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

Courts & crime, 1934

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Warden's Court. Tuesday, March 20th. (Before Mr. Balmain, P.M., Warden)

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 4

John J. Bates applied for authority to enter the property of W. C. H. Roberts, to search for gold. Granted for twelve…

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Crookwell Police Court Fined for Assault

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 7

At the Crookwell Police Court, before Mr. I. W. Forrest, P.M., Percy Thurlow summoned Stanley Willam Demeary for assault…

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Month's Gaol Woman Before Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 5

Convicted on a charge of vagrancy at the Goulburn Police Court to-day, Elsie Cecilia Telfer was sentenced by the chamber…

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Lost His Shirt. Orchardist in Street Melee. Fellow Settler Charged at Court. Assault Described

The Young Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 3

Victim of an assault so furious that his shirt was ripped off his back in the melee, Louls Ferdinand Desprez, soldier settler…

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Killed with Axe Murder in Gaol BRISBANE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 5

In full view of the warder on the watch tower a prisoner at Stewart's Creek Gaol. Townsvil[?]e struck another on the head with an axe…

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Kind-hearted Licensing Magistrate

The Young Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 2

When Mary Hughes applied for a booth license at the forthcoming Murringo carnival at the Licensing Court on Wednesday. Sergt…

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Stern Penalty Man's Assault on Constable. Time to Pay Refused. Relief Worker Faces Four Charges

The Young Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 6

Four charges were preferred against Walter Lowe, a relief worker, at the Young Court on Wednesday…

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A Protest Sequel to Court Cases Sheep Earmarks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 2

That during the recent police court cases concerning earmarks against certain Goulburn graziers, a defendant had been fined and…

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Love in Gaol Warsaw

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 3

Mary Ogarek, 23, one of the Joyellest woman ever tried in Poland, and Ernest Garvaki, 31, were both sentenced to life imprisonment for…

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Hit in Face Woman Assaulted Gaol for Husband

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 3

During a quarrel on a vacant allotment in Verner Street early on Saturday evening, Mrs. Eliza Lily McPhee was struck in the…

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Store Robbery Developments Over the Week-end. Police Action

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 1

Developments in the Hammond and Han[?]on robbery on Thursday night were rapid during the week end, and certain undisclosed…

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Three Butchers Fined Goulburn Court Cases Sequel to Inspector's Visit

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 2

Failure to keep their slaughtering premises clean resulted in three butchers appearing at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday, when they were called upon to pay fines and costs totalling £11 /18/ on charges concerning their…

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Indian Riot Magistrate Killed CALCUTTA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 March 1934 · page 3

Fierce religious rioting it Veersinganpet (South India) resulted in the death, of an, Indian magistrate and serious injury to an…

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Information Dismissed Alleged Unlawful Assault Aborigines in Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 6

The information was dismissed in the alleged assault case, Christina Brown v. Kathleen Merritt, heard before Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, P.M., in the…

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Unlawful Assault

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 2

Before Mr. Forrest, P.M., yesterday, Ernest Henry Mitchell was proceeded against by William Boardman for unlawful assault. Mr. E. G. EIrington…

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Stolen Bicycles Thieves Get Three Month's Gaol. Too Much Hurry!

The Young Chronicle · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 2

Two bicycles were the subject cf charges brought at the Young Court to-day against John Joseph Sullivan (21) and James Henry…

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 27th. (Before Messrs P. O'Brien and W. H. Powell, J.'s.P.) Trespass on Railway Property

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 4

Antonia Morelli (24) and Alexander Orchin (26) were charged with trespassing on the railway yards at Harden, on 26th March,…

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Traffic Breaches Fines Imposed In Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 6

A number of fines were imposed by Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, P.M., in the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for breaches under the Motor Traffic Act…

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Pilliga Murder Trial to Commence SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 3

Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Richards. who is charged with the murder of George Washington Nott, near Piliga, left Sydney to-day for Narrabri…

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BARRALLIER Police Court Cases

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 April 1934 · page 4

Barrallier.—At the Yerranderie Police Court, before Mr. Scobie, P. M., Robert C. Morgan, Burragorang. on two charges of cruelty…

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