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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 6 of 14

Soldier Shot Dead Duel With Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 2

ORANGE: A soldier was shot deed last night by a detective at whom he had previously fired. The soldier was Pte. Carl…

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REMANDED Charge of Stealing

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 2

At the Yass Police Court on Tuesday, Alfred Edward William Jelly, a stranger, was charged with stealing on April 6 last, at Botany,…

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Alleged Attempted Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 3

ADELAIDE: Mervyn Allan Clough. 26, rabbiter, of Malcolm Plains, was charged at the Adelaide Court to-day with having…

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Police Trap Thief in Garage

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 2

On several occasions over the past few weeks, the Cowra Motor Garage has been broken into. It was such a regular procedure that…

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Police Trap Thief in Garage

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 3

On several occasions over the past few weeks the Cowra motor garage has been broken into. "It was such a regular, procedure…

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Gaoled for Mail Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: Declaring that such a breach of trust could not be tolerated, Judge Barton, at the Quarter Sessions, Sydney, on Friday gaoled…

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Communist Papermen Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: The editor, Llewellyn Harry Gould, of George Street. Sydney, and the publisher. William Farden Burns, of the Communist…

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War Criminals 29 Sentenced to Death in Rumania

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: Twenty-nine war criminals have been sentenced to deaths by the Rumanian People's Court and another eight…

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Methodist Church: Visit Of the High Court of the Order of Knights

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 5

Saturday last was a "red letter day'' for the Order of Knights movement of the Methodist Church, when a…

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3½ Years in Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: John Frederick; Hayes, 31, labourer, was sentenced to three and a half years at the Quarter Sessions…

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Hirohito Is Charged As War Criminal

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Friday: Australia has demanded the indictment of the Emperor, Hirohito, as a war criminal, and his execution as…

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COMMITTED Alleged Theft of Car Bowning Case

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 May 1945 · page 1

At the Yass Police Court on Thursday last, a man charged with stealing a motor car at Bowning, was committed for…

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Major I. Duffy Welcomed at Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 May 1945 · page 2

At the Police Court this morning Mr. E F. Thomas extended a welcome to Major l. R. Duffy, who appeared at the…

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Bogus Police Seize Black Market Goods

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: Dressed in correct military uniforms and carrving forged police inspectors' credentials, a gang of bogus French…

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£10 OR 20 DAYS Man Fined at Tuena Court

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 2

Robert William Picker. 45 years, of Bigga, appeared at the Tuena Court of Petty. Sessions on May 25th, before Mr. Bromhead, S.M., to…

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Man Committed For Trial Alleged Theft Of Car At Bowning

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 2

Charged with stealing a motor car from a garage at Bowning on Sunday, May 6, the property of T. G. Bissell, James…

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Departed with S.M.'s BLESSING "Turtle Doves" Before Young Court

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 3

Noel Raymond Carney, 19, of Mulyan road, Cowra, was employed on the Cowra railway staff. He met and fell in love with Alma Beatrice Beer, of Cowra…

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£3000 Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 June 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: The disappearance from interstate ships last month of cotton place-goods valued at £3000 is still receiving the…

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Fined £10 for Bicycle Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 3

Convicted, t the Goulburn Police Court yesterday on a charge of stealing a bicycle, valued at £10. the property of Herbert Critchelow. James Thompson, a gardener of Moss Vale. was fined £10…

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Jury Is Not Wanted To-day's Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 3

Two panels of jurymen summoned to attend at the Court of Quarter Sessions and District Court, commencing at the Goulburn Court…

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