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

Courts & crime, 1943

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Those Lights Orders For Police But None For Public

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 1

At a late hour yesterday Superintendent Kennedy received a telegram from Police Headquarters, couched in the following terms:…

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Warden's Court. Extension of Authority to Enter

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 2

At the Young Warden's Court on Tuesday, William Joseph Kildea, shearer, of Murrumburrah, applied for an extension of the term of the…

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Gundagai's Court House Destroyed Fierce Fire Devours Historic Building Damage Estimated at More Than £5,000 Many Valuable Records Saved

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 4

Built in the early Sixties of last Century, Gundagai's historic Court House, situated in a prominent position in Sheridan…

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Act of Mercy Brings Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 3

LONDON: Some workers in East Prussia who threw a parcel of cake to British prisoners of war as they passed a camp have been sentenced at…

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Fair Price for Fruit Court's Ruling

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 February 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: "The principles governing control and acquisition of primary products as laid down by the High Court in the Tonking…

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Convicted of Stealing Fined £2 or Four Days

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 1

At the Yass Police Court on Tuesday, William Merritt, labourer, 57, and Michael John Merritt, labourer, 27, were charged with…

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Murrumburrah-- Harden Police Boys' Club Annual Meeting

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Murrumburrah-Harden Police Citizens Boys' Club was held in the School of Arts, Murrumburrah, on February…

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Jehovah's Witnesses a Number Of Defendants Before Moss Vale Court Terms of Imprisonment Imposed

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 2

Failure to enrol for military service, neglect to notify changes of address, and refusal to submit to medical examination or complete enlistment forms, were the charges preferred against a number of followers of the Jehovah faith at the Moss…

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In the Roof of the Cell When Police Came

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 1

Before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P M., at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday, Patrick John McAleenan, John James Burns and Neville O'Connor were…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: At the Central Police Court to-day Edward Brady, 42, soldier, and William Henderson Miller, 47, labourer, were remanded…

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Gaol Wall Fell and Killed Seven

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

DUBLIN, Thursday: Seven were killed, two are missing and 17 injured when the wall of the gaol at Waterford collapsed on eight houses, which…

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DISMISSED McNulty Case "Perjury" Says the Magistrate

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Declaring that the prosecution had failed to satisfy him, the S.M., Mr. Mc Culloch, in the Central Police…

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Gaol Affray Warder Stabbed

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: An attack was made by four prisoners at Parramatta Gaol on William Hogg, who was stabbed three times in the back. He is now in…

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Warder Stabbed Disturbance in Gaol

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 3

During a disturbance at Parramatta Gaol last week-end, Warder William James Hogg was stabbed in the back of the neck. He is now in…

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The Overseer Inquiry at Court House

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 2

The inquiry into the suspension of the overseer will be held at the Court House if that can be arranged…

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Son of Heaven's Brother Reported In Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday Prince Chichibu, brother of Emperor Rirohito of Japan, has been under closearrest for the past…

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Neon Sign Dispute Court's Finding

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 1

Nicolas Cook, restaurant proprietor of Auburn Street, made application at the Goulburn Police Court under the provisions of the National Security…

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Mysterious Sydney Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Last night's murder of a seaman, Jose Maria Raas, a native of Cura[?]o in the Dutch West Indies has provided a baffling crime for the police…

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Stark Murder Agonised Appeal From Poland

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: The Germans are speeding up the liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto, intending to empty the ghetto altogether and close…

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Alleged Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 March 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: James Manis Heffernan, 22, was remanded until March 29 at Redfern on the charge of murdering Frances William Fitzjohn,…

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