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

Courts & crime, 1928

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Old Bailey Trial Murder of Policeman Dramatic Scenes in Court LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 2

The trial of Browne and Kennedy, who are charged with the murder of Constable Gutteridge on the Essex Road, was continued at the Old Bailey…

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Cannibals Fight in Papua Native Police Involved SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 2

Messrs J. and L. Gay of Balmain, who have been engaged in ' building operations for a mission station in Papua returned to Sydney this…

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Scene in Court Priest Denounces Judge West Maitland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 4

A sensation was created in the Circuit Court at East Maitland yesterday afternoon when the Rev. Father O'Gorman, parish priest at East…

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Frogmore Police Court. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, P.m.) Thursday, 17th APRIL

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 6

Police versus Edward J. Cass, of the Frogmore Hotel, allowing person unlawfully on his licensed premises. John Scarff, Sergeant of Police…

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Demondrille Shire Engineer Sues Hotel Keeper Assault Charge Fails Blood Flows in Bedroom

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 1

Because Henry Colin Burmester said that Patrick Joseph McInerney had [?]rutally assaulted him by striking him in the face with his clenched…

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Callous Murder "Brown Shot Gutteridge" Prisoner's Remarkable Statement LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 4

The climax of the case in which Browne and Kennedy are being tried on charges ar [?] from the murder of Constable Gutteridge…

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Life Threatened Police Guard Judge LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 2

Armed detectives have been appointed to watch Mr. Justice Avery as a precautionary measure, the outcome of a threatening letter, following the…

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Scene in Court. Priest Denounces Judge James

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 1

A sensation was created in the Circuit Court at East Maitland recently when the Rev. Father O'Gorman, priest priest at East Maitland…

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Police Court Cases and Publicity

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 6

As purveyors of news we take our job seriously and always endeavour to be fair and impartial. We do not take pleasure in reporting cases that…

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Prisoner Sobs Indecent Assault Case Sentence of 18 Months

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 4

William Henry Anderson, a middle aged man, was convicted at the Circult Court yesterday on a charge of having committed an indecent assault…

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Court News Traffic Breaches

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 3

Frank R. Chesney (for whom Mr. C. T. Clifton appeared) pleaded guilty to a breach of the traffic regulations, to wit, parking beyond the…

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Bigga Box-on Six Men Before Court

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 3

A general melee took place at Bigga on the 14th April,commencing in, the tap room of the hotel and finishing in the hotel yard…

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Wah Lee Smiles Again Police Miss on Technical Point Breach of Traffic Rtgulations

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 4

The Chinese vegetable hawker, Henry Wall Lee, who is a well-known identity locally for the reason that he usually does his rounds to the…

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Gaol Inmate Attacked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 4

While at work in the garden, of Pentridge Gaol yesterday, a prisoner was attacked by another with a pitchford and was critically injured. His…

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Fracas at Camp Workman Charged With Murder West Wyalong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 4

The District Coroner (Dr. E. F. Fisher) held an inquest into the death on April 25 of Norman Cook Railway worker on the Ungarie-Naradhan line…

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Gaoled. for Assault on Child

The Young Chronicle · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 8

For an offence against a little girl at Young on March 9th, William Henry Gilbert Anderson was sent to gaol for 18 months at Goulburn…

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In Grand-Dad's Day Suppression of Stock Stealing

The Young Chronicle · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 8

A special general meeting of members of the Burrangong association for the suppression of horse, cattle and sheep stealing was held on…

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Girl Brutally Attacked Police Search for Assailant SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 4

A. young woman named Alma Pemberton, aged 23 years, was brutally attacked near her home in Pemberton street, Botany, just after…

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Capital Assault Five Men Charged Darlinghurst Flat Case SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court this morning Herbert Wilson (26), labourer; Frederick Goran Payne (27), salesman: Phillip Jeffs (32), salesman; and…

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Occasional Court

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 1

For being drunk and for improper behaviour Patrick Francis Connelly paid fines totalling 15 at the court yesterday…

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