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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 16 of 33

Great Success Police Club Dance Mr. Clayton’s Fine Effort For Boys

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 2

It was a lucky day for the Yaw Police Boys’ Club when Mr. Kenny Clayton Mt an interest in it. Last night a dance…

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Sentenced To Death Guilty of Assault on Girl

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: At the, Central Criminal Court yesterday, Harold George Thomas, 22, school teacher was sentenced to death for having…

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Police Search for Missing Lad

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The police are still searching for William Wentworth Donaldson, aged 15½, who disappeared from his home in…

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Small Debts Court THURSDAY, 26th MAY. (Before Mr. F. W. Britz, P.M.)

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 9

Burrowa Municipal Council v. Thomas Grant, amount of £17/6/6 rates and interest. Mr. L. J. O'Neill appeared for…

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Doctors Differ In Workers' Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 June 1938 · page 1

At a sitting of the Workers' Compensation Commission at Orange there was a disagreement between doctors as to what ailment a…

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Great Britain's Fight Against Murder Of People From The Air

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 June 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday: The week-end was marked by further murderous air raids in China and Spain. The British Government has followed…

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Charge Is Withdrawn by Police

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 1

At the Goulburn Police Court yesterday, William Patrick Reynolds, 20, was discharged on a count of housebreaking at…

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Defendant Had To Pay For Court's Error

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 1

Fined £1, with costs, at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday on a charge arising from an industrial breach, Darey…

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Union Law Disallowed By Court "Too Oppressive."

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

SYDNEY, Tuesday: In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, Chief Judge Dethridge disallowed a rule in the A.W.U…

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Massy Cup Match Stir Police Take Names of Offending Players Two Men Sent Off

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 8

The Massy Cup challenge match at Queanbeyan on Sunday resulted in a runaway victory for the home team, which defeated…

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Wages Tax Upheld By Federal Court Majority Judgment Upholds State's Right To The Tax

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: By a majority, the Full Court of the High Court of Australia has held that it is not an offence for an employer to deduct State wage s tax from the minimum wages due to an employee under the Commonwealth Arbitration Act…

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Goya Henry Again in Court Five Counts In The Charge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 June 1938 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The validity of regulations drawn up at an interstate conference of aviation experts to govern the…

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Long Gaol Term Over An Ice Chest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 June 1938 · page 1

Because of an ice-box, worth £5, Mrs. Ottilie Gordon has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, after having been found,…

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Bag of Oats Man Fined For Stealing Says He Was Given a Butt

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 June 1938 · page 1

John Schifleet, carrier, residing at Coonamble, was charged in the Yass Police Court, before Mr. E. A. Hickey and…

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Gutters Run with Blood Japanese Murder Feast In Canton

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 June 1938 · page 5

CANTON, Wednesday: The gutters of the city are running with blood after successive days of mass murder from the skies…

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Pyjama Girl Murder Many Letters to Police

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Since the rewards in the Albury "pyjama girl" murder case were increased to £1500, detectives at headquarters…

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Gaol Term Stands Drunken Doctor Driver

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 1

"If we reduce the sentence, I think we should be doing a disservice to the community by minimising the gravity of the…

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Police Agents Criticised Man Fined £3.75 for Having 749 Skins

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 4

FORBES, Wednesday: Mr. Meillon severely criticised the methods adopted by the police in the case in which Edwin George Austen was fined £374…

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Fighting in Cup Match Queanbeyan Overruns Boorowa in Massy Cup Game Police Take Players' Names

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 3

The Matty Cup challenge match at Queenbeyan on Sunday resulted in a walk-over victory for the home team, which…

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District Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 2

Before His Honor, Judge W. T. Coyle, the following matters were dealth with in the District Court Court yesterday morning…

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