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

Courts & crime, 1947

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£200 Haul in Tobacco Theft Goulburn Store's Week-end Loss

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 April 1947 · page 3

Tobacco valued at about £200 was stolen from a Goulburn departmental store at the week-end…

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Two Years' Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 April 1947 · page 7

Sydney: At the Quarter Sessions today Edward John Windeyer, 33, labourer, was sentenced to two years' gaol on six…

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Gaoled for Stealing Ex-Serviceman's Four Offences

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 April 1947 · page 1

A 29-year-old ex-serviceman, who stated he was the son of a former Deputy-Mayor of Cootamundra, was…

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Railwayman Convicted Night Assault on Work-mate

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 April 1947 · page 4

A railway man was fined £3 and ordered to pay £5/5/6 costs at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday when…

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Straying Stock Court Fines Elderly Woman Defendant

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 April 1947 · page 2

Convicted on a charge of having allowed her stock to stray, Mrs. Hannah Clarke, an aged woman of Mulwaree Street, was…

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Hit-run Driver Police Search

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 5

An extensvie search is being made by southern police for the driver of a motor vehicle who was…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 5

In Central Police Court today, Edgar Rawson Miller, 33, and Malcolm Moore 24, were remanded until May 7 without bail, on…

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Hotel Licensee Fined £20 Charge by Police of Dirty Premises

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 1

Albert Frank Polley, licensee of the Hotel Laggan was fined £20 at the Crookwell, police court on Tuesday…

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Owner's Tenancy Case Fails Magistrate Cites New Regulation

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 1

An ex-serviceman "who claimed that he was separated from his wife and child' failed in an application to…

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After-hour Trade Charge Against Hotel Licensee Police Allegations Refuted in Evidence to Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 1

Charged with having de livered liquor to a person after closing time, Cyril Char Ice Cradock, licensee of the Exchange Hotel, entered a plea of not guilty when the case came up for hearing before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M.,…

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Possession of House Owner Succeeds in Court Action

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 1

A former A.I.F. man, who is living with his wife and two young children in a room of a boarding house,…

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Drove "Under Influence" at 50 M.P.H. Court Told Goulburn Fruiterer Fined £10

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 1

Edward Weston, a Goulburn fruiterer, was fined £10 by Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., at the Police Court on Monday when convicted on a charge of having driven a motor truck while under the influence of intoxicating liquor…

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Agent's List of 600 Wanting Homes Former Caretaker of Golf Club in Court Evidence

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 5

A married man with six children, who was ordered to vacate premises at the Tully Park Golf clubhouse, informed Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., at the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions on Monday…

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Youth Arrested Alleged Theft at Bywong

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 4

A 16-year-old youth, who is believed to have been, connected with a local orphanage, was arrested at Queanbeyan yesterday…

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Committed on Charge of Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 6

TAMWORTH: Robert Roberts, 22, half-caste, was committed for trial by the Uralla District Coroner (Mr. E. Ferris) on a charge…

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Bound Over Driving Under the Influence Young Grazier Charged

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 3

George Bruce Merriman, 20, grazier, of “Merryville,” Yass, pleaded not guilty. When charged before Mr T. H. Brooke P.M.,…

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Boy's Death School-Mate in Murder Trial

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: Allen William Gould (15), of Owen Street, Punchbowl, was charged in Central Criminal Court…

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“Cowardly and Savage Attack” on Constable Public Did Not Assist Man Sentenced to Three Months

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 2

A ground man from Queanbeyan who admitted he was drunk “king-hitted” [?]nior Constable C. P: Quinn outside the…

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Licensing Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 1

At a Licensing Court in Goulburn yesterday, approval was given for alterations to be carried out at the Royal Hotel…

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Hotel Licensee Slated by Magistrate Evidence in After-hour Trading Case Rejected

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 2

"Defendant did not hesitate to go into the box and say something on oath that was not correct. In my opinion that is a far more serious offence than delivering liquor after hours."…

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