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

Courts & crime, 1947

490 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 14 of 25

Radio Aids Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 8

A radio recently installed in a Canberra police car was responsible for the arrest of a man last week on a charge of…

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Supreme Court Incident Inquiry Being Held

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 8

SYDNEY: The inquiry into the conduct of a warder who escorted David Stewart Dawson from Long Bay Gaol to the…

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Council Employee Fined £30 Magistrate's Remarks

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 1

Walter Webb, a Mulwaree Shire Council employee was fined £30, in default 60 days hard labour, at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday when convicted on a charge of having driven a car while under the influence of…

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Man Heavily Fined for Stealing S.M. Imposes £25

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 1

At the Goulburn Police Court yesterday, John Raymond Ashley, a South Australian, was fined 25 in default 50 days' imprisonment on a charge of stealing one sheep at Yarra on July 3…

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Goulburn Gaol and Radios Cells Being Fitted with Loud Speakers

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 2

Radio loud speakers we are being fitted to 100 cells in the Goulburn Reformatory, and it is expected that the first programme will be broadcast to prisoners within six weeks…

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Claim Heard in Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 5

A case that arose out of the alleged trespassing of a red Shorthorn cross bull was heard before His Honour Judge Nield…

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Man Heavily Fined for Theft Little Regard for Property of Others, Says S.M.

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 1

"There is so little regard for the property of others that I shall have to impose a penalty," declared Mr. A. E. Debenham, S.M., in Goulburn Police Court yesterday after Mr. E. F. Thomas had made a strong plea…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 July 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Police have charged Alan Dalton 33 labourer, of West Melbourne, with the murder of Thomas…

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Police Tribunal for Canberra

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 July 1947 · page 1

Announcing the gazettal of a Police Tribunal, the Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) said that the purpose of the Ordinance…

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Hotel Theft C.I.B. Expert to Investigate

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 5

A CIB fingerprint expert visited Collector to-day to investigate the theft of a large quantity…

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Road Safety Council Urges Speedier Court Action

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 1

Goulburn branch of the Road Safety Council favours the decentralisation of controls to enable traffic cases…

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Constable Charged Alleged Assault

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 5

TUMUT: In an alleged statement presented in the Tumut Court to-day, Constable Ronald Eric Lewis denied having…

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Another Theory Regarding Theft of Atomic Bomb

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Thursday: Informed quarters think yesterday's New York Sun story of the theft of atomic data was inspired by strong forces in Congress and elsewhere who desired the control of atomic energy to be returned to the army, said Reuter's correspondent…

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Shot Himself Police Powerless

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY: A man shot himself self at Dulwich Hill last night while police were running towards him to prevent him from…

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Court Busy at Bathurst

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

Congestion and pressure of Court word had reached a very acute stage, a Bathurst court house official said recently. He…

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Committed for Trial Yass Senior Police Constahle Alleged Assault

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 2

At the Tumut Police Court on Friday, Senior Constable Ronald Eric Lewis, of Yass, was committed for trial. The charge…

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Court Action Proposed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 1

The claim for 3/- a day subsistence allowance for Malayan ex-POW’s may become an application to court…

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Youth Hit by Motorist Man Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 July 1947 · page 2

WAGGA: Struck by a motorist, who allegedly failed to stop, a Wagga cyclist was admitted to the Wagga Base Hospital at…

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Owner Wanted His House in Goulburn Court Points out Defendant was Protected Person

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 July 1947 · page 2

A retired farmer from Young who stated that he was sleeping on an open verandah, with his wife and two, children was unsuccessful in an application to the Goulburn Court yesterday for possession of his residence…

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Chinese Red General Outlawed By Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 July 1947 · page 5

Veteran Chinese Communist cader General Mao Tse-tung…

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