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

Courts & crime, 1947

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Alleged Assault on a Chinaman

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 30 April 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY, B[?]nald Rymer, 3[?] a miner, was charged in Center Court this morning with having assaulted Choung[?] a…

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Manhunt in Britain Murder in London

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 30 April 1947 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday: London's great manhunt for three masked gunmen who shot and killed a motor…

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Durants Go to Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 5

FRANKFURT, Thursday: The Military Court sentenced Colonel J. W. Durant to 15 years' hard labour and…

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Court Cases Adjourned

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 3

Listed for hearing at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday, a charge against Phillip Barber of having driven a motor…

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Roof Stolen Police Work On Unusual Report

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 3

Goulburn police are Investigating a report that 38 sheets of galvanised iron were taken from the roof of…

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216 Prisoners Escaped When Gaol Was Raided Jews to Be Heard Before United Nations

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday: The latest casually figures resulting from Jewish terrorists raid on Acre person in Palestine officially have added up to a total of 16 dead and 20 wounded. The dead were six Jewish prisoners, one Arab prisoner while escaping and five Jews killed when the British troops returned…

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From Everywhere Police Auction

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 4

An auction of unclaimed property will be held at the Goulburn Police Station next Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Articles…

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Polley Case: Supreme Court Order

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 1

On Monday last, May 5th, a rule nisi for prohibition was granted by a Supreme Court Judge, ordering Sergt…

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Court and the A.e.u

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 8

MELBOURNE: The Federal Arbitration Court today commenced its investigation of a recent award which was rejected…

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Theft From Letterbox

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 5

Goulburn police are investigating a report that a schoolboy was seen taking a letter from a Mulwaree Street box recently. The…

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Supreme Court Sittings For Tuesday Cancelled

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 5

Official advice has been received that the sittings of the above court set down for Tuesday the 13th instant, has been cancelled…

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Farewell to Mr. Brooke, P.M. At Canberra Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 1

Mr. T. H. Brooke, Police Magistrate in the Southern Circuit, was farewelled at the Canberra Court Chambers yesterday…

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Farewell to Magistrate Warm Tributes to Mr. T. H. Brooke

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 1

Mr. T. H. Brooke, Police Magistrate in the southern circuit, who will commence duty at Parramatta next Monday, was farewelled by the legal profession, police and Petty Sessions staff at the Goulburn Court House yesterday morning…

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Court Refuses Eviction Order Railway Employees Involved

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 5

At the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., refused to issue an eviction…

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Driving Charge Court Told of Man's Ill-Health

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 3

Charged with having driven a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, Phillip Barber, of Faithfull Street, was…

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District Magistrate Farewelled

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 May 1947 · page 4

Before the Court of Petty Sessions rose on Tuesday last members of the legal profession and the CPS availed…

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Two Police Killed In Palestine

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 May 1947 · page 5

JERUSALEM "Wednesday: Three hundred British troops yesterday combed the Jewish settlement of Givat Shau in the…

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New York Is Proud of Its Police Splendid Force of 17,300 Men

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 May 1947 · page 4

NEW YORK: President Truman drove through the streets of New York on his way back to Washington after delivering an address in the city. His car passed down two lines of police, standing about…

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Police Magistrate Transferred to Parramatta

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 May 1947 · page 2

Mr. T. H. Brooke, Police Magistrate, in the southern circuit which includes Yass,- will commence duty at Parramatta next Monday and is…

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Negligent Driving Leads to Fines in Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 May 1947 · page 1

Robert William Wall, Sydney engineering manager, was find a total of £17/7/3 at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday when convicted on charges of negligent driving and of having failed to stop after an accident…

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