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

Courts & crime, 1947

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Youth Found Hanging in Goulburn Police Cell

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 3

Prompt action by Constable K. Stewart saved a youth from untimely death yesterday morning. The youth concerned, who is…

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Martiallaw Declared in Chinese Towns Many Arrests Made by Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 3

NANKING, Monday: Garrison commanders in Chungking, Canton and Tientsin have declared martial law, imposed curfews and prohibited gatherings as measures to counter the threat of a general strike to-day, ostensibly. to protest against the Government's failure to end the civil war…

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STEALING Glen Innes Reports

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 5

Graziers claim that an organised gang, using lorries, is systematically stealing sheep from the Glen[?]nnes district. A vigilance…

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Month in Gaol Domain Riot Outcome

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: In the Central Court today, Mr. Pickup, SM, sentenced ,Bernard O'Sullivan; 32, wharf…

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Wedding was Postponed Three Months for Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 1

At the Goulburn Police Court yesterday, Mr. A. E. Debenham, P.M., imposed a sentence of three months'…

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Mayor of Boston Goes to Gaol Successor Also Under Indictment

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday: The United States Supreme Court yesterday upheld conviction of 73-year-old Congressman James…

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Orchard Owner Before Magistrate Fined £20

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 1

In the first case of the kind heard in the southern district since 1939, a Mittagong district orchard owner…

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Former Licensee Charged with Larceny Evidence at Quarter Sessions

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 7

Charges of larceny and receiving against Albert Frank Eric Polley, former licensee of the Hotel Laggan were heard before His Honour, Judge Berne at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions this morning. It was alleged that James Alec…

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"You Will Go to Gaol" Judge to Wrong Doer at Quarter Sessions

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 1

''You have qualified to be declared an habitual,'' Judge Berne told Colin Leonard Ford at Goulburn Quarter Session yesterday. "You are certainly going to…

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Safety Of Race Track Queried Police Approach Show Committee

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 2

A letter from Sgt. McLennan, which was read at the meeting of the Show Committee last Friday night, aroused considerable discussion as to the safety of the Crookwell Race Track…

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They Wanted to be Alone But Appeared Together in Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 5

Adelaide: A barman and his young wife, forced to live apart because of the housing shortage; were very Worried on Monday night. The wife had to go into…

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Police Court Alleged Vagrancy

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 4

At the Gunning court last Monday before Messrs. D. G. Hughes and A. E. Cuttrim. J’s.P., Stanley George Williams, 19, labourer, and John…

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Laggan Licensee Found not Guilty Alleged Stealing Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 1

After two retirements, a jury at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions yesterday acquitted Frank Eric Polley, former license of the Hotel Laggan, on a charge of larceny. It was alleged that accused had…

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Two Airmen Fined One for Unlawful Assault on Constable: Other for Unlawful Behaviour

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 5

"At the Goulburn Police Court this. morning a 23-year-old R.A.A.F. serviceman was convicted on charge of having unlawfully assaulted a police constable whilst in the execution of his duty…

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Man Bound Over for Three Years Alleged Assault on 75-Year-Old Woman

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 1

George John Augustus Gibbons, 52 sawyer, of Canberra, who was thrice wounded in the 1914-18 war, was bound over for three-years by Judge Berne at the Quarter Sessions this morning on a charge of having assaulted…

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Rebuke by Judge To Court Idlers

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 5

When a case concerning an indecent assault on a 12-year-old girl came up for hearing at Goulburn…

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Man Remanded on Theft Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 1

At the Goulburn Police Court this morning a 53-year-old man was charged with having in his possession 11 fowls reasonably…

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Police to Aid Food Drive

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 1

Members of the Goulburn District Police Force have agreed to donate one day's wages to the "Food for…

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District Court Cases Settled

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 1

No district court cases were heard before Judge Berne at the Goulburn Court House yesterday. In most cases settlements were…

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Judge Praises Work of Goulburn Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 1

"The absence of criminal cases in this district reflects great credit on the efficiency of the police force in Goulburn," declared Judge Berne at the conclusion of the Quarter Sessions yesterday…

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