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

Courts & crime, 1936

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Youth Charged Murder of C. J. Bolger

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 1

WAGGA, Thursday: Roy Malcolm Soutar, who has given his age as 17 years, was charged at the Wagga Police Court with having, on…

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Alleged Murder Two Men Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: At the North Sydney Court today James Richard Geddes, 23, a shoe-clicker, and Reginald Davies, 40, a labourer, were…

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The Police Year Mysterious Crimes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: The year 1935 placed the greatest strain on the resources of the New South Wales Police Department…

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My Hat! Dispute As to Ownership. Stealing Charge. Dismissed by the Bench

The Young Chronicle · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

A moral is contained in the following Police Court story. If your hostess at a party hands you your hat as you leave, make…

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Three Months Hard Labour Theft From Hotel

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 7

Before Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, P.M., William Stanley Hine (38) was charged on December 23, with stealing a leather overcoat valued at £4/10/,…

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£140,000 Loot Found Near Scene of Theft While All Europe Was Searched

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 7

After Scotland Yard and the police of nearly every country in Europe had been asked to help in the search for the gems and relics—valued at…

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Youth Suicides Trapped By Police Wanted for Shooting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: James Alfred Penrose, 18, suspected of having shot and critically wounded Constable John Terbutt near…

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Quarry Theft Explosives Gone

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

After, forcing a lock off the door of a storeroom at the Goulburn City Council's quarry at North Goulburn at the week-end,…

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Stolen Tools Man Sentenced to Hard Labor

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

For stealing a quantity of tools, valued at £112-, Frederick T. Rudd (44) was sentenced to 14 days' hard label by Messrs. A. S…

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Two Women Face Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

WAGGA, Tuesday: Mrs. Winifred. Myrtle Alchin, 36, of Beckwith Street, Wagga; and Mrs. Allan Jacqueline Kennedy, 26, of…

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Awoke In Grasp of Constable Shock Caused Man to Swear. Police Court Story

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 1

"Fast asleep, in a very drunken condition, on the footpath, with a quantity of groceries scattered on the ground alongside of him."…

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Murder Charge Against Two Wagga Women. Death of Girl

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. A. Harris; P.M., Mrs. Winifred Myrtle Alchin (36) and Mrs. Ellen Jacqueline Kennedy (26),…

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"Car Milking" Complaints to Police Arrest at Midnight

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

Following complaints received by the police of thefts of petrol during the past few weeks, Detective Bodel and Constable…

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New Deal Farm Programme Goes Court's Final Blow

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday: Finding by a majority of six to three that the entire agricultural adjustment administration programme was…

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Protest Against Police Changes Elimination of Young Inspectorate. Inspector Burke for Grafton. Cootamundra As New District Headquarters

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 1

Among the far-reaching proposals involved in the recently announced scheme for the re-organisation of the police administration…

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Brutal Murder Whole Family Wiped Out

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 3

ST. JOHN (New Brunswick), Tuesday: Footprints in the snow are the only clue to the slaying of Philip Lake, his wife and two children. Their…

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Police Change Protest at Young

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 1

YOUNG: The decision of the Chief Secretary's Department to remodel its police districts, remove the Inspector from Young…

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Society Wedding Police Rescue Bride From Crowd

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: A crowd estimated at 10,000 persons waited outside St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday afternoon, where the…

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Robbed of £13 Complaint to Police Rail Passenger's Arrest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 3

Complaints by a man that he was robbed of £13 in notes near Cootamundra while travelling on a Sydney-bound train last…

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£150 MENTIONED Solicitor Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: William George Hancock, 30, solicitor appeared before Mr. Williams, S.M., at the Central Police Court…

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