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

Courts & crime, 1927

524 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 27

Speedsters Foiled Police Prevent Road Race Secret That Wasn't

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 8

Although it had been kept dark [?] that the Goulburn Motor Club intended to run a 100 miles road race over the Yarra Bread…

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Shearers' Award Arbitration Court Case What Craziers Want SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 4

W. L. Sanderson, of the Western Australian Graziers, Association, giving evidence in the A.W.U. ca[?] in the Federal Arb[?] Court to-day…

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Yass Court of Petty Sessions June 8—Before Mr M. C. Nott, P.M

The Yass Courier · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 3

F. W. Beasy, driving motor car whilst the infinen[?]ce of liquor. Pleu Guilty. Constable Dixyn stated that the saw the car in Cooma street. Be stepped…

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Five Years Gaol Official Who Betrayed Trust SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 4

At the Darlinghurst sessions today John MeDonald. who was for 18 years an official of the Mortgage Loan and Insurance Co., of Australia,…

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£10,000 THEFT Arrest in N.Z. Auckland (N.z.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 7

At Hamilton, Joseph Foster, 44, was arrested and charged with having stoldn £10,000 A British Government mallbag…

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Woikoff's Murder Russian Demonstrations Poland Express Regret MOSCOW

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 8

Demonstrations Of protest against the murder of Wolkoff are taking place in all the large cities in Russia. Demonstrations officially described as…

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Alleged Embezzlement W.A. Police Union Secretary PERTH

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 7

Ccc[?]l Thomas Nelson, 41 married, who was recently suspended from the secretaryship of the Police Union Pending an audit of the books, was…

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Petersham Murder Police Search for Suspect SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 2

The search for the murderer of Martha Quin, at Petersham, is still proceeding. The police are satisfied that the…

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Another Murder Riga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 2

It is reported from Moscow that M. Turov, formerly president of the Soviet Trade Mission at Berlin, was murdered at Bitza station on the…

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Hero of Mons Theft to Buy Food Wellington (N.z.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 2

A Mons hero, who was charged at Christchurch with the theft of four dozen empty bottles in order to buy food for his wife and children, had a…

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Wife Murder Railway Labourer Charged SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 4

At the Central Criminal Court today George Andrew Buckley (52), railway labourer, of Hamilton, New castle, was charged with the murder…

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Death Sentence Wagga Murder Case Ryan's Passionate Declaration

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 6

Cedric Thomas Victor Ryan (30). a telegraph linesman, was sentenced to death at the Central Criminal Court on Monday. He had been…

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District Court Case

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 2

At the Cotamundra District Court, on Tuesday (before Judge Coyle), A. D. Barnes (Murrumburrah) v. R. Dennis (Canberra),…

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Police Court. Friday, June 10th. (Before Dr. R. D. Heggaton and Mr. W. H. Powell, J's.P.) A Motor Incident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 2

Patrick Geary (aged 42) was charged that on the 9th June, in Iris-street, Murrumburrah, he did drive a motor lorry whilst under…

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Binalong Police Court THURSDAY, 9th JUNE, 1927 (Before Mr. Nott, P.M.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 6

Ellen Belten proceeded against Caroline Maria Chown for using insuiting words. Caroline Maria Chown proceeded…

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Jumped the Wall. Prisoner Escapes From Albury Gaol. Sydney

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 6

Police headquarters received a telegram last night from Albury police stating that a prisoner named William McLean, alias "Scotty"…

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Petersham Murder Suspected Man Arrested Found in Hay Loft SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 4

Norman Clyde Macpherson (27) was arrested near Bathurst last night. He has been charged with the murder of Martha Quin, at Petersham…

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Ban an a Hazard School Cowra Butcher's Admission in Court. Said It Did't Pay

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 3

There was a sensational development in the Cowra Court recently in the hearing of a small debts case, when one of the parties to the…

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Petersham Murder

The Yass Courier · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 4

Norman Olyde McPherson, 27, was arrested at 8.30 o’clock on Thursday bight in a hayshed on the farm of Mr Burdekin, at…

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Dilatory Taxpayer Spent Week-end in Gaol LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 3

Teddy Brown, a 24-stone jazz band conductor, reputed to be one of the three highest paid musicians in London owing to his skill with the…

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