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

Courts & crime, 1937

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Cracksman at Nine Destructive Burglary By a Boy

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 4

Burglary by a boy of nine was declared at Colwyn Bay (Eng.), to have been so cleverly executed that the police mistook it for the work of an…

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M.p.& Son To Serve His Sentence Attempt to Murder Sweetheart

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 3

Without betraying any sign of emotion, the young son of a British Member of Parliament heard the British Court of Criminal Appeal dismiss his…

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Man the Police Cannot Arrest “Flannel-Foot” Baffles Scotland Yard

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 3

Every detective in the London Metropolitan Police is searching for “Flannel-foot,” the most elusive and audacious burglar…

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Jockey in Court R.S.P.C.A. Takes Action

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 8

SYDNEY, Monday: The case in which a Jockey is alleged to have cruelly ill-treated Ortelle's Son during the running of a race at Rosehill on…

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About a Watch Youth Convicted Stealing Charge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 1

Vincent Francis Lenane, 21, was fined £2 or four days at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday morning when he was convicted on a…

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STOLE £80 "We Are Police"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Calling: at a house in Reuss Street, Glebe, four men, allegedly representing themselves as police, are reported to have…

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RETIREMENT Goulburn Police Superintendent Mr. Williamson

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 1

Mr. P. G. Williamson, Police Superintendent at Goulburn, has entered on nine months' leave, prior to retirement…

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FINED £1 Jockey Before Court Ill-treating Horse

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday: In the Redfern Summons Court yesterday, Harold Bridges, an inspector of the Royal Society for the…

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P.M.'s ADVICE Duty of Police In Street Fights "Arrest Both"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 1

Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., replying to an objection raised by a solicitor at, the West Maitland Police Court said that it was a…

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Rental Appeals Canberra Land Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 2

With regard to the sitting of the Land Court on November 24, when the hearing of appeals against rentals was under review, it is now…

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“For the Good of the Town” a Charge of Murder Chapter Xliii

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

There was not the trouble to find Reg and Mabel that had been experienced when Ray Parkinson and roy own son Will had left…

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Crime Returns Busy Year For Police in the South

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

Although the majority of cases were of a minor character, crime returns for the Goulburn police district during 1936 show a…

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Booty Buried Paultry Thefts at Orange Men in Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 5

"Gangs 'operating in Orange during the Christmas holidays stole over 200 head of poultry," said Detective Bert Turner when…

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Police Farewell to Superintendent

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 5

About 20 members of the Goulburn Police Force, together with the C.P.S. staff gathered at the police barracks on Saturday night…

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Further Recruits For N.S.W. Police Force

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: The policy of the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) to build up the police force with picked, men has been carried a step further with the, appointment of another. 50 recruits…

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Police Force Dismissals Hearing of Appeals Next Month

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The Police Appeal Board will sit in camera on February 2 to hear appeals by police who were dismissed from…

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Body in Mine Baffling Victorian Mystery Police Search

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Although many clues have been found by the detectives investigating the mine shaft murder at…

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Poisoned Iii After Meal at Guest House Police Warning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 1

WAGGA, Monday: Seven people suffered from poison after they had had a meal at a guest house on Saturday…

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Two Charged Shooting Sequel

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: William John Cody, 24, labourer, of King Street, Melbourne, and Geoffrey Davies, 32, cook, of Perry…

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Police Radio Chief For England

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 1

Lieut.-Commander K. B. Best, who has been appointed adviser to the British Home Office on police and fire brigade…

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