,824. The expenses absorbed…

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Yass Police Court

The Yass Courier · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 5

Before Mr. Williams, P.M. on Wednesday, James Barnes Carey for assaulting James Faulder of Yass. Sergt. Smith deposed to seeing defendant at…

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Slept With Two Razors. Woman Charged with Attempted Murder Perth

Daily Witness · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 2

Mabel Ramsay has been charged at the Criminal Sessions with attempting to kill her husband, Robert Ramsa[?] whom she shot in the eye last…

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Husband Charged with Wounding Wife. Sydney

Daily Witness · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 2

At the Central Police Court today, William Robert Francis Attwood aged 18 was charged with maliciously wounding his wife, Mary…

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Tramway Man Acquitted on Murder Charge. Newcastle

Daily Witness · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 3

There was such a demonstration of approval in Court yesterday at Newcastle Sessions, when the jury acquitted William Moss, a tramway…

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