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

Courts & crime, 1936

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Murder in Cork Vice-Admiral Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 5

CORK Wednesday: Vice-Admiral Henry Boyle Townsend Somerville was shot deed in cold blood at his home…

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Murder Charge "I Had to Do It"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday At the Central Criminal Court to-day Percival Henry Thomas, 53, was charged with the alleged murder of his wife, Annie…

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Murder Trial Vicar's Death Evidence of Detectives

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Great public interest was shown when the trial was continued of Edward Cornelius, 29, a motor mechanic,…

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Jugiong Police Station Should Not Be Closed

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 4

Mr. W. F. Ross, M.L.A., asked the following question in the Assembly:--"In view of the fact that the police station at Jugiong was…

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Hospital Tennis Court. Donated by the Beveridge Family Official Opening of the Courts

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 2

Perfect weather prevailed for the official opening of the Tennis Courts at the Murrumburrah-Harden District Hospital yesterday…

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Sent to Gaol Butcher Sentenced

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 10

At the Quarter Sessions in Sydney on Friday of last week, James Valentine Leonard, 42, butcher, formerly of Yass, who had been found guilty…

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Death Sentence Victorian Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: Edward Cornelius, 29, motor mechanic, of Gipps Street, East Melbourne, was found guilty yesterday afternoon of…

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Gold Stealing Charge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: At the Orange Police Court to-day Herbert Edwin Wright, 37 Richard Brooking, 48; and William Ernest Smith, 35, were…

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Binalong Mining Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 2

On Thursday last at the Binalong Court, before the Warden, Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, Messrs. W. H. Crago and Argue made applications for…

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Miner's Appeal Upheld by High Court £100,000 Involved

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday: It is estimated that payment of at least £100,000 under the Workers' Compensation Act by various mining companies to…

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Death Sentences Garage Murder Evidence of Character

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: James Leighton Massey, 22, and Aubrey Potter, 21, motor mechanic, at the Central Criminal Court yesterday, were found…

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Visit of Quakers 100 Years Ago Meeting in Court House

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 1

This year of grace 1936 marks the centenary of the visit to Goulburn of two missionary Quakers or the Society of Friends, J…

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Alleged Theft At Boarding House

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 5

Said to have taken part in Sunday's trial games at Rugby League park under another name in the hope of making an impression…

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Woman Sentenced Faints in the Dock

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Dorothy Davies. 43, married woman, of' West Brunswick, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Martin in the Criminal…

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Alleged Murder Mother Remanded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: At the Central Police Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Swiney, J.P., Edith Alydia Belcher, 50, domestic duties, Wvas…

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Riding Crs. a Farce Says Councillor O'Brien Town Committee Stealing Thunder

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 6

When the Town Committee made certain recommendations regarding a lane off Wade-street, Crookwell, at last Thursday's…

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Kicked to Death Allegations at Murder Trial SYDNEY

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 2

Allegations that the two accused kicked their victim to death were made at the Central Criminal Court to-day, when Reginald…

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Mother's Appeal Refused By Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: With the one word "Denied-" the U.S. Supreme Court to-day refuted the appeal of Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt for…

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District Graziers in Law Suit Supreme Court Judgment for £105/15/

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 4

A case of particular interest to graziers came before Mr. Justice Maxwell and a jury of four at the Goulburn Supreme…

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Man Charged "Bodily Harm"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 5

Arrested in Sydney yesterday by detective Brown, William Wade Horsley will appear at the Goulburn Police Court on…

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