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

Courts & crime, 1941

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Fred Henneberry Traffic Court Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 September 1941 · page 3

Frederick Joseph Henneberry, better known to Goulburn residents and the boxing world generally as Fred Henneberry, figured in a court…

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Stealing Charge Defendant. Remanded

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 September 1941 · page 2

At the Police Court on Tuesday, Kenneth Jobe Wilson, aged 19, labourer, was charged with stealing at Yass Junction on Monday one…

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Five Men Go to Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 September 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Five men convicted at the Quarter, Sessions on a charge of con[?]piracy in defraud a number of Sydney merchants were…

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Police Inspection

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 September 1941 · page 4

Inspector Thomas made a tour of inspection of the police stations on Friday. He was accompanied Sergeant A. Shipway (Gunning) on…

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Child Murder Fisher For Trial

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 September 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: The corner found that Jean[?]ette Irene Walsh, 3½, died from asphyxiation, and be committed…

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Floodlight at Court House

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 September 1941 · page 2

To the Municipal Council on Monday night, Mr. H. C. Lester, sheriff, Goulburn, wrote with reference to the success of floodlighting the…

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Women Come to Blows Lively Scenes Police Intervene

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 September 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Some of the textile workers on strike came to blows to-day during a demonstration outside one of the…

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Let Police Decide ­­­­Petrol Ration "Premium for Liars" In Present Scheme

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 4 September 1941 · page 3

That police officers in country districts should be authorised to determine the ration allowed to motorists according to the merits…

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Charged with Stealing Defendant Fined £2

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 September 1941 · page 3

Kenneth Jobe Wilson, aged 19. labourer, was charged at the Police Court this morning with stealing one gold locket, one gold chain, £1/10/0…

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Alleged Theft Youth Before Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 September 1941 · page 2

A suggestion by the police that a considerable sum of money was alleged to be involved was made at the Goulburn…

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German Women Complain 300 Of Them Go To Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 September 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: Three hundred and fifty German women have been sent to gaol for complaining about poor living conditions caused by…

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Debts Court Debtor Examined

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 September 1941 · page 2

As the judgment debtor of Arthur Nelson Bell, of Hayes Street, Queanbeyan, for an amount of £11/11/6, Angel…

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Street Race Ends In Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 September 1941 · page 1

A dispute as to their relative merits as athletes resulted in the appearance of three youths at the Goulburn Police Court on…

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Bishop in Court £1600 For Slander

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 September 1941 · page 3

LONDON: Friends of Dr. E. W. Barnes, Bishop of Birmingham, have found a way of getting round his request that no fund should he opened…

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Battle for Leningrad Russians Hit Back Islands Recaptured After Fierce Assault Attacks and Counter-attacks

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 September 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: The Battle for Leningrad reached a new pitch of fury when the Soviet troops drove out the Germans from strategical positions near the city after bitter hand-to-hand fighting…

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Archdeacon Charged Assault Alleged

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 September 1941 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: The Ven. Archdeacon Charles Shearer Robertson, rector of Canberra, was charged in Canberra Police Court with…

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Cases of Hardship Interest Charged Estate

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 September 1941 · page 5

When a circular letter from the Department of Local Government was before the Municipal Council on Monday night, dealing with the power…

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Revision Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 September 1941 · page 2

At the Revision Court held last Tuesday, before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., Mr. G. V. Gibson, Town Clerk of the Municipality of Yass, gave…

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Local and General Warden’s Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 September 1941 · page 2

The application in the Warden’s Court of A. J. Shearsby for authority to enter certain lands owned by J. Ryan, adjourned from the last Court,…

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Police Boxing Joe Wallis To Referee

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 September 1941 · page 8

Joe Wallis, well-known Sydney fight referee, is to referee a 10 rounds bout at Goulburn early next month when the Goulburn Police will…

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