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

Courts & crime, 1950

305 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 14 of 16

Allegedly Stole £15 Remanded To Bowral Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 4

At Goulburn yesterday a young man charged with stealing £15 from the proprietor of a Bowral guest…

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Woman Charged With Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 November 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: A woman was arrested this morning and charged with having wounded Doris Lena Towns at Gladesville yesterday…

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Girdle Girls Go to Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 November 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Members of the "Brassiere Brigade" and "Girdle Girls" were dealt with by the courts…

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£1000 Prize to Goulburn "Comic Court" Win For Three Women

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 November 1950 · page 1

After backing last week's Melbourne Cup winner, two Goulburn women and a relation from Captain's Flat bought a lottery ticket, called it "Comic Court," and to-day shared second prize of…

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Youth Charged With Stealing

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 4

Goulburn police early this morning arrested a youth who had in his possession certain property alleged to have been…

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Police Appeal

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 3

As you are no doubt aware, the Police-Citizens Boy's Clubs conduct a health resort at Camp McKay, Kurrajong, for members of…

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Wide Police Search for Boy Left Home 12 Days Ago

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 1

Police are making a State-wide search for a 13-year-old schoolboy who disappeared from his home at Goulburn 12 days ago. The boy is Barry Jeffrey…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 November 1950 · page 5

BRISBANE: A man was arrested at Maryborough this morning and charged with the murder of a woman…

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Shocking Murder Charge Against Young Man

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: A 26-year-old quarryman demonstrated to the police how he smothered two boys with a handkerchief in a Portland quarry after committing criminal assaults on them, the police alleged in the Central Police Court to-day…

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Railway Strike Police Order Pickets Away

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Police ordered pickets away from railway workshops when they attempted to prevent maintenance men…

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Modifications At Goulburn Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: The Minister for Justice, Mr. Downing, announced to-day that parts of the wall of the Goulburn Gaol…

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Intermediate Exams at School and Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 4

Twenty pupils sat for the English paper when the external section of the Intermediate Certificate examination began at Goulburn High School this morning. One of the candidates is a…

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Police Arrest 2 'Teen-agers Here On Coast Thefts

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 1

Two youths aged 14 and 15 appeared in Wollongong Children's Court yesterday on charges of breaking, entering and…

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Is World on Edge of Third Great War? Chinese Communists Are Charged With Aggression

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 5

LAKESUCCESS, Tues.: The United States charged in the Security Council to-day that the Chinese Communist "invention" in Korea had now become "aggression outright and notorious." The U.S. delegate, /Mr. Warren Austin, told the council that the consequences of these facts must be faced squarley by the people of the world and…

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Alleged Theft of Wool From Shed Last Night Police Asked For Substantial Bail

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 2

TWO ABORIGINES, Edward Goolagong, 20, and Carl Brown, 24, labourers, residing at Hollywood Reserve, appeared before Mr. G. A. Locke, J.P., at Yass Court this morning, charged that at Yass on November…

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Fair Rents Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 1

Mr. Wm. Finlay, S.M., sitting as a Fair Rents Board at Yass on Tuesday, adjourned the case Eileen May O’Brien (applicant)…

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Stole From Transport Puked At Police Station

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 2

A man was arrested at Gundagai yesterday on a charge of stealing a suit case containing clothing valued at £10 from a…

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Man Gets Six Months' Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 1

There was no customary cake with candles for James Ernest Brown when he spent his 38th birthday in Goulburn on October 30 last. He was a stranger in quest of a job but, not to be done out of celebrating, he went "on the town" by…

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64-Year-old Given Bond Assault Case Heard

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 1

As the result of an argument in the garden at 304 Sloane Street on Saturday week, slightly grey-haired Robert Henry Fletcher, 64, appeared in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions charred with unlawfully assaulting 22-year-old Harold…

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Judge Berne Before Full Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 December 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Judge Berne appeared before the State Full Court without wig or gown to-day to refute allegations that his…

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