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

Courts & crime, 1926

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Queanbeyan Court Sly Grog Selling Three Men Fined

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 5

Three men named C. Williams, R. Johns and E. Hall, appeared before Mr. H. T. Adams, P.M., at the Queanbeyan Police Court on Monday…

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Fire and Burglary Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4

A fire broke out in a shop at New -town late last night, and on examination the premises showed that the back door had been forced and some…

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Goulburn District Court Sittings Concluded Some Cases Settled

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4

The sittings of the Goulburn District Court concluded before his Honor Judge Bevan on Friday. The following cases were dealt…

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Wife Beater Sent to Gaol

The Yass Courier · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 3

William Henry Gillies, 53 years, engineer, a sturdily built man, was charged at the Melbourne Court on Saturday with having assaulted his…

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Yass Police Court. February 5th.—Before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, J.P.

The Yass Courier · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 3

Frederick Hoveling (19) was charged with being drank in Cooma street. Fined 10/ or 7 days…

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Wayfarers Sentenced

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 4

Mr. G. R. Williams, P.M., passed sentence at the Goulburn Police Court on Monday on Cecil Frederick Living stone and F[?]lward Shaw, the…

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Charged with Bigamy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 2

John Edward Young alias John Frame, was charged before Mr. G. R. Williams, P.M. at the Goulburn Police Court on Monday that at…

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Goulburn Police Court The Motor Cycle Nuisance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 6

The following cases were dealt with before. Mr. G. R. Williams, P.M., at the Goulburn Police Court on Monday:— Hector Claude Bell, of Towrang…

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Heroine of the Revolution Committed Murder Died on the Scaffold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 5

Of all the grim stories of the French Revolution, none is more dramatic than that of Charlotte de Corday, who committed murder in cold blood and died…

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Another Man Charged Doctors and an Operation Magistrate's Comments SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 6

At the Central Police Court to-day, Leonard Edwin Smith was charged with having feloniously slain Caroline Alexander…

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Gaol Governorship

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 2

The Minister for Justice had hoped to finalise the appointment of a successor to Mr. James Whitlow as Governor of the Gaol this week…

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Yass Police Court. February 16—Before Mr. G. B. Williams, P.M.

The Yass Courier · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 5

Albert John Corliss was charged with stealing a motor car valued at £200, the property of Frank Jennings of Yass…

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"State Children Are Child Slaves" Magistrate's Comments ADELAIDE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 2

Mr. W. Hall, stipendiary magistrate, at the Law Reform Commission said many State children who were boarded out were nothing but…

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Guilty of Murder Youth Kills Father Extraordinary Statement Rockhampton (Q.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 6

The trial concluded of Arthur Weeding charged with the wlu[?] murder of his father in December last…

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Frogmore Police Court Before Mr. G. R. Williams, P.M.

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 4

On Friday last, William Moriarty pleaded guilty so behaving in an indecent manner within view of the Reid's Flat Public Hall, whilst a…

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Wanted in Victoria Man Charged with Bigamy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 2

John Edward Young, alias John Frame, appeared on remand at the Goulburn Police Court on Monday on a charge of bigamy…

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Typhoid Breaks Out in Goulburn Gaol Nine Cases Reported

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 2

Since February 7 nine men at the Goulburn Goal have contracted typhoid fever. All are now inmates of the Goulburn District Hospital…

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Sequel to Fight Five Youths Before Court Man Who Cleared Out

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 2

Wilfred Larcombe, Raymond Hill, George Cranfield Clement Spillane and Henry Michael McDonald, the five Youths who had twice remanded…

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Two Doctors Charged Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 6

At the Central a Police Court this morning, David Scott Taylor, medical practitioner and Jack Moir Gordon, 25, medical Practitioner, and…

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Police Court. Tuesday, February 16. (Before Mr. Reed, P.m.). Motor Act

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 4

Joseph Arthur Sligar was summoned for driving a motor car at a speed dangerous to the public, in Albury-street, Murrumburrah, on…

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