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

Courts & crime, 1941

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Alleged Assault

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 October 1941 · page 2

William Michael Gallagher a stranger, was charged at the Police Court yesterday with “assault, occasioning actual bodily ha[?]m” to…

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Alleged Forgery Young Soldier Charged

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 October 1941 · page 2

It was alleged in Sydney Central Police Court on Tuesday that, in an effort to upset his grandfather’s will, a young soldier had forged…

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Press and Court Reports

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 October 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY. Thursday: The Full Court to-day dismissed the applications for contempt of court against Associated Newspapers, John Fairfax…

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P. Board Criticised Man Travels 30 Miles To Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 October 1941 · page 2

DUBBO: Professional costs of £3/3/, and witnesses costs of £1 were given by Mr. Hardwick, P.M., against the Dubbo Pasture…

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Man Charged Woodstock Arrest

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 October 1941 · page 2

A charge of attering a valueless cheque was preferred against a man following his arrest at Woodstock yesterday by Detective Windsor…

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Man Stabbed Police Allege

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 October 1941 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Jealously over a woman, It was alleged at an inquest, led to a fight between two soldiers, in which one was fatally…

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Alleged Assault

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 October 1941 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, William Michael Gallagher, charged with assaulting Cedric Sidney Hearne, occasioning actual…

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RECAPTURED Hanchard Caught By Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 October 1941 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday: Jack Hanchard, 21, a prisoner serving a sentence at Long Bay Gaol, who escaped from the Prince Henry Hospital at…

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Police Boxing

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 October 1941 · page 5

Proceeds from the recent Police Boxing Tournament were distributed among St. John's Boys Orphanage, Kenmore, Girl's Orphanage, [?]…

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Anxious to Join Ship Seamen’s Excuse For Stealing Bicycles

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 October 1941 · page 2

Ernest Lenton Lewis, 23, and Frederick William Brown, 24, both seamen, were charged at the Police Court this morning with stealing two…

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Fracas Over Garbage Woman's Story Of Assault

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 October 1941 · page 1

Conflicting Stories of a fracas between the wife of a taxi-proprietor and a youth employed on the collection of…

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Small Debts Court Verdict For Defendant

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 October 1941 · page 2

Percy E. Sheerman was the plaintiff in the action at Goulburn Small Debts Court yesterday against D. P. O'Keefe trading as Main…

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City Water Police Apex Club Told Of Work

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 October 1941 · page 1

One of the most interesting addresses delivered to the Goulburn Apex Club for some time was that given recently by Constable Bert…

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Red Murder in Europe 100,000 Jews Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 November 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: Over a thousand Jews have been killed in Rumania in the last few months in addition to 96,000 Jews killed in…

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Owners Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 November 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The Minister for Labour and Industry, Mr. Hamilton Knight, yesterday charged the Brick-makers' Association with locking out…

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RHODODENDRONS A.M.P. Court Yard Blooms

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 November 1941 · page 2

Cynosure of many admiring eyes this month have been the glorious rhododendrons growing in the court-yard of the A.M.P. building in Auburn…

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Clergyman Charged Court Sitting At Kenmore

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 11 November 1941 · page 1

Three charges, two of a serious nature were preferred against John Walter Russell, 39, described as a minister of…

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Quarry Theft Gelignite Missing

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 11 November 1941 · page 2

Inquiries are being made by Goulburn police into the [?] of a quantity of gelignite from the City Council's metal quarry…

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Solicitor Goes to Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 11 November 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Henry Black Dickenson, 55, a solicitor, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment following his plea of guilty to…

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Police Premises

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 November 1941 · page 6

In a letter to the Minister for Lands, Mr. J. M. Tally, the Minister for Works, Mr. J. J. Cahill, advises that he has approved of funds being…

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