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

Courts & crime, 1931

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No Bail Lawyer Charged MANCHESTER

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 6

Walter Butler (33), of Portland St., Accrington, and described as a solicitor practising in Manchester, was charged with fraudulentedly…

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Brothers-in-Law at Law Alleged Unlawful Assault

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 7

At the Boorowa Police Court, on Monday last, before Messrs. A. McDonald and C. W. Kenny, J's.P., Frederick Joseph Hudson was…

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Eugene Falleni Released "Man-women" Leaves Long Bay Gaol

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 1

Eugene, Falleni, the "man-woman," was released, from Long Bay gaol last week. In 1920 she was sentenced to life imprisonment for the…

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Stir in Office Police Sent For

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 3

As a result of some trouble or misunderstanding at the offices .of the Goulburn Unemployed Association yesterday afternoon the…

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"SCARFACE" Before the Court CHICAGO

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 3

Nation-wide interest in the trial of "Scarface," Al Capone, the. famous gangster, who is charged with contempt of Court, was further…

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In the Court To-day

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

Before Mr. W. K. Earls, J.P., in the Court this morning, Michael Gallagher (42) was fined £1, in default 3 days for using indecent language…

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Assault on Wife

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

Pleading guilty at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday, to assaulting his wife, William Charles Frederick Holland, was ordered by the P.M.,…

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Strike in Gaol Police Aid Sought at Parramatta

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 3

Sullenly refusing to obey the orders of the warders and declaring that they ,demanded justice, the prisoners at Parramatta Gaol…

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Minister Charged Unseemly Language Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 3

At the Central Summons Court to-day, Trevor May, Protestant Minister, was charged with having used unseemly language in the Domain on…

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Man's Death Charge of Murder GRENFELL

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 1

At the Police Court to-day. Ernest Griffin was charged with the murder of Don Crawford. He was remanded for eight days…

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Minnie Golf Rise in Electricity Rates Formerly Charged 6d, NOW 1/

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 1

Hitherto, lighting at local miniature golf courses has been at the rate of 6d per unit. On Monday night the Municipal Council…

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Murder at Cessnock Woman Killed Man's Hand Off Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 3

Mrs. Julia Hughes, who was found near Cessnock last night suffering from frightful injuries to the neck and forehead died in the…

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Food Rations Dispute at Store Police As Arbitrators

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 3

When a difference of opinion arose this morning between several recipients of the dole and the proprietors of the store on which…

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Serious Charge Alleged Theft

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 3

Before Mr. W. A. Flynn, S.M., at the Central Police Court, Sydney, Edgar Alan Gornall was charged with having attempted to…

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Gaol Trouble At Parramatta SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 3

It now transpires that during the disturbance at the Parramatta Gaol on Wednesday, Warder Coghlan received a fractured hand while dealing with…

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Case Against Grazier Sheep Stealing Charge Dismissed Fine for Defacing Earmarks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 2

Great interest was created at Braidwood when Patrick Joseph Donnelly, of Gininderra (F. C. T.). was charged at the Braidwood Police Court with having stolen 10 sheep, the property of Douglas Furner, a…

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Terrors of Gaol in Soviet Russia Unbelievable Horrors Escapee Tells His Story Inhuman Treatment Helsingfors

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 3

A startling personal narrative of the Ogpu prisons is given by an escaped peasant, Juyo Markoff, who was arrested by the Ogpu in 1927 and escaped in JAnuary of this year…

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Fierce Quarrel Charge of Murder SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 3

Ernest Sinclair Oldfield, 24, assistant engineer, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having murdered Richard Malone…

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Police Inquiry Redfern Case Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 3

A departmental inquiry began to-day day into matters concerning the dismissal of Constable Harold Roche, of Redfern, who was recently…

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Sale of Bonds Agent Before Court Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 3

At the Central Court today Joseph William Turley Dean, 51, an agent, was remanded on a charge of having fraudulently omitted to account to…

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