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

Courts & crime, 1935

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Strike Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 3

MYRNAN (Alberta ), A Monday: A murder marked the farmer a grain strike to-day, when Alec Smoliak, a prominent strike leader who recently…

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Street Beggar Sentenced to Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 3

Convicted at the Goulburn Police Court this morning on a charge of begging in Auburn Street, John Thompson, 40 a stranger to…

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Man Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A man was charged with attempted murder last night following an attack on Mrs. Mary Fulton, 66, at her home in Waverley…

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Head of Police Mr. Parker Interviewed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A report has been current in police circles for some days that at special claim to the post of Commissioner, shortly to be…

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Was It Murder? 12-Year-Old Girl Body Found in Bush

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: The body of Ethel Belshaw, 12, daughter of Robert Belshaw, herd-tester at Tarwin Lower, in South Gippsland,…

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Murder of Girl Victorian Tragedy Further Details

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Ethel Belshaw, 12, of Lower Tarwin, who was murdered on Tuesday night, had been gagged with one of "her…

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Revolting Murder Young Girl’s Body in Scrub Gagged And Bound

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

The victim of one of the most revolting murders in the history of Victoria, Ethel Belshaw, 12, of Lower Tarwin, was found dead in a lonely…

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Blacks in Court Fine For Using Insulting Words Sequel to Christmas Dance

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

In the Police Court yesterday, before the P.M., Mr. Forrest, Oswald Brown was charged with using insulting words. The complaint was laid…

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New Clue? Albury Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday: The unexpected appearance of Del-Sgt. McRae in Albury on Friday and his subsequent swift dash to…

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Gaol for Begging On New Year's Day

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

Pleading not guilty to a charge of having placed himself in Auburn Street on New Year's Day for the purpose of begging alms,…

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Died From Police Bullet

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday: While on duty near the jamboree camp at Frankston Constable Clyde Smith was accidentally shot in the abdomen…

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Assault Charge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: At the Newtown Court to-day John William Thompson, 23, a moulder, and George Reginald Lang, 22, a clerk, were…

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Bargo Shooting Police Search Speed and Efficiency

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 6

The search made by the police throughout Sunday for men suspected of complicity in the shooting of Constable Arthurson, at…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 3

TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday: Mary Isabella Foster was committed for trial at the local court yesterday on a charge of having murdered Sydney…

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£500 REWARD Victorian Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: The Chief Secretary (Mr. MacFarlan), without waiting to consult Cabinet, yesterday announced a reward of £500…

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Bomb Explosion Terror on Tram Police Suspect Maniac

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: When a tram bound from Circular Quay to Rosebery was nearing the Epsom Street stopping place…

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Laundry Mark Albury Murder Clue

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: There was another development yesterday in the Albury murder case. Advice was received from Scotland…

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Died From Police Bullet

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 3

While on duty near the jamboree camp at Frankston (Vic.) Constable Clyde Smith was accidentally shot in the abdomen by Constable Kelly…

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Indian Riot Police Kill Nine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Wednesday: Nine Moslems, including two women, wore killed and more than 20 injured at Ajra, a small town in the, State, of…

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Forgmore Court

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 5

William Alan Borowne was at Frogmore Police Court on Thursday, January 3, charged with driving a motor vehicle…

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