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

Courts & crime, 1949

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Dobson to Be Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE: A provisional warrant for the arrest of William Thomas Dobson, who alleged that Communists had…

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What the High Court Means

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 4

Without entering into any discussions of the rights and wrongs of the case, the action of the Hgh…

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Chase and Arrest Follow Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 1

Returning to his shop yesterday, after a short absence, Mr. J. Eldridge, tailor, of Montague Street Goulburn, was surprised to find that two coats and waist-coats were missing from a hook on the wall…

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Theft Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 5

Ukranian-born Korniernro Mitrofan, who appeared before Mr. Paton, S.M., at Goulburn Court to-day, on a charge of…

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Police Wall Guards Robeson Tense Atmosphere Rules At Open-Air Concert

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 September 1949 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sunday: Police formed a human wall to check successfully several hundred ex-servicemen who tried to storm an abandoned golf course at Peekskill (N.Y.), where the negro…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE: Detectives inquiring into the death of a Ukrainian, named Michael Motyol, 27, have arrested a migrant…

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Many Cyclists Before Court S.M. On Failure Of Warnings

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 1

Speaking from the Bench at the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. Paton; S.M., said he could not understand why warnings issued from the Bench and through the Press to…

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Eight Years in Russian Camp Defendant May Not Appear In Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 3

Kornienko Mitrofan, the displaced person who was charged at Goulburn recently with stealing two…

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In Court More Landowners Fined

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 3

Two further prosecutions brought by the Yass P.P. Board against Crookwell district property owners for failing to destroy rabbits on…

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Gaol Governor As Guest Speaker

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 1

Governor of the Goulburn Reformatory, Mr. A. A. Turnbull, will be guest speaker at the annual meeting of the…

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Graziers Must Notify Police of Shearing Operations

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 4

Graziers in the Boorowa Police District should note that they are required to notify the officer-in-charge of…

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Dobson Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 September 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY: William Thomas Dobson, 22, former assistant secretary of the Industrial Group on the Clerks' Union, was…

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Licensing Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 September 1949 · page 2

At the Goulburn Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. Paton, S.M., Fred Bridge, licensee of the Royal Hotel,…

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Man Committed for Trial by S.M. Alleged Theft Of Sovereigns From Goulburn District Grazier

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 September 1949 · page 4

The story of a man who allegedly stole a number of sovereigns, half sovereigns, and a quantity of silver, from a grazier with whom he had been boarding, and then accepted his victim's assistance to carry the loot from the homestead, was told to Mr. Paton, S.M., at Goulburn Court…

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Woman Murdered in Manly Flat Police Search For Killer

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 September 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY: Police are combing Sydney's underworld for a gunman who murdered 32-year-old Constance McGuire in the bed-room of her Manly flat last night…

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Flanagan Walks in Outcome Of Manly Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 September 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY: Closely guarded by police, Rex Llewellyn Flanagan, 33, was charged in the Manly Police Court…

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Young Man Charged with Murder of His Father Pensioner Shot Dead At Wollongong

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 September 1949 · page 7

WOLLONGONG: Robert James Timothy, 57, invalid pensioner, was shot dead in the head at the official camp, Port Kembla early this morning. A few hours later, his 24-year-old son was arrested and charged with murder…

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Another Hanging In Boggo Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 September 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE: A man who had been sentenced to two months' gaol last week on a vagrancy charge was found hanging in…

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Police Superintendent

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 September 1949 · page 5

Superintendent G. E. Leary, who yesterday commenced duties as superintendent in charge of the Riverina Police…

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Alleged Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 September 1949 · page 5

Goulburn police are investigating the alleged theft of two single bed blankets from the Coffee Palace. It is stated that…

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