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

Courts & crime, 1939

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Extra Police Lawler Is Charged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday: Extra police and private detectives accompanied the Dutchess of Kent when she visited a garden…

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Refused to Halt Man Shot Dead By The Police

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: A married man on parole from a mental hospital; Owen Harold Anstee, 44, was shot dead by a…

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No District Court Cases

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 2

As there were no cases listed for hearing in the District Court to-day, the judge did not come to Yass. At 1 o’clock this morning,…

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Another Arrest By U.S. Police

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 5

NIAGARA FALLS, Wednesday: Paul Carlesimo, 18, has been questioned by the police and secret service agents because he allegedly…

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Chain Letters “Magic of Multiplication” Police Revelations

Yass Tribune-Courier · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 3

Investigations carried out by Inspector O’Keefe, who has charge of the special squad used for the suppression of starting price betting and…

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No Evidence by Police

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: When the case in which Eric Sloane. 24, a labourer, charged with the shooting of Charles McGuire and Mickael Phillips with…

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Two Sent to Gaol Robbery At Cooma House

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 5

A daring robbery at a Cooma house on March 23 last, when goods to the value of about £100 were stolen had its sequel at the…

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Bound Over Two Men Face Burglary Charge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 1

At the Goulburn Quarter Sessions yesterday, two Goulburn men, John Alwyn Marshall, 24, and Lindsay Painter, 23, were…

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District Court Cases Number Of Postponements

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 4

Prior to the commencement of the Goulburn Quarter Sessions yesterday a "run through" of the District Court list resulted…

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Two Claims Fail District Court Action

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 4

At the Goulburn District Court this morning a claim by George Alick Craft, of Canberra, for 29/13/ damages from…

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Mr. Graham Maitland Gaol Governor Retires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 4

Mr. E. C. Graham, Governor of the Maitland Gaol, and formerly Deputy Governor at the Goulburn Reformatory, who for 40 years…

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Stole From His Father Goes To Gaol For Nine Months

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY. Monday: At the Paddington Police Court to-day, Albert George Tyler, 31, a wool classer, pleaded guilty to having stolen…

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Man Shot by Police An Exciting Four-Mile Chase

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY; Monday: A mal was wounded in a shoulder by a police bullet early on Saturday morning when Constable J. Hile was forced…

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Police Patrol Praised

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 4

At its meeting last night the Goulburn Chamber of Commerce decided to write a letter of appreciation to the police,…

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Farmers' Dispute Trouble Ends In Court Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 1

Convicted on two counts, including one of unlawful assault, Eric Lynn Duff, Tarlo farmer, was bo[?]nd over at the Goulburn…

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Conviction Quashed Grazier Successfully Appeals Against Police Court Verdict

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 3

Francis Charles Harvey (30), grazier, at the Quarter Sessions, Sydney, last week, appealed against his conviction and the…

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Theft Charge Follows Find Of Money

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 4

William Henry Thomas appeared before His Honour Judge Stacey at the Young Quarter Sessions yesterday morning on a…

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Gaol For A Judge Sensational American Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Judge Martin Manton, on the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, was sentenced to two years and fined…

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Crookwell Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 1

CROOKWELL: Robert Francis Hogan, who pleaded guilty, was fined £1, or two days' at the Crookwell Police Court on Monday for having…

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Police Patrol Praised

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 1

The Goulburn Chamber of Commerce decided to write a letter of appreciation to the police, expressing appreciation of the…

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