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

Courts & crime, 1942

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Debating Police Form Club

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 2

Debating clubs in Goulburn can expect challenges during the coming year from the club recently formed by Goulburn…

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Canberra Police Services In War Effort

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 3

Members of the Canberra Force recently offered their services to the Government for use in any capacity in the war effort…

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Assault on a Woman Brutal Attack

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Rita Angus Shaw, wife of a Water Board Inspector, was the victim of a brutal attack at her home at…

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Police Patrol

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 3

The prolonged dry spell as making the danger of bush rires very real and at the last meeting of the Nattai Shire Council it was decided to write…

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Cycle Thefts Police Warn Owners

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 2

Cyclists who leave their machines in the street without taking the precaution to equip them with some locking device run the risk of having…

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Murder of Mrs. Watt

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: When the inquest was resumed to-day into the death of Mrs. Vera Doris Watt, of 36 Kent Street, Collaroy, the wife of…

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Remanded on Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Allan Carbery, 24, a plumber, was charged with the murder of Bruce Holden, 16, at Balmain Police Court this morning…

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Murder Charge Death of a Youth

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Bruce Edward Holden, 16, of Bouvardia Street, Fivedock, died in Balmain Hospital yesterday from internal injuries…

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Sugar Leads to Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON: Detectives found a sack of sugar in a car at a greyhound racing stadium. The sequel was that at Luton four men received prison,…

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Clash at Wagga Soldiers and Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 5

WAGGA, Wednesday: A clash in the principal business centre of Wagga on December 27, in which police, soldiers, airmen and civilians were…

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Criminal's Death Suicide In Battle With Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Cornered by a picked posse of detectives in a house in Leichbardt early this morning Robert…

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Profit of £183 FOR P.O.W. FUND From Police and Firemen's Ball

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 2

The Chairman of the Committee responsible for organising the recent Police and Firemen's ball (Mr. Matt. Gay) put it aptly in…

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Murder Finding

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Conald Donlad Pagett. 47. of Epping, was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of having murdered Mrs. Vera Doris…

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Remanded on Murder Charge

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Allan Carbery (24), a plumber, was charged with the murder of Bruce Holden (16), at Balmain Police Court this week…

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Month's Gaol "Lifter" Of Tools

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 2

A casual person who helped himself to gardening implements and other tools last week Is now reflecting in gaol on the…

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Court Retort

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 6

In a Baton Rouge court a low-voiced witness was urged to speak up He smiled brightly: "Hello, Judge."…

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Missing Woman Police Investigating Missing Since November 1

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 2

Investigations are being conducted locally by the police regarding a missing woman. A Commonwealth wide search is…

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Taxi-driver's Story Alleged Assault

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 2

QUEANBEYAN: While conveying passengers, two girls and two men, along the road to Canberra, Mr. Fred Rottenberry, the driver of the taxi…

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Attempted Murder Second Try Fails

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday: A second attempt on Sunday night to assassinate the resident magistrate at Eastern Goldfields (Mr. L.W. Stotter) failed…

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Missing Yass Woman Gruesome Find By Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 6

Human remains found in a hole two miles from Yass yesterday are believed by the police to be portion of the body of…

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