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

Courts & crime, 1932

699 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 17 of 35

Police Car Damaged In Accident Head-on Collision with Ford Truck

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 2

The police Morris-Cowley, commonly known as the “P.D. car,” was involved in an accident on Thursday afternoon about 5.45…

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District School Cookery Classes Suggested Basket Ball Court and Vigaro Pitch Suggested in Victoria Park

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 1

Writing to the monthly meeting of the Parents and Citizens’ Association held in the Memorial Hall Lecture Room on Friday night, Mrs. Whytt,…

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Inspector Moon Police Court Welcome

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 2

How fortunate Goulburn has been in its police officers, especially where court work has been concerned, was stressed when a…

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Mean Theft

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 2

Gaining an entrance to the vestry of St. Saviour's Cathedral after the morning service on Sunday, a Sneak thief stole about £2 from mission…

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Alleged Stealing Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 3

At the Central Court to-day, Spencer Cornford, 27, a labourer, Cecil O'Hara 21, labourer, and Leonard McNamara, 35, a painter were charged with…

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MURDER Arrest Probable SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 3

The body of swagman with his head badly battered was found at Wide Bay Creek yesterday. The skull was smashed in several places…

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Mittagong Theft Man Before Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 July 1932 · page 6

Charged at the Goulburn Police court yesterday with breaking and entering a house at Mittagong, and stealing household…

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Mosman Mystery Woman's Death Police Are Puzzled Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 July 1932 · page 3

A large number of detectives were this morning. engaged in attempting to clear up the mysterious death of Mrs. Dorohy Florence Thorne, 33…

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Licensee Bound Over Liquor After Hours Police Visit Premises at 1-30a.m

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 July 1932 · page 2

The need for hotel licensees taking extra precautions when supplying liquor to lodgers after hours in order not to commit a breach of the law was stressed by the P. M. Mr. M. E. Soane, at the Goulburn Police court on Monday…

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Police Court Stealing Blankets and Rifle

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 7 July 1932 · page 3

AT the Murrumburrah Police Court this morning (before Mr L. G. Arthur, J.P.) Harry Thomas Graham Hamilton was charged with stealing…

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Not Guilty Society Trial Murder Charge London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 July 1932 · page 3

The trial of Mrs. Elvira Delores Barney, who was charged with the murder of a bank manager's son, Michael Stephen, in a Kensington…

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"Souvenir of Perfect Gentleman" Associate Takes Golfer's Ball Court Case Dismissed

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 1

A case from Humula occupied the attention of the Wagga Court for a considerable time on Monday (last week). George Ernest McEachern…

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Police Horse Sold

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 2

Mr. [?]live Gunst, of H. James and Co., submitted a useful six-year-old bay gelding (15.3) to auction in the Commercial Hotel yard before a fair…

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Farmer Charged Trouble Over Cheques SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 3

At the Central Court this morning James Thomas Jones or Tomlinson 50 a farmer, was charged with having obtained £3 by false pretences from…

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Murder Charge Country Tragedy MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 13 July 1932 · page 5

The Inquest into the death of Mrs. Ivy Letitia Russell and her two children, Harold George, aged 3, and Eric, 10 months,' whose…

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Stealing Coal

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1932 · page 1

William John Dorsett was also charged with stealing about half a hundred weight of coal of the value of 2-, the property of the Railway…

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Stealing Blankets

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1932 · page 1

William John Dorsett (25) was charged that on the 9th July, he did at Harden steal two blankets, the property of Francis Herbert Ratliff…

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Police Court Monday, July 11th. (Before Messrs L. G. Arthur and A. G. Searle, J's.P.) Non-payment of Railway Fare

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1932 · page 1

John Williams (26) a stranger, was charged that on 9th July, he did travel in a railway carriage between Wagga and Harden, without having…

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Ex-police Sergeanttame Convicted Of False Pretences Known at Yass

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 July 1932 · page 2

At the Katoomba Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, Alfred Jordan Tame, aged 68, a retired sergeant of police, was found guilty on a charge…

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Frogmore Warden's Court

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 July 1932 · page 8

Application by Mt. Chiariested Wolfram Mines, Ltd., Frogmore for suspension of labor conditions for six months on the grounds "that…

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