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

Courts & crime, 1943

209 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 11

Police and Housebreakers

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 April 1943 · page 3

Among the numerous German services established in Brussels since the invasion is the C.F.P. (Gehelme Feld Polizel, or Secured Field Police). This…

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£10 Each in Fines Outcome Of Assault

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 3

Donald Campbell, a returned soldier, and Stanley Rawson, munition worker, were charged at the Goulburn Police Court to-day with…

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From Everywhere Police Recapture Prisoner

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 2

Ronald James Richardson, 29, who escaped from Corowa lock-up on April 19, was recaptured at Corowa at 5 p.m. yesterday at Detective…

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Gold Found by Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 3

A quantity of gold coin, old gold articles and alluvial gold, the value of which has not yet boon calculated, but is believed to be very considerable,…

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Melbourne Raids Also Held Aided by Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: It was revealed for the first time yesterday that hotels, and other places in the city and suburbs where crowds gather…

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Murder of a Boy

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: The inquest in to the death of Albert Edward Crutcher, a boy whose body was found in a pool at Granville on March 7…

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Late Court Sitting

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 2

Proceedings at the Police Court last Thursday did not commence until 12 noon and with contentious matters in the Children’s Court, as…

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Murder of a Boy

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: The inquest into the death of Albert Edward Cruncher, a boy whose body was found in a pool at Granville on…

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Murder of Boy Alleged Confession

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: An alleged confession, said to be in the handwriting of Lionel Roy Barlow, 24, a soldier, was produced when, the…

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Jehovah’s Witness Refused to Take Oath Sentenced to Six Months

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 1

In a case heard ex parte, a temporary Yass resident who refused to take the oath as set out in the Defence Act, was…

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Murder Charge At Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 2

At the Goulburn Police Court this afternoon, Leo McDermid, 20, a soldier, was charged with the murder of Elljah John Day, who…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Lionel Roy Barlow, 24, soldier, was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of having murdered Albert Edward Crutcher, 11,…

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Brutal Assault Man's Death Follows Attack In Cafe Goulburn Resident Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 1

Elijah John Day, 42, of 9 Kadwell Street, a married man with four children, died at the District Hospital early this morning after…

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Murder Charge Inquest Next Week

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 3

Leo McDermid, 20, a military sergeant, who has been charged with the murder of Elijah John Day, a Goulburn resident, who died in the…

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Murder Charge Inquest on

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 2

Leo McDermid, 20, a military sergeant, who has been charged with the murder of Elijah John Day, a Goulburn resident, who…

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Stiff Sentence for Gaol Escapee

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 1

William Henry Gillett the man who escaped from the Young lockup in February last and was subsequent apprehended, at Murwillumbah, on…

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Inquiry Into Death Assault In Auburn St

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 3

A Coronial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Elijah John Day, 42, a resident of Goulburn, who died in the District…

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Military Police Permanent Body

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 1

It will be reassuring to many people in Goulburn, particularly those in business, to learn that a detachment of military police has taken up duty…

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Murder in Holland

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 3

During the past weeks reports have been published in the Australian press about 36 Dutchmen who were—according to messages from…

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Sit-down Strike in Bathurst Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 2

BATHURST, Monday: Twenty-five prisoners are staging a sit-down strike at Bathurst Gaol. They are demanding a 25 per cent rise…

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