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

Courts & crime, 1938

643 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 33

Boy of 11 Found Hanged Accident Theory By Police

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: Keith Edward Jennings, who would have been 12 years old next month, was found by his mother yesterday…

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Young Man Sentenced to Three Months Hard Labour Says He Drank Bromide Had His Chance, Says P.M.

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 1

Frederick Charles Tate (21) biographer operator at the Memorial Hall Talkies, and residing in Laidlaw Street, North…

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Magistrate Could Play Poker

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 8

Cards were "on the table" at Clerkenwell Police Court (England), when, during the hearing of a case arising out of a club…

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Burrowa Police Court Thursday, 30th MARCH. (Before Mr. F. W. Britz, P.m.) Industrial Cases

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

John Tzannis proprietor of the Boorowa Cafe, was charged with the following breaches of the Industrial Award:—…

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Linoleum for Court House

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 2

The seat of justice in Yass looked like a Chinese joss house in which a bull had been let loose this morning. Messrs. B. Curll and Son were…

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Court on Shooting of a Dog Stated Case Is Answered Law Clear

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: One of the questions raised by an appeal before the Court of Criminal Appeal was whether the killing of a dog, pursuant…

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Man Gave Himself Up Mistook Taxi For Police Car

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 3

After stealing from, Knowlman and Son's and White's Pty., Ltd. on Friday night, a man was seen taking goods from the Mayfair…

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BUILDER'S £105 CLAIM Sequel To Erection of Dalton House Supreme Court Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 7

Arthur Pye, a Chatswood building contractor, figured as plaintiff, and T. F. Dowling, of Dalton, as defendant, in an action arising from an alleged breach of contract, commenced in the Supreme Court, Goulburn, this morning…

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Merrylands Murder Smith On Trial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: At the Central Criminal Court this morning, Eric Alexander Smith, 20, sheet metal worker, was charged with the murder…

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Inquest Opens Into Newtown Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday: The inquest into the death of Harold Tarlington, 28, labourer, who was shot in Newtown on February, was held yesterday…

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Court House Building Proposal In View? Official Visit

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 7

Four Public Service representatives arrived in Goulburn this morning and inspected the Court House, where alterations may be…

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Suicide of a Constable Absolved By The Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday: Constable Grey, who committed suicide at Kingsford yesterday, is believed to have been worried by the fact that while he was…

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Motorist Did Not Drive Court Said He Was In Charge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 5

Finding himself unable to drive his car, Alfred Keith Dannatt, 52-year-old photographer, of Manor Road, North Hinchley Wood (Surrey)…

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Shooting of Dogs When Attacking Sheep Holbrook Case in Full Court Judge Replies to Questionaire

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 5

On a stated case from Albury the Full Court of Criminal Appeals held that, under the Dog and Goat Act a dog could be destroyed if…

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Mill Burglary Boys Believed Responsible Little Reward

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 5

Boys are believed to have been responsible for an attempted robbery at the flour mill of Wm. Conolly Limited. In Sloane Street,…

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Police Ball

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 7

On Wednesday, May 4, the Goulburn police will hold a ball, which is becoming an annual function. The proceeds will be divided between the…

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AGENT -- INSPECTOR Omitted To Inform Himself Court Sequel

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 1

An unusual case was heard at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday when Thomas A. Llewellyn, member of a…

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Murder of Maltby at Pagewood Alleged Statement by Eric Chatfield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A statement alleged to have been made by Eric Gregory Chatfield, 20, a ship's steward, was produced by the police at an inquest yesterday into the death of John Armour Maltby, 43, painter, whose…

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Wants Court House Left Alone Protest by Chamber of Commerce

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 1

A resolution protesting strongly against any structural alterations 'to the Court House was carried at Monday night's meeting of the Goulburn Chamber of Commerce. In a letter to the meeting Mr. E. A. Betts forwarded a…

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Mill Burglary Boys Believed Responsible Little Reward

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 4

Boys are believed to have been responsible for an attempted robbery at the flour mill of Wm. Conolly Limited, in Sloane-street,…

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