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

Courts & crime, 1929

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Brutal Assault. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 2

John Garden was attacked by two men near his home at Annandale and kicked into insensibility. He was admitted to hospital in a…

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Doctor Charged at Maitland. Illegal Operation. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 2

Dr. H. L. Keateven, 48, was committed for trial at Went Maitland Police Court on a charge of having performed an illegal operation…

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Crookwell Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 2

At the Crookwell Police Court on Thursday Edward Michael Patrick Shannon was charged with having goods in his possession which were…

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INNOCENT! After 11 Years Gaol PARIS

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 2

Henri Bellon, formerly a Marseilles hairdresser, has arrived at Havre after 11 years on Devil's Island in Pacific, where he was a lifer on a…

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Mechanic Charged Reckless Driving Alleged SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 2

Thomas Eric Atkinson (34), a mechanic, was charged at the Central Police Court this morning with having occasioned bodily harm to Esther…

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Cool Theft Store Till Robbed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 2

John Seiffert was absent only a few minutes from. his grocery store at the corner of Lagoon and Joshua Streets, about midday yesterday, but during…

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Crookwell Police Court Thursday, 28th MARCH 1929. (Heard before Mr. M. E. Sloane, P.M.)

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 8

Prior to the opening of Court business, Mr, p. T. Clifton and Mr. J. J. Hanley (on behalf of the legal profession), Sergt. Stewart (for the…

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Parkes Assault Case Fresh Trial Commenced SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 2

The re-trial of Arthur Callaghan, 26, Walter Harold Littler, 32, and Bertie Littler, 36, who were accused of having committed a capital offence upon…

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Small Debts Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 2

Before Mr. M. A. Soane, P.M., in the Small Debts Court yesterday afternoon, the case Thomas Walker v. William Robertson for an amount of 6/6…

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Silk Stockings Exhibited in Court Larceny Information Withdrawn

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 1

Silk stockings, in shade of salmon and putty were exhibited before Mr. M. A. Soane, Police Magistrate, in the Court of Petty…

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Babcock and Wilcox Appeal Against Court's Decision SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 6

The Crown Law Department has decided to appeal against the judgment of the State Full Court in regard to the case of Babcock and…

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New Police Sergeant

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 1

Police Sergt. (Second-class) McCurley, from Broken Hill, arrived at Young yesterday, to fill the position lately vacated by Sergt. Brandon…

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Father Assaulted Son Sent to Gaol SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 4

Declaring that a young man's assault. upon his father was the most vicious and brutal assault case he had ever experienced, Mr. Flynn, S.M., at…

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Yesteryears Police Paddock Young

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 4

In the House of Assembly on Wednesday Mr. Cameron for Mr. McIntosh, asked the Secretary for Mines--Has a petition been received by…

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Thought to Rob the Dead Coffin Slashers Get Six Months' Gaol

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 4

Melbourne.—"Such a horrifying desecration belongs to the dark ages. You acted like gho[?]ls." This was the comment of a Geelong magistrate…

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Police Chief Mr. Mitchell's Retirement SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 7

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mitchell) handed to the Under-Secretary to the Chief Secretary's Department (Mr: Harkness), on Monday, a…

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Got Police to Turn Out Cook and Daughter Amazing Story of Grazier at Young. Had Been Employed for Only a Week. Claim for Wages and Damages Sustained by Court

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

A widow and hep daughter went to work for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Davidson, 25 miles from Young, and at the end of a week a…

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Promised It'll Be Last Time Wombat Youth And. Riotous Behaviour. Tale Told to the Court. What Was Said to the Publican's Wife

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

Charged with behaving riotously at Wombat. Donald Masters wan fined £3 by the Police Magistrate (Mr. Harrison) at court to-day. The…

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Parkes Assault

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 April 1929 · page 2

After being locked up all night the jury in the Parkes assault case returned with a verdict of not guilty. The men accused were Arthur…

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Bound Over Theft of Electrical Equipment

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 April 1929 · page 4

Convicted at the Goulburn Police Court to-day on a charge of stealing electrical equipment valued at £40 from J. Turner and Sons. Oswald…

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