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

Courts & crime, 1937

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Supreme Court Case Listed for Hearing Next

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 2

According to advice received from his Sydney solicitor by Mr. W. J. Robertson, overseer of works to the Municipal Council, the Supreme…

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S.P. INQUIRY Allegations About A "Headlock" to Stop Assault

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday: The question of widening the scope of the Royal Commission on starting-price bookmaking was raised at…

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The Post New Police Boys' Club Tribute to Police [To the Editor]

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 3

Sir,—We are so accustomed to the police in the role of guardians of the law as to find it difficult to realise that they are taking up other…

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De Bono's Court of Honour

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 4

ROME: A court of honour is being formed to arbitrate between Marshal de Bono, former commander-in-chief in Abyssinia, and Signor Lessona,…

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Divorce Court Colebrook v Colebrook Goulburn Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 7

At the Goulburn Circuit Court Divorce) this morning, before his Honour, Mr. Acting Justice Owen, the hearing was…

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“Smash and Grab” Theft

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 2

Wearing apparel valued at about £8 was stolen from a display window at Chas. Rogers and Sons Pty. Ltd., Goulburn, during the early hours of…

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Compensation Court Award In Favour Of Respondent

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 1

An award in favour of the respondent was granted by the Workers' Compensation Court in Friday when Mary Louisa…

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Goulburn Milk Vendors Before Police Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 1

Gertrude Millicent Young was fined 10/, with costs, at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday morning, following her conviction on a charge of not having caused milk measures to be kept in a suitable box…

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Fine of £2 Goods In Custody Charge Police Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 1

Although the defence pleaded that a man may not be twice charged with the "same" offence. Arthur Claude Crisp was fined…

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Theft of Bag Man Arrested At Collector Sent to Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 1

James, Murray, alias Sydney Francis Connelly, a miner, said to have no fixed abode was sentenced to 14 days' hard labour,…

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Legal Wagner Labour Act U.S.A. High Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: In five cases, the Supreme Court declared constitutional the Wagner Labour Act…

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Unusual Sentence Must Hold Wife’s Hand American Magistrate’s Decree

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 5

American magistrates, in their treatment of minor offenders, often display a sense of humour which makes the reading of police court…

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Injured People “Must Be Seen By Doctor” Before Removal by Police

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 4

During the discussion on the ambulance Proposal at Monday night’s meeting of the Municipal Council, Ald. Leonard said he had been…

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Police Report X-Bred Lambs From Gunning 100 on Permit; Alleged 125 Were Sold

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 1

The Yass police in a report to the P.P. Board on Tuesday stated a Gunning crazier had a permit to send 100 xbred lambs to…

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Gaol for Taker of Bribes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 6

TOKYO, Thursday: General Uyemurs, former Director of Government Arsenals, has been sentenced to two years and a half in gaol for…

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Court House Reconstruction Proposal Revived

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 1

"Born, to Dance," the eagerly awaited smash musical successor to "Broadway Melody of 1936," with Eleanor Powell, "Queen of Taps," in…

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Posed As "Lord" Grenfell Romance Ends in Divorce Court

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 6

A statement that when she met at Grenfell the man she subsequently married, he told her he was "Lord" Lennon and that be had property in…

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Stealing Charge

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 2

At the Police Court, Albert Allan (38) charged with stealing clothing valued at £15, the property of John Ross, at the Australian Hotel, was…

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Entertainments Police Ball

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 7

Everything is in readiness for the Police Ball, which will be held at the Arcadia Hall on Wednesday evening, and the indications are that it will…

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District Court Case Confliction of Evidence Owner and Tenant

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 7

A case involving sums of £63 and £75 came before His Honour Judge Neild at the District Court, Moss Vale, yesterday, and after a protracted hearing, which lasted throughout the day, a verdict for the plaintiff on one count, representing a sum of £62,…

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