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

Courts & crime, 1945

279 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 14

Allegations Against Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Allegations by a 16-Year-old half-caste youth that he had been beaten by the police and kept without food until he had…

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Escaped From Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 August 1945 · page 3

BATHURST: Four prisoners who made a daring escape from Bathurst Gaol yesterday have all been recaptured. All were…

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World Still Waiting End of War May Not Come for Some Days Jap. Order Is Given for General Assault — Then Retracted

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 August 1945 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday: It was officially announced last night that the end of the Pacific War cannot be expected for two or three days, may be longer. This announcement from the White House followed a welter of rumours, including one that the Swiss Legation had communicated the Japanese reply to the Allies. This was promptly denied…

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Two Brothers Go to Gaol for Assaulting Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 August 1945 · page 5

Two brothers. William John McCullagh, 26, and John Spence McCullagh, 21, both pleaded guilty at the Police Court yesterday to four charges. For assaulting Constable…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 August 1945 · page 1

LISMORE: Jack Veersingh, 30, banana-grower, was charged in the Lismore Court to-day with having murdered a coloured boy…

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Court-martial Prohibited

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Buy a majority of three to two, the Full High Court yesterday made an order prohibiting a court-martial from…

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Alleged Assault on Policeman

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Hubert Still, 37, and Hazel Still, 27, were charged at Central Court to-day with having assaulted a policeman, and with…

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Brothers Charged With Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 3

Two brothers, William Peckham and John Peckham, both young men from Sydney, have been travelling throughout the western districts…

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Shooting Affray U.S. Seaman Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 August 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY: Earl Joseph Andry, 21, American merchant seaman. was remanded at the Central Court yesterday until September 6 on a…

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Local and General Licensing Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 2

In the Licensing Court on Thursday, before the P.M., Mr. J. McElroy, the license in respect of the Royal Hotel, Dalton, was…

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Court Decides in Favour of Lessor of House

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 August 1945 · page 6

William John Craig made a successful application at the Police Court yesterday for possession of his house at 113 Goldsmith Street, occupied by Alexander Johnstone. The applicant, a director and…

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Big Theft of Tobacco

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: About a million and a half cigarettes, thousands of cigars and hundreds of pounds of tobacco have…

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Yamashita Yields Now Has Cell in Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 3

MANILA, Tuesday: After a stiff, dignified, five-minute surrender, ceremony, General…

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Wholesale Murder by Huns

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: The Germans throughout the war killed 6,000,000 Jews. The number left in Europe…

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Bold Theft of Gold £2000 Worth Stolen

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA: Theft of a mailbag of gold being carried from New Zealand to Melbourne, via Sydney, by…

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U.n.r.r. Police Effort

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 3

In response to a request by the Police Commissioner, Constables Brown and Louis were successful in collecting and despatching from…

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COMMITTED Alleged Theft of Trousseau

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 3

Oscar Joseph Lennox (39), cabinet maker, who was alleged to have represented himself as an American Associated Press reporter was…

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Double Murder Charge at Forbes

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 3

FORBES: At Forbes Police Court' to-day, William Robert Bathgate, 47, farmer,. was charged with the murder of Luigi Orilga,…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 2

At Paddington Court to-day Harry Thomas Hill, 32, was remanded until October 8 on a charge of having feloniously slain George…

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Orgy of Murder Japanese at Manila

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: In the last few days before the Americans liberated the Philippines, the Japanese, in a fearful orgy,…

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