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

Courts & crime, 1929

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Escapee Remarries Murder That Thrilled France

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 5

Dr. Bourgrat, a Marseilles physican who escaped from Devil's island, the French penal settlement, on which he was serving a life sentence for…

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A Criminal Offence Gaol for Cyanide Users. Nubba Elegate Moves

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 1

At the Farmers and Settlers' conference on Saturday a delegate from Nubba branch urged that drastic action, be taken against persons who…

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Mile Chase Police Overtake Quarry SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 5

Four young men who were suspected of having stolen a motor cycle were Pursued by the police for nearly a mile before they were overtaken. Two…

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Secret Document. Federal Official Charged

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 4

Following the publication in a Canberra newspaper of certain information relating to the future administration of the Federal Capital…

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Bankstown Tragedy Husband On Murder Charge SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 2

An inquest was opened this morning` by the Parramatta Coroner, concerning the death of May Anton, 45. a married women who was shot…

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Police Court Tuesday, 11th JUNE, 1929. (Heard before Messrs. R. J. Winning and W. A. Trevarthen, J.'s.P.)

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 10

Horaco Thurston, was charged with haying the skins of protected animals, to wit eleven oppossum skins in his possession". Accused, who is a retired…

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RABBITS Police Court Decisions Considered by Board

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 5

Recent decisions in the local police court were the cause of a lengthy discussion at the meeting of the…

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Cenotaph Outrage Student Before Court Police Sergeant's Evidence SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 2

At the central Summons Court this morning Virgil Loschiano was charged with riotous conduct. arising out of.the undergraduates' commemoration. He…

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Violent Man Police Make Difficult Arrest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 2

There was a sensational happening in a house ill Addison Lane, Goulburn last night when two men who had been drinking together during the…

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Canberra Roads Condemned in Court Clifford Hood's Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 2

Roads at Canberra were strongly condemned by Mr. E. R. Abigail, at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions to-day when he was…

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Communists in Court India's Record Treason Trial CALCUTTA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 2

The biggest trial in the history of India was opened to-day at Meerut, when 31 self-styled Communists, including two Englishmen, one of whom…

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Basher Sentenced

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 9

At the Darlinghurst Sessions this morning James Brewer Cable, who was convicted of brutal assault on Constable Brownette while that of…

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Boorowa Licensing Court THURSDAY. [?]th JUNE, 1929 (Before Mr. Soane, Licensing Magistrate.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 7

The following renewals of hotel licenses were granted at the Licensing Court on Thursday last:— Royal Hotel, Reid's Flat,. Hugh…

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Burrowa Police Court (Before Mr. Soane, P.m.) Thursday, 6th JUNE

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 8

Police v. Lawrence Cheatham, behaving in a riotous manner. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Hector Edmund Dwyer deposed: I…

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Warden's Court

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 7

William Rolfe and Anthony Edgar Frost applied for authority to enter portion 45 of land, parish Olney, county King, to prospect for bismeth…

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Taxi Crashes. Driver Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney. Sriday

The Young Chronicle · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 2

Oswald Cunnen was killed and two others badly injured when a taxi crashed into a telegraph pole at Roseville last night…

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Police Coup Basher Gang Surprised Fierce Fight at Alexandria SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 9

A gang of four heavily-built men ambushed a timber-worker at Alexandria yesterday afternoon. They closed in on their victim but simultaneously…

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Magistrate's Mercy Father-in-Law's Appeal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 June 1929 · page 1

"Stretch clemency to the uttermost," appealed a father-in-law to Mr. Bingley, the Marylebone magistrate, when Horace Cland Maybury, aged 35, motor…

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Sheep Stealing Big Losses Alleged Braidwood Complaints Probed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 June 1929 · page 4

Following reports that large numbers of sheep have been disappearing from holdings around Braidwood for some time past, Detective Sergeant…

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Training Fees Horse Owner in Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 June 1929 · page 2

A claim arising out of the training of the racehorses, Lune d'Or and Some Gag, belonging to John James Baxter, a grazier of Rankin Springs…

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