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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 5 of 14

Pressure by Unions Court Gives Order

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: High officials of the Man-power Directorate and of the [?]rades and Labour Council were [?]rdered by Judge O'Mara…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 3

John Crane, proprietor of the Mayfair Cafe, Orange, who was wounded in the stomach during a struggle with an armed intruder in…

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"Gun Fever" Theft from Mascot

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: An Austen submachine-gun in good condition was found early to-day on the Sydney Sportsground: This is the…

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Machine Guns for Police ?

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY: Consideration is being given to providing submachine-guns to police in N.S.W. so that detectives will be able to…

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Resisted Police Fined and Placed on Bond

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 4

At the Police Court, Yass, on Thursday last, before Mr. F. T. Scroope, P.M., Milton James Smith, 33, labourer, faced two charges;…

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Stabbed with Knife Man Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Merle Louise Garvey. 33, described as an agent, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having wounded Reider George…

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They Chased a General The Australian Assault Was Sudden

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 3

In the wild hills at the back of Dagua airfield men of an Australian unit, which had already seen much hard service in the mountain country of New Guinea behind the coast between the Danmap and Anumb…

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Was Grandad's Skull But Police Had Suspicions

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: Two youths, who will appear before the Children's Court to-morrow, were reported to be walking along the Windsor Road…

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MR. W. F. SHEAHAN May Be Appointed District Court Judge

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 2

It is most probable that Mr. W. F. Sheahan, M.L.A., Member for Yaii, may be appointed a District Court Judge…

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New Jury for Murder Tria

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: The trial of John Martin Dowe, 28, textile worker who is charged with murder, had to be begun afresh to-day because…

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Committed for Trial Davis Reserves His Defence Police Court Decision in Alleged False Pretences

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 6

Extending over three full days, at the conclusion of evidence for the prosecution, Phillip Davis, 52, of Sydney, at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday was committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions on June…

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Two Months’ Hard Labour Half-Caste Sentenced Assaulting Police and Language

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 May 1945 · page 1

At the Police Court on Friday last Lewis Francis Carroll, half-qte aborigine, living at Hollywood reserve, was…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Dermott Joseph [?]ffe, 20, Australian naval rating [?] charged at the Central Police [?] to-day with the murder of…

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Magistrate Finds Charges Proven in Rodeo Cases

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 May 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: Charges against three men relating to the alleged ill-treatment of horses and steers at a rodeo at Sydney Showground on December 30 were found proved by Mr. Oram, S.M., in the Central Summons Court…

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No Supreme Court Here on May 8

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Steps are being taken by the Attorney-General's Department to rescind the proclamation directing that a Supreme Court…

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NEW P.M. Welcomed in Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 5

On behalf of the legal fraternity. Mr. E. Thomas extended a hearty welcome to Mr. James McElroy in the Police Court yesterday…

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Court Outcome of Brawl

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 1

Terrence Anthony McAlrenan, who pleaded not guilty at the Goulburn Police Court on Monday to three charges was convicted and fined £2/10/ for offensive behaviour a similar sum for indecent language, while the third of drunkenness was…

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Goering Is Caught Sentenced to Death

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: Arrested on April 27 on Hilter's personal instruction Reich Marshal…

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Car Taken From Garage At Bowning Man Charged

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 2

A motor car taken from a private garage the previous Sunday night was recovered on Saturday. A man has been…

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MR. W. F. SHEAHAN: Local Member Declines District Court Judgeship

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 2

Mr. W. F. Sheahan, M.LA., Labour member for Yass, has declined to accept appointment as a District Court Judge…

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