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

Courts & crime, 1948

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The Girl Was Missing Big Jewellery Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 September 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: Despite a most intensive search, the police have not been able to locate, nor gain any clue to the identity…

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Brothers at Law Successful Wages Claim In Goulburn Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 September 1948 · page 1

Sued by his brother for back pay, the proprietor of a Goulburn hamburger shop was ordered to pay more than £36 in wages and costs by Mr. Hook, S.M., in Goulburn Court yesterday…

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Double Murder at Wallerawang Brother : Sister Killed On Sunday Last

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 September 1948 · page 4

LITHGOW: Lionel James Walker Barton, 54, and his sister, Miss Loveday Barton, 45, were murdered o their station property, "Wallerawang," near Wallerawang, eight miles from Litagow…

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Theft From Store

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 2

The lock-up grocery store at the corner of Kinghorne and Prince Streets was entered on Tuesday night and money and…

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Youth Held In North Report On Case Of Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE: The police have detained William Benjamin. Harvey Bugg, whom Sydney…

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Charged with Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 5

BRISBANE: William Benjamin Harvey-Bugg, 17, of Sydney, was to-day charged with having murdered James Lyon…

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Police To Watch Holiday Traffic

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 5

Concentrated supervision of Goulburn's main thoroughfares during the holiday week-end will be maintained…

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Auburn St. Theft Thieves' Haul Of Cigarettes

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 2

Thieves entered C. A. Nesbitt's Auburn Street barber's shop on Saturday and stole 90 small packets of State Express and…

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Magistrate Said Constable Was “A Liar When It Suited” Publican Convicted For Industrial Breaches And Obstructing An Inspector

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 1

In the Industrial Magistrate's Court last Thursday, Charles Joseph Hooper, licensee of the Australian hotel, was convicted for failing to produce time and pay sheets, failing to keep time and pay…

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Son Arrested on Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 October 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: Charles Ivan Le Gallien, 17½, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having…

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Argument About a Blind Assault On Train Costs £21/17/

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 October 1948 · page 5

For assaulting a passenger on the Albury - Sydney train yesterdays morning, a 41 year-old man was fined £5, and ordered to pay £16/17/ costs and compensation in Goulburn Court yesterday…

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Burns Before the Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 October 1948 · page 5

BRISBANE: Gilbert Burns of Wynnum Road, Morningside, was charged at the police court to-day with allegedly having…

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Russians Lose No Points Special Training For Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 October 1948 · page 4

BERLIN, Wednesday: Russian zone police are being trained to use machineguns and mortars in…

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Gaol Orchestra

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 October 1948 · page 1

A programme by the Goulburn Reformatory Orchestra will be broadcast by the local station on Sunday…

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Secret Police Call on Mr. Fadden at Parliament House

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 October 1948 · page 5

CANBERRA: Heated exchanges marked a long, bitter debate in the House of Representatives last night after detectives had tried to interview the Leader of the Country Party, Mr. A. W. Fadden, at…

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Mr. Fadden on the Visit No Reply To Inquiry By Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 October 1948 · page 5

CANBERRA: Speaking on the adjournment shortly after 11 p.m. last night the leader of the Country Party, Mr. Fadden,…

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Just Murder Gangs Communists In Malaya

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 October 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: It was only a matter of time before the Communist gangs in Malaya were…

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Woman Sentenced to Two Months Several Convictions For Stealing

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 2

A 21-yoarolid woman, who. according to police evidence "appears to be a kleptomaniac." was sentenced to two months' light labour in Goulburn Court today. The defendant, Barbara Jones,…

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Sedition Charge Burns Before The Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE: Hearing was continued in the Police Court in the case in which Gilbert Burns, a member of the…

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Four Men Held by Police Outcome Of Bank Robbery

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE: The police have detained four men for questioning in connection with the armec hold-up of the E., S. and A…

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