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

Courts & crime, 1930

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Sentenced to Death. Chapter Xii.—the Hap of the Hour

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

Blake regained some degree of self-control before he had walked half a mile. He had no real grievance against Furneaux. His trouble lay…

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Books. Latest Additions to Mechanics' Institute Library a Story of India: Red Cobra, by Banner: The League of Nations: A Historical Romanoe. the King's Club Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 3

A well sustained murder mystery with unusual features. Now that a golf ball wrapped in a handkerchief has been proved to be such a deadly…

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Sentenced to Death. CHAPTER XII.—(Continued)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 1

Of course, he did not use any such stilted language. His broken words would probably have been described by Furncanx as sheer drivel. But…

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Assault Alleged Woman in Hospital SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 3

Robert Allen (30), a labourer, was remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted Myra Hilda Allen, and occasioned her actual…

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Bound Over McConachy in Court LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 6

The New Zealand billiard player, Clark McConachy, was summoned by Willie Smith, the British champion, for using threats, and was bound over…

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Sentenced to Death. CHAPTER XII.—(Continued)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 1

"New, listen to me, little girl," said Blake cheerfully. "You and I must have a serious talk to-morrow. There are obstacles ahead. I admit—health,…

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POWCULL Alleged Conspiracy Three Men Charged Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 3

At the Central Court to-day Albert Wilfred Hebdon, 20, a trainer, Cecil Shannon, 36, and Harry Chisholm, 52, were charged…

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Fox Murder Divorce Outcome London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 3

Captain George Morse, Captain of a Shire liner, was granted a decree nisi in the Divorce Court to-day, on account of his wife's misconduct with…

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"Certainly Not" Says Egyptian Court CAIRO

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 3

The Appeal Court to-day gave judgment In a case in which Madame Fahmy appealed against the judgment of the Egyptian Court which…

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Sentenced to Death. CHAPTER XII.—(Continued)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 April 1930 · page 1

She paused, her acute sensitiveness becoming aware of a certain tension among her hearers. As no one interrupted, however, and as Blake had…

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Four Shots Man Charged SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 April 1930 · page 3

At the Redfern Police Court to-day, George Barber, a milk vendor, 23, was charged with attempting to shoot Arthur H. Henry Braggs, with…

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Legal Points Police Case Fails Betting Charges

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 April 1930 · page 6

Legal points raised by Mr. E. F. Thomas, of Goulburn, who appeared for the accused, were responsible for the collapse of an…

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Police Court Tuesday’s Proceedings Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 April 1930 · page 7

In the Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday morning, before Mr. M. A. Soane, P.M., Walter Clarence Elliott was proceeded against for a breach…

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Sentenced to Death. Chapter Xiii.—the Ultimate Decision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 April 1930 · page 1

If this were a love story, which it is not, being rather a straightforward account of a frenzied phase of life in the world of to-day, there would be…

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Case Withdrawn “Threatened Girl” Says Police Inspector

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 April 1930 · page 2

In the Court on Tuesday, before Mr. M. A. Scane, the police charged Oswald Brown with being an idle and disorderly person, having insufficient…

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Racing Cyclists On Public Roads Protests to Police

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 April 1930 · page 6

Complaints from Parkesbourne that motor cyclists are using the Parkesbourne Road as a training track have resulted in a decision…

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Brawl in Bar Glass Panel Broken Young Men in Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 April 1930 · page 2

In the Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday morning, John Francis Nash pleaded guilty when proceeded against by the police for behaving in a…

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Sentenced to Death. CHAPTER XIII(Continued)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 1

At that a thought struck Iris. "Has anyone told you that he was really rich?" she said. "No. It seems to be taken for…

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Divorce Court Story Midnight in the Monlight

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 5

"They call me the old feller.'" explained Richard Ches worth, gold-miner of Murrumburrah, to Mr. Justice Owen in the Divorce Court on…

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Warden's Court Thursday. 10th APRIL (Before Mr. Soane, Warden.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 2

Archibald T. Perceval, application for authority to enter portion 34, parish Ware, county King.—Granted. William Rolfe, application for…

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