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

Courts & crime, 1940

593 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 30

Police Take Rifle From Youth

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 1

It was learned yesterday morning that the Goulburn police have taken possession, for the time being at least, of a…

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Germans Being Driven Back Allied Successes in Norway Final Assault on Narvik in Progress London

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 2

Very little official news is available regarding the war in Norway, but that news is cheering. The War Office announces that British troops have achieved considerable success in the face of great difficulties. Three main…

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Crisis In The North A.C.T.U. Will Move Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday: A special meeting of the combined mining unions yesterday agreed to a request by the Federal…

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Sheep Stealing Cases

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 2

It does not seem to me to be a very satisfactory conclusion," said Mr. R. C. Webb, chairman of the Bathurst P.P. Board when…

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Police Boys' Match Harden-murrumburrah Defeat Cootamundra

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 4

In the return match at Cootamundra on Sunday last, the locals won by five points (a try and goal by Jim Howe) to two (a field goal)…

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Charged With Theft Of Sheep Two Acquitted, Then Later Fined

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 1

GUNNING: After a lengthy hearing at the Police Court, sheep stealing charges against John William Smith and Baden Leslie…

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Charged with Theft of Sheep Two Acquitted, Then Later Fined

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 1

After a lengthy hearing at the Gunning Police Court, sheep stealing charges against John William Smith and Baden Leslie Smith were…

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May Be Settled Out Of Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: At the Central Summons Court to-day a further adjournment was granted when the case against 392 waterside workers,…

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A.R.U. Organ Mentioned In Court Judge Speaks Of Vicious Attempts To Harass Work

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Reference in "The Railroad," the official organ of the New South Wales branch of the…

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Two Men Acquitted Sheep Stealing Charge Fined on Minor Count

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 4

Considerable interest centred in the case, heard in the Gunning Court of Petty Sessions last week, in which John William…

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Buzz in Court Bees That Disappeared with Their Boxes

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 5

Following up a complaint by Mr. Gordon Arthur, of Gunning, to Senior Constable C. M. Murray this officer investigated the…

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"Murder, Inc."

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 4

Investigations in America have uncovered an amazing organisation which apparently carried out killings for fees, and by its…

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Police Court Bee Box Case £42 Compensation to Be Paid

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 4

Following on a complaint lodged by Mr. Goidon Arthur, of Gunning, to Senior Constable C. M. Murray at the Court House, this officer pursued…

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Swoop By Police Four Arrests Made

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 4

Travelling in two fast police cars, members of the crack metropolitan anti S. P. "Flying Squad" swooped down on…

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POLICE v CHINESE Wild Fight On Wharf

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: Twenty police and 48 members of the Chinese crew of a ship now in port took part in a wild fight…

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Singing Policeman Great Future for Kenneth Neate May Join New York Police Force

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 2

A POLICEMAN'S LOT may not always be a happy one, but it is as interesting as it is exacting, according to the young Cessnock tenor, Kenneth Neate, member of the New South Wales Police…

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Boarders Robbed Man Before Court Stealing Charges

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 2

The sequel to thefts of clothing and personal belongings from boarders at Slattery’s and Shepherd’s boarding houses in Rossi Street, took…

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Fines for S.P. BETTING Sequel To Recent Police Raid

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 7

Fines totalliang more than 50 were imposed at the Goulburn Police Court this morning on three Goulburn men and a youth, who each pleaded guilty to charges of having used premises for the purposes of betting…

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Road Safety Rules Must Be Heeded, Says Magistrate

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 8

"You must keep your lights on at night time for the safety of yourself and the safety of others remarked Mr. M. J. Ryan, P. M., to Richard…

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Nearly a Lynching Scenes After U.S.A. Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 8

On his farm a mile outside of Stockton, Md., elderly Farmer Harvey Pilchard raised strawberries, potatoes, fruit. He was successful…

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