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

Courts & crime, 1948

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Charges Of Assault

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 2

Charged with unlawfully assaulting two men on August 28, Harry Tozer was placed on two £20 good behaviour bonds in…

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Goulburn Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 4

Judge Berne began hearing Quarter Sessions, and District Court matters in Goulburn Court at 2 .p.m. to-day…

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21-Year-Old Man Sentenced To Five Years' Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 1

Sentencing a 21-year-old man to five years' gaol Judge Berne, in Goulburn Quarter Sessions yesterday declared: "I am determined to protect householders from midnight marauders like you."…

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Ten Minutes to Read List of Convictions Man Sentenced To Five Years' Gaol On Shop Breaking Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 1

Judge Berne, in the Goulburn Quarter Sessions, yesterday sentenced a man to five years' imprisonment for shop breaking The prisoner, Raymond…

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Youth Who Broke A Bond Is Sentenced To 18 Months' Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 1

Described by Judge Berne as a "contemptible thief," an 18-year-old youth was sentenced to 18 months' hard labour, in Goulburn Quarter Sessions. In the February Quarter…

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Police View on Road Accidents

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 8

An appeal to reasonable road-users to cooperate with the police in obeying the safety laws is made by the N.R.M.A., and R.A.C.A., following a…

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Police View on Road Accidents

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 9

An appeal to reasonable road-users to co operate with the police in obeying the safety laws is made by the N.R.M.A., and R.A.C.A., following a…

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Boxer Remanded on Assault Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 September 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY: Robert Peters, 26, described as a boxer, was remanded until September 30 at the Paddington Court to-day on…

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Bernadotte's Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 3

TEL AVIV, Tuesday: A spokesman, of the Israell Government to-day-announced that "the probable" number arrested…

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Charge of Assault Man Fined £10

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 1

Charged with assaulting a Goulburn taxi-driver last Saturday, a man was fined £10 in Goulburn Court…

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Woman Charged Alleged That She Stabbed Her Husband

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY: Elsie Josephine Dainer, 41, was to-day remanded in Central Court until September 28, on a charge of…

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Theft of Beer Man Charged At Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 September 1948 · page 1

Eleven dozen bottles of beer were stolen from the Goulburn railway goods shed on Monday night…

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Big Diamond Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 September 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY: Thelma Roberts, 27, and Peggy Thomas, 49, appeared at the central Court to-day on a charge of having stolen 24…

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Claim Failed Judge's Decision At Goulburn Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 September 1948 · page 1

A Goulburn District Court jury last week dismissed a claim against the Railways Department for £43/4/10. The claim was made by Arthur William White, of 8…

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Theft From Opal St. Cottage

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 2

Money and other goods were stolen from the home of William James Hallam, 44 Opal Street, yesterday afternoon…

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Transfer of Magistrate Mr. A. Paton To Fill Positions

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 3

Mr. G. C. Hook, who has been Stipendiary Magistrate in the Goulburn circuit since January this year, will be transferred to…

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Cyclists Appear at Goulburn Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 1

In Goulburn Court this week several local residents were each fined £1, with 8/ costs, for riding bicycles without…

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20 "Drunks" Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 September 1948 · page 4

In Goulburn Court today, 20 men were charged with drunkenness. This was the biggest total for several months…

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“S.p. Bookmakers Provide Service for Country People” Solicitor’s Contention at Tumut Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 September 1948 · page 1

It was Stipendiary Magistrate W. Finlay who called the odds in the Tumut Court of Petty Session, when two well known Tumut sportsmen, Bert Eggleton and Clem Roddy pleaded guilty to charges of street betting…

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Small Degree Of Negligence Says The Magistrate

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 September 1948 · page 3

Mr. Hook, S.M.; yesterday found a Goulburn taxi driver, guilty of negligent driving, but discharged him under the First Offenders' Act. The Magistrate said only a…

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