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

Courts & crime, 1930

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Police Inquiry at Murrumburrah

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 10

Superintendent Linegar, of Sydney, conducted a police departmental inquiry at Murrumburrah. Inspector Hinde, of Goulburn, was also in…

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To Find Out Solicitor Stole Books "Mad," Said Magistrate Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 5

Charlie Christie, 39, solicitor, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having stolen five books, valued at 12/6, the property of Angus and…

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Police Sergeant's Behaviour Questions in Parliament CANBERRA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 5

The report of the recent civil action in which a Canberra citizen was successful in proving wrongful arrest by Sergeant…

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Mysterious Assault Case Why Did Justin O'connor Punch Oliver Steel After the Pictures at Harden

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 7

Whilst walking along Neil Street, Harden, one Saturday night after the pictures, Oliver Raymond Joseph Steel, of Cunningar, was punched on…

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Motor Crash Case Sobriety of Police P.M. Is Satisfied

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 5

Suggestions that the occupants of the police car were under the influence of drink when it collided with a motor cycle in Reynolds…

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Books. Latest Additions to Mechanics' Institute Library Practical Jokes And Their Sequels: Life In Vienna: A War Critic: Topical Stories: Interesting Murder Tales. DEATH-IN-THE-BOX, by Marcus Magill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 3

Practical Jokes And Their Sequels; Life In Vienna: A War Critic: Topical Stories: Interesting Murder Tales. DEATH-IN-THE-BOS, by Marcus Magill…

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Sentenced to Death. CHAPTER X.—(Continued.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 1

He resumed the chair from which he had risen when she spoke of his immediate departure. The way he sipped the vodka seemed to amuse…

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Murder Charge Newcastle Affray NEWCASTLE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 3

At the Newscastle Police Court this morning, Ronald Henry Edwin Channon (30) a mechanic was charged with having murdered Alfred Wallace…

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RESIGNS Chief Justice of High Court Sir Adrian Knox Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 3

Sir Adrian Knox, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, tendered his resignation to the Government and it has been…

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Woman Flogged Sixty Lashes: Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 5

Mme. Borugsch, convicted of murdering Mile. Lowinall, in Temesvar, Rumania, was recently given sixty lashes on her…

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Sentenced to Death. CHAPTER XI.—(Continued.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 1

Blake rose still helped by the other man, in whom he soon recognised a park attendant who unquestionable, had passed many years in the British…

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Daring Theft Woman Was Victim MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 3

Mrs. Frost, of Oakleigh, was the victim of a daring robbery last night. She had just left the train, and…

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Two Charged Conspiracy Allegation Threat of Suicide Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 4

At the Central Police Court to-day, Harold Henry Beckman (43), an agent, and Daniel John Davies (44), an engineer, were charged…

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Court Martial Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 3

A strange story of a family. court-martial is revealed in the confession by a man named Rullier in the town of Ruyinjivlay…

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Sentenced to Death. CHAPTER XI.—(Continued.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 April 1930 · page 1

At six o'clock precisely Furneaux and Sheldon arrived in a closed car. The little detective beckoned to Black and the inspector…

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48 HOURS Court to Decide SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 April 1930 · page 3

The State Cabinet will probably decide to refer the introduction of a general 48-hour week in industry to the industrial…

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Sentenced to Death. CHAPTER XI.—(Continued.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 April 1930 · page 1

After that the butler, whose name was Soames, offered every assistance. Two frightened maidservants and a dull-witted fellow whose thoughts did…

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RE-TRIAL Charge of Murder SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 April 1930 · page 5

The re-trial of William Ralph (37), on a charge of the murder of Arthur Adolph Lange, at residential in Riley Street, Surry, Hills, was delayed for…

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"Scarface" Life in Gaol Opinion of Women

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 7

Scarface Al Capone, Chicago's ,most picturesque gunman, who is serving a year's sentence in Philadelphia P[?]nitentiary for illegally carrying arms…

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Duchess Charged Gas Filled Room London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 5

The Duchess of Leinster, who was found unconscious in a gas-filled room, was charged with attempting to commit suicide…

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