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

Courts & crime, 1947

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Strike in London Police Leave Cancelled

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: Service personnel are being used from today to implement the emergency…

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Violent Explosion at Haifa Terrorists Continue Their Policy of Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 3

JERUSALEM, Monday: Terrorism n Palestine reached fresh heights of fury yesterday, when both the police station and the post office at Haifa were blown up in a violent explosion, which shook the centre of the city. At least two British and three Arab policemen were among the eight persons…

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Young Man Is Sent to Gaol Sequel to Thefts

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 1

William win Claude German, a Goulburn man, was sentenced to nine months' hard labour by the P.M., Mr…

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Alleged Theft Hotelkeeper for Trial

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 5

Following a hearing at the Crookwell Police Court yesterday, Eric Polley, licensee of the Laggan Hotel,…

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Laggan Publican For Trial On Charge Of Stealing

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 1

Albert Frank Eric Polley, Laggan hotelkeeper was at the Crookwell Court of Petty Sessions yesterday committed…

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Former NSW Cabinet Minister On Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 1

Thomas John Ley, 66, company director, former Minister for Justice a member of Federal Parliament was one of three men remanded at…

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Garvie Goes to Gaol Life Sentence

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: The State Cabinet, yesterday decided to commute the sentence of death passed on Me[?]vyn…

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Ex-world Tennis Star Sent to Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 5

LOS ANGELES, Thursday: Found guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a 14-year-old boy, the former world tennis champion, William Tilden, was sentenced to nine months labour with a road gang…

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Dramatic Story Marks Murder Trail Defendant Turns King's Evidence Allegations Against Thomas John Ley

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Friday: Evidence that he had assisted in the "capture" of a man whose body was later discovered in a Surrey chalk pit, and that he had been then banded £200 by Thomas John Ley,…

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Police Supt. Sweeney Sydney Transfer Announced

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 3

It was announced this morning that Police Superintendent J. F. Sweeney, of Goulburn, will take up duty…

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Vacant Rooms at Hotels Police to Seek Court Order

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 2

The Goulburn Chamber of Commerce will support Police Inspector Ellis in his application to the Licensing Court next Thursday for orders, aiming at alleviating the acute accommodation shortage in this…

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Theft of Wool Man Bound Over

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 1

Pleading guilty to a charge of stealing 23 lb. of wool from a Braidwood resident on December 7 Darcy John Hart…

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Crookwell Man for Trial Alleged Indecent Assault

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 2

A Crookwell man was committed for trial yesterday by the P.M. Mr. T. H. Brooke, on a charge or assault accompanied…

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Licensing Court Next Thursday's Sitting

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 2

Mr. V. M. Wells, Licensing Magistrate, will preside at an important sitting of the Licensing Court in Goulburn on…

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Police Winning Fight Against Crime London Experiences Slump in Law-Breaking

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 3

LONDON: The vigorous drive against by the London police which was announced some months a[?]ao has already shown striking results. Compared with the previous year there was a marked slump in 1948 in all…

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Compelled to Live in Rail Van Court Grants Man Home

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 1

At the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, the P.M., Mr. T. H. Brooke, granted an application by an…

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Charity Worker Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 4

Mrs. Edith Glanville, well-known charity worker of 159 Bland Street Haberfield, appeared in Central Summons…

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Former Nazis Sentenced Bomb Attack Penalties

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 5

BERLIN, Wednesday: A former S.S. sergeant, Siegfried Kabus, was sentenced to death by a United States…

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Indecent Assault Charge Crookwell Man For Trial

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 6

At a special sitting of the Crookwell Children's Court held on Monday morning last Edward Gladstone Tucker, of…

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Police Fire on Students

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 4

CALCUTTA, Wednesday. After repeated use of tear gas and bamboo sticks had failed to stop a students' demonstration in…

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