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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 6 of 25

Boys Guilty of Murder School Master Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: At the conclusion of the trial of the boys who were charged with murdering an…

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Hypocrites Over Country Betting Licensing Would Give The Police Proper Control

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 4

“I always feel that we are a lot hypocrites when we are desling with cases like this,” said Mr. A. H. Crawley in his ad dress to the…

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Unions Upheld by High Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE: The Full High Court decided to-day, unanimously the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal Arbitration Court…

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Court Martial Naval Officer Found Guilty

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY: Lieutenant William Behran Simms, R.A.N., was charged before Court Martial on board H.M.A.S…

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Tobacco Theft Batlow Storekeeper Robbed

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 3

Cigarettes and tobacco valued at more than £80 were stolen from a Batlow store early on Monday morning…

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Discharged Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: Ella Agnes Stratford. 37, fainted in the vestibule of the Central Police Court as friends were congratulating her…

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Riots in Domain 18 Defendants Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY: Special precautions were taken by a big squad of police to prevent any disturbance inside or outside the precincts of the Central Police Court when 17 men and one woman were charged in relation to…

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Cannot Be Charged for Stealing From Wife

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 6

When the police brought an action against John Hector Neale in the Cowra police court on a charge of stealing a wristlet watch from…

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Huge Loss by Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 1

The Railway Commissioner had to pay out £154,000 for goods stolen in transit during 1945 according to evidence…

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Textbook Shortage Hits Gaol Students

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 1

In a report to the March meeting of the Goulburn Prisoners' Ald. Association, the president, Mr. A. A. Turnbull, stated that difficulty had been experienced in obtaining textbooks for use in the reformatory…

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Found Hanged in Gaol Brisbane Sensation

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 3

Sentenced to life imprisonment on March 11 for the murder of Bronia Mary Armstrong, the…

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Robbery at Yass Goulburn Youths Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 3

Two Goulburn, youths, aged l7 and 15 years, were, arrested at Yass, yesterday and charged with stealing…

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Grazier Charged Alleged Driving Under Influence Adjournment Granted

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 2

George Bruce Merriman, 20, grazier, was charged in the Court of Petty Sessions this morning, that on March 13, he drove a motor lorry…

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200 Police for a Meeting

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY: Police, took special precautions to ensure that to-day's lunch-hour meeting, organised by…

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MRS. T. J. LEY Visits Husband at Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: Mrs. Ley. who saw her husband for half an hour in Brixton Prison on Saturday night tried again to…

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Robbery at Yass River Brother and Sister Charged Released on Bond

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 2

A brother and sister from Goulburn aged 17 and 15 years appeared before a Mr. T. H. Brooke P.M. in the Yass Children’s…

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Ley Sentenced to Death Former Cabinet Minister Guilty of Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: The former N.S.W. Minister for Justice, Thomas John Ley, 66, was sentenced to death at the Old Bailey yesterday for the murder of John McBain Mudic, whose body was…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY: On the day of the murder of Mrs. Amelia Lambert, 45, in Cooper Park Woollahara, allegedly by strangling,…

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Greece Charged by Russia "Flouting" Authority of United Nations

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: While Warren Austin, Chief United States delegate to the Security Council, was announcing yesterday that he will make a statement on Greece and Turkey to the…

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State Election Goulburn Office at Court House

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 5

The office of the Returning Officer at Goulburn for the State elections will be at the Court House…

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