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

Courts & crime, 1939

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Stolen Car Sold To French High Court Judge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 4

If somebody stole a car belonging to Britain's Home Secretary and sold it to a leading. Assize Court judge, thereafter…

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Stabbed A Policeman Sixteen-Year-Old Boy Sentenced

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

A schoolboy of 16, who stabbed a policeman with a dagger, nearly killing him, was described as "one of the worst…

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Remarkable Decision In Murder Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 7

A man acquitted of murder may be liable for damages for the "unlawful killing" of the victim. The decision was made by…

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Licensing Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 7

A special Licensing Court will be held on March 3 when extensive renovations will be recommended in respect the local hotels.—The…

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Police Catch Boy Burglar

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 2

The theft of £56 from a house near Trangie has resulted in the arrest of a 15-year-old boy, who has been charged and…

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Court and Sign Injunction Granted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Mr. Justice Boyce to-day inspected a large neon sign at Kings Cross, and decided, in the Equity Court, that it was…

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Paid for a Jewish Holiday Decision In Industrial Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The question whether wages should be paid to girl hands in a confectionery shop for a Jewish holiday, when they were…

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Police Search for Welfare Farm Escapees

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 7

Police in the Goulburn District were this morning instructeo to watch for four young boys who yesterday made their escape from…

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Unlawful Assault Charge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 5

An unlawful assault charge and a counter charge of tile same nature were adjourned by consent at the Goulburn Police Court…

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Stealing Charge Queensland Man Arrested

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 5

At the Goulburn Police Court this morning Robert Wren Chapman 40, was remanded until January 16 next on a stealing…

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Charged With Brother's Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday: In the presence of his 78-year-old mother and his sister, Robert Wilfred Bates, 40, was fatally shot with a…

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Man Bluffs Police and Railway Officials

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 1

Bluff tactics, which have occasioned the police and railway officials much trouble, were alleged against a stranger when he was convicted at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday on a charge of having evaded payment of a rail fare…

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Warden's Court Two Applications Deferred

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 1

Applications by Kenneth Campbell Church, of Newcastle, for authorities to enter and search for Bauxite on two areas…

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Gaol for Life German On High Treason Charge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 5

BERLIN, Tuesday: Herr Niekisch, a well-known journalist, was sentenced to penal servitude for life on a charge of high treason…

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Cootamundra Assault Charges Two Men Sentenced Victim Bound and Robbed

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 2

At the Cootamundra Court on Monday, before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., Raymond Taber and Edward Faunt were committed for trial at the Coota…

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Theft From Showcase

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 4

On Tuesday night last thieves removed the lock from a showcase in front of Leaney's Studio 338 Aubutii Street, and stole a dozen books…

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Started Fire Man Sent To Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 7

At the Goulburn Police Court this morning, Cyril James Hayward, 39, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on…

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Coats Off in Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 2

When the Licensing Court opened at Gundagai on Wednesday last, the temperature was then 108, and rose to 116 in the afternoon. The…

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Child's Death Mother On Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The body of a seven months-old girl was found on a bed at a house in Malin Street, Kew, by police who were called to…

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Police Rights Procedure At Questioning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 1

Fears are being expressed in the legal world on the procedure of the police in questioning and taking statements from suspected…

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