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

Courts & crime, 1931

594 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 12 of 30

Police Court. Tuesday, April 21st, 1931 (Before Mr. E. Harrison, P.M.) Not Paying Railway Fare

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 3

Four strangers, named Colin Gilmore, Frank O'Neill, William Robert Gordon Harris, and William Johns were each charged with…

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Why An Appeal Succeeded Police Did Not Grant Man's Request His Fingerprints

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 4

A successful appellant before Judge Curlewis during the week in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court alleged that the police had fabricated…

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Unusual Course In Stealing Case Ship's Steward Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 4

An unusual course was taken at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday afternoon when Robert Wilfred Remington, a ship's steward,…

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Girl Charged Murder of Father Melbourne Sensation Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 5

Wilma Gertrude Ellen Young, 15, of Garfield North, was arrested and charged with having murdered her father, William Jesse…

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Diamond and Sapling News Sheep Stealing Prevalent

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 3

We have wonderful grass for this time of the year. Lately the weather has been unpleasantly wet. Sheep stealing is becoming a really…

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P.M. DOUBTFUL Stealing Case Accused Discharged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 3

Charges of stealing a tent fly, table, and wooden safe against Robert Wilfred Remington, 23, and Robert Watson. 31, were…

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Murder Charge Steamer Fracas

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court to day the trial commenced of Ernest Oldfield, 26, an engineer on the steamer "Sierra" who was…

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Found Guilty Stealing Charge Aiding and Abetting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 4

At the Taralga Police Court, Frank Kelly, 19, was charged with breaking and entering the house of Daniel Edward Sullivan, and…

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Double Rations Daring Scheme Police Allegations

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 3

A remarkable story of an audacious system of obtaining a double issue of food rations was told in the Goulburn Police Court…

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£10,000 Stolen Numbers of Notes Published Warning by Police Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 3

When the Sydney-Canberra Express reached its destination early this morning it was discovered that £10,000 in notes was missing from a mail bag. When the bag, supposed to contain…

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Daring Theft Motor Tyres Stolen £40 Worth Taken

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 2

An audacious robbery was carried out at Mr. S. M. Ayliffe's garage, 33 Lagoon Street, in the early hours of Friday morning…

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Gaol Concert Fine Programme

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 2

A large concert party, under the direction of Mr. G. Const, visited the Goulburn Reformatory on Saturday afternoon and…

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Position of Trusts Gaol Without Option Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 3

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, John Squires, 20, a postal assistant, pleaded guilty to the theft of a letter which contained a postal note…

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Alleged Attack Story Told to Police

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 3

According to a story told to the police at Taralga, Mr. S. W. Bradbury, agent at that centre for the Government Savings Bank,…

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£5000 HAUL Three Men Charged SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 3

At the Central Police Court to-day, Joseph Wall 58, builder; William Morse Evans 49, chemist; and Arnold Walker 42,…

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"The Yankee at King Arthur's Court."

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 6

It's really too bad that Samuel Clemens couldn't have lived to see Will Rogers as Hank Martin, the Connecticut Yankee, who was transported back…

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Arms Found in Indian Gaol Calcutta

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 3

A large supply of arms, ammunition and explosives were discovered buried in the ground in Chittagong Gaol, presumably by revolutionaries…

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Burmese Rebels Police Trapped CALCUTTA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 3

A large party of Burma rebels attacked a detachment of police near Prome last night and it is feared that Mr. W. L. Austin,…

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Double Murder Grim Story MARSEILLES

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 3

A grim double murder, committed in a lonely village in the Aixen province in 1925, was disclosed when the police arrested…

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Alleged Attack Story Told to Police

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 4

According to a story told to the police at Taralga, Mr. S. W. Bradbury, agent at that centre for the Government Savings Bank, was…

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