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

Courts & crime, 1934

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StealingCharge Police Ask for Substantial Bail

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

Substantial bail was asked for by Sergt. Sturgiss at court to-day, when Norman Frederick Ritchie (25) was remanded on a charge of stealing one…

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Father and Son Sentenced

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 3

Charged with having in their possession a rasp and a coat, reasonably suspected of having been stolen. Francis Dillon and his son Leslie'…

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That £6000 Prize Bathurst Gaol Prisoner's Claim. the Real Facts

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 3

Whether Ronnie Reynolds, better known as "Darkle," and otherwise as Ronnie- Renshaw, the prisoner in Bathurst Gaol, has won an…

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Time Wasted Police and Ambulance Called to Country. a Wombat Hoax

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

After Wombat telephone exchange closes each day the public telephone at the post office is switched through to the Young exchange for the…

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Les Emery in Court Again 18-Months-Old Theft Alleged Bald-faced Heifer That disappeared When Three Weeks Old

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 3

IF the local police continue at the present rate to lay charges against Alexander Leslie Emery, the Crown will have to procure more extensive pastures on which to depasture the stock impounded in connection with the charges. Two steers…

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Moss Vale Police Important Arrest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 5

Receiving word that a wanted man was likely to be travelling south from Sydney per train, the Moss Vale police established an…

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Burglar or Police? Comedy of Errors SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 3

There was a comedy of errors in Grafton Street, Waverley, last night; when two detectives were mistaken for hold-up men, and a man…

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Window Smasher Sentenced Twelve Months' Imprisonment

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions (before Judge Curlewis), George William Jones, 56, window-cleaner, was charged that at Murrumburrah,…

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Family Trouble on Christmas Day Brothers Differ Talk of Shooting Two Police Court Cases

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

In one district household at least, Christmas Day was not a time of peace and good-will, and events resulted in two cases…

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Singing Police Most Musical Force

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 6

Bradford City (Eng.) has a musical police force. They have a choir of thirty voices under the conductorship of Detective…

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Murder of Nadir Woman Has a Hand Assassin's Statement Calcutta

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

Investigations into the conspiracy responsible for the murder of Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan, have so far resulted in 16 executions and two…

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Hitler's Secret Police 200 Sent to London Will Keep Watch on Germans

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 2

Behind the official German organisation in London, quite distinct from the Embassy staff at Carlton House Terrace, there is another German organisation. It is secret. It consists of private agents. A deluge of these…

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Three Charged Unlicensed Revolver

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 3

A revolver, said by its owner to be one he regarded as useless, resulted in three defendants being charged at the Goulburn Police…

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Smart Arrest M. Vale Police Active

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 6

Following upon the arrest of a man from the Melbourne Express chriy in the week, the Moss Vale police again figured in…

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Science's War on Crime Coroner or Analyst? Test Tubes and Murder Mysteries

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 2

Science is making it increasingly difficult for murderers to hide their crimes by cunning schemes. The modern murderer, if his crime is premeditated, often resorts to chemistry to baffle the authorities…

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Pay Vanished During Celebrations Countryman's Unlucky New Year's Day. a "Cousin" Who Wasn't. Gets 30- Back Thanks to Police

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 2

Cuming into town with £12 on New Year's Day, George Hodges, a young farm hand, began to quietly celebrate the festive…

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Wagga Mystery Man Charged With Vagrancy

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 3

A development has occurred in the investigation of the death of Percy Smith, 34, at Wagga. Smith’s body was found in the…

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Worst Storms for Many Years Widespread Dislocation Boy Drowned Near Gaol Eastgrove Flats Flooded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 2

A succession of terrific thunderstorms passed over the Goulburn district at the week-end, resulting in severe floodings al round the city, the like of which have not been experienced for many years. In addition to causing considerable damage,…

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Man Charged the Wagga Murder Mystery. Defendant in Police Court. Watches Proceedings Unconcernedly. Wagga

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court to-day Edward Henry Morey (38), trapper, was remanded on a charge of having maliciously…

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Wagga Murder Man Charged SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 2

Edward Henry Morey, 36, a labourer, was charged at Wagga Police Station last night with the murder of Percy Smith, at Wagga…

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