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

Courts & crime, 1931

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Girl's Death Heath Murder New Clue Found London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 3

The discovery of bloodstains near the road, fifty yards from where the mutilated body of Louse Mauch Steele was found,…

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Mining Charge Defendants in Court SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 3

At the Central Court to-day Frederick Ortel, 42, and Clive Ashley Cooper, 43, company promoters, were charged with…

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Dean Inquest Melbourne Murder Quarrels with Mother Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 3

The inquest concerning the death of Mary Dean (25), a teacher, who was found murdered on November 21 last, was opened…

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Police Court. Friday, January 23rd, 1931. (Before. Messrs P. O'Brien and L. G. Arthur, J's.P.) Not Paying Railway Fare

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 3

Amos Lee (38) was charged that on the 22nd January, he did travel in a railway carriage employed by the "Railway Commissioners…

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FINED £5 Cripple Before Court Drove While Drunk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 5

Charged at the Goulburn Police Court with driving a car while under the influence of drink, Willia Edward Bolton,…

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District Court Several Civil Actions No Quarter Sessions

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 2

The symbolic white gloves emblematic of the town and district's freedom from crime will be handed to His Honor Judge…

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Sentenced to Death Constantinople

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 3

The court martial at Menenen sentenced to death 9 Dervish shelks concerned in an uprising in the Symrena province. The sentence must be…

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Assault Charge Trouble at Collector

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 3

Alleged to have been the result of a quarrel over some money, Albert Rosewarne, of Collector, was admitted to the Goulburn…

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Man Missing Police and Civilians Searching

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 2

A man named Edward Croft, brickmaker, residing at Boorowa has been reported to the Boorowa police as missing since…

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Death of Mollie Dean This Morning's Evidence Graham's Sister in the Box Big Crowd at Court Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 3

When the inquiry into the death of Mollie Dean, who was murdered near her home at Elwood on November 21, was resumed this morning, there was a large crowd outside the court, but they were not permitted to…

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Melbourne Murder Committed for Trial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 2

The Melbourne Coroner, at the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Mars Dean, committed Adam Graham for trial on a charge of…

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ADJOURNED Stamatis v. Trahanas Court Interpreter Present

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 2

The case, John Stamatis v. Ernest Trahanas, claiming £52, alleged to be due in respect of wages, which was listed for…

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District Court Verdict For Grubb Action and Cross-action

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 2

In the District Court . before His Honor, Judge W. T.'- Coyle, on Friday, Walter Grubb proceeded against Leslie Cox for £38…

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Police Charged Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 2

A departmental inquiry concerning the conduct of Constables Edmunds and Jones was opened to-day before Superintendent Linager…

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Court's Error Innocent Man 40 Years in Gaol Berlin

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 3

A terrible judicial error has just been revealed. A Saxony youth, named Theerman, was convicted on circumstantial…

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Theft From Employer Aldridge Remanded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 3

George Arnold Aldridge pleaded guilty to stealing £694/14/2, the property of his employer, George Herbert King, while in his employment…

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Alleged Assault

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 2

Kenneth Francis, Beard, 38, was, at the Goulburn Police Court to-day, remanded until Monday on charges of assaulting Constable Pockett and of…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing Plea of Not Guilty Casburn Before Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 5

John Robert Casburn, aged 75, was charged at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions to-day with having between May 1929 and…

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Another Lapse Prisoner Sentenced

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 2

At the Goulburn Quarter Sessions to-day, George. Frederick Schuler, a young man, was sentenced to two years' hard labour…

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Human Satyr Five Years Gaol Judge's Caustic Comment

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 3

"I consider you are a horrible menace to society, and for its protection, I think you should go to gaol for a long time."…

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