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

Courts & crime, 1949

410 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 21

Sheriff’s Officer Will Live in Yass When He Retires Farewell at Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 2

Mr. H. G. (George) Cooper. Sheriff’s Officer, in the Goulburn and Yass districts has been promoted to Wollongong, but Mr…

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Queen's Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

Is in line for the hattrick and to-morrow's Bolinda Handicap at Moonee Valley gives her that chance…

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Young P.p. Board Not Letting Up in War on Rabbits More District Landholders Taken to Court

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 5

FURTHER RABBIT PROSECUTIONS BY THE YOUNG P.P. BOARD GAVE MR. W. FINLAY, S.M., ANOTHER "FIELD DAY" AT YOUNG ON TUESDAY OF LAST WEEK. HIS FORTNIGHTLY COURT SITTING AGAIN LASTED ALL DAY AND THIS WAS…

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The "Squad" Goes on a Murder Hunt

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 2

LONDON: Nobody saw her walking through the yellow pools of light which the dingy street-lamps cast over the stone-flagged courtyard. Nobody saw the figure which, crouching in the yard shadows,…

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Man Arrested and Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 4

A Goulburn man has been arrested and charged with having obtained money by false pretences. It is alleged that the man…

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Berlin Strike Western Police Take Over

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 5

BERLIN, Wednesday: Armed reinforcements of the West Berlin police last night began taking over all railway stations in the British, United States and French sectors of Berlin…

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Soviet Is Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 5

BERLIN, Thursday: An official British statement charges the Soviet Union with deliberately…

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Sheep Stealing on a Big Scale

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 1

Speaking at the last meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, Councillor A. Scott…

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Charge Of Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 5

William James Ridgewell, aged 26, of Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, was charged in Goulburn this morning with…

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In the Good Old Days Thoughts On Scanning The N.S.W. Police Gazette Of 80 Years Ago

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 4

The popular "Girl on the Police Gazette" has nothing on me engaging characters recorded in the 1863-66 New South Wales Police Gazettes . . . . the current wolf packs aren't even starters…

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Man Remanded to Goulburn Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 1

Arthur Richard White, 30, labourer, of Eastlake Hostel, was remanded to Goulburn at the Canberra Court by Mr. F…

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Lady Joynton Smith's Case Court's Decision

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY: Mr. Justice Sugermen in the Equity Court to day, ordered the removal of Lady Joynton Smith as trustee…

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Labourer Sentenced—Valueless Cheque

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 2

A Canberra labourer was sentenced to three month's hard labour by Mr. Paton, S.M., in Goulburn Police…

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Month's Gaol Vagrancy Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

A sentence of one month's hard labour was imposed on Ernest Alfred Bromage, aged 20, for vagrancy by…

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Police To Investigate Tragic Bus Smash

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY: A police investigation into yesterday's tragic bus smash at The Spit has been ordered by the Chief of the C.I.B., Superintendent Thompson. Members of the motor squad,…

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Method Of Police Promotion Is Strongly Attacked

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

Speaking at a farewell function to Sergeant C. Hobbs at the Masonic Hall last night, ex-Inspector T. J. Ellis strongly criticised the method of promotion adopted by the Police Force…

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Two Years for Stealing Wagga Jewellery Store Was Entered

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 1

A 23-year-old ex-member of the Australian Occupation Forces was yesterday sentenced to two years' gaol by Judge Berne at the Goulburn Court of Quarter Sessions…

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Helping Prisoners at the Gaol Classes, Library And Orchestra

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 4

Information on the progress of the technical library, educational classes and orchestra at the Goulburn Reformatory was given to last night's annual meeting of the Goulburn Prisoners' Aid Association…

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Notice to Quit Possession Of Premises Sought At Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 2

Pleading that his present premises were inadequate and that, as a result, his business was suffering, George Lee, of Bradley Street, Goulburn, served Southern Motors, Pty., Ltd., with notice to quit, and the matter was heard in the…

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Retirement Of Gaol Warder

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 1

Mr. E. Wray, of 355 Auburn Street, retired from the staff of the Goulburn Reformatory on Monday…

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