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

Courts & crime, 1948

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OVER £100 RAISED Police Food For Britain Appeal At Taralga

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 1

Taralga residents gave enthusiastic support to the Goulburn Ambulance and Police Appeal for Food for Britain funds when Mr. Herbert Tilbury's studio concert party visited their centre last Friday night…

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Still in Ship's Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: Robert L. Joyce, 20, stowaway on the Marine Phoenix, from San Francisco, who was given permission to land by…

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Brutal Murder of Woman Taronga Park Mystery

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: A handbag belonging to Mrs. Alice Standish Gasking, 59, of Roseville, who was strangled and…

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Court Equally Divided on Long-fought Issue Acquisition of Wheat Appeal

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 4

On Monday, May 31, the Full High Court ruled that the Commonwealth had power to acquire compulsorily the 1945-46 wheat…

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Goulburn Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 June 1948 · page 1

Goulburn Quarter Sessions and District Court opened to-day before Judge Berne. The first case was heard at 2 p.m…

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Appeal Failed Sentenced To Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 1

A 2G-year-old man who asked to be placed .on a bond so that it would help him "become a normal…

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Three Years' Gaol for Aborigine Plea Of Guilty At Goulburn Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 1

"I know these people too well. They cannot give up the drink for two weeks," declared Judge Berne at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions yesterday when sentencing a half-caste aborigine to three years' gaol…

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Goulburn Man Charged Sequel To Thefts Of Tobacco

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 4

Judge Berne said in the Goulburn Quarter Sessions yesterday that he would consider, declaring Thomas Leonard Munday,,32, an habitual criminal. The judge adjourned until…

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Rowlands Sentenced

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA: At Canberra Supreme Court, Dr. Jack Row-lands Atcherley, 58, former Prices Branch investigation…

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Goulburn Man Gets Three Years' Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 3

Thomas Leonard Monday, 32, Goulburn motor lorry driver, was sentenced to three years penal…

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Two Years' Gaol Thefts From Stores

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 4

On two ,counts of breaking entering and stealing from Leeton stores, John Bradley was sentenced to a…

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Police Officer Hurt

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 1

Constable Reg. Basham, of the Cowra police force, was taken to Cowra District Hospital as a result of an accident at…

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"Ridden by You Copper Galahas" "Insolent Individual," Says Magistrate

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 2

When arrested for driving under the influence, a Goulburn man declared: "I am sick and tired of being ridden by you copper…

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Local Man Termed "Cunning Criminal" Sequel To Theft Of Goods Worth Over £1000

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 1

Described by police as a "shrewd and cunning criminal," Thomas Leonard Monday, 32, was sentenced to three penal servitude and declared an habitual animal, at Goulburn Quarter Sesions Yesterday. In a tearful outburst from the…

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Alexandria Murder Two Men Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: Percy Neville, labourer, appeared in the Central Police Court to-day, charged with the murder of…

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Methods Deplored in Court by Magistrate

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 4

MELBOURNE: Because he deplored methods of investigation, Mr. Williams, P.M., imposed the minimum penalty in the Camberwell Court on a dental mechanic who was convicted of having practised dentistry without…

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Tragedy at Mosman Girl's Father On Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: Fred Audsley, 61, carpenter, accused of having shot a young man whom ho found in his…

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Alexandria Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: A second man was charged at the Central Court today with the murder at Alexandria about June 9, of Francis…

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Man Guilty of Assault Struck Chinese In Auburn Street

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 2

Addressing a 22-year-old railway employee in Goulburn Court yesterday, Mr. Hook, S.M., declared: "In my opinion, you belong to the class from which thugs come!"…

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Condition of Court House a "Disgrace"

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 1

"It is a disgrace that the Goulburn Court House should be allowed to deteriorate for the want of a few pounds' expenditure," declared Mr. C. W. Morris at last night's meeting of the Goulburn Chamber of…

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