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

Courts & crime, 1950

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Police Court

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 1

Five strangers, appeared before C. J. McLaren, J.P., In the Crookwell Court of Petty Sessions on Monday morning and…

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Police Ball

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 2

Arrangements are well under way for the 1950 Police Ball to be held in the Memorial Hall on June 30. By your-patronage last…

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Supreme Court Next Week

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 1

The Supreme Court will sit at Goulburn next Tuesday and Wednesday, when two cases will be heard…

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London’s Police Chief Favours Off-course Betting

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 2

Australians will be interested in evidence recently given before the British Royal Commission on betting and gaming…

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Actor Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 1

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA: Actor Lawrence Tierney will stand trial on May 24, on his latest and 11th arrest in…

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Italian Marshal Sentenced

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 1

Marshal Rudolfo Graziant, last-ditch general in Mussolini's army, was sentenced to 19 years' gaol recently for…

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Melbourne Murder Man Wanted By Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE. A man whom police think may be able to help them clear up the mystery of a 19-year-old girl who was…

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New High Court Judge, 47

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 5

Mr. Frank Walters Kitto, K.C., of Sydney, will fill…

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Man Charged with Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE: A 24-year-old bank clerk, Maurice Sutton Brewer, of Brighton, was charged in the City Court…

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Painter Convicted Three Theft Charges

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 2

Lester Manton, painter, Caravan Park, Yass, appeared before Mr. Wm. Finlay, S.M., at Yass Court of Petty Sessions last…

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German Police And Arms

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Wed.: Western diplomats said to-day that the Big Three Foreign Ministers had decided to defer action on the…

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Police Say Stabbing Story Untrue

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA: Canberra police officers said last night that Miss Pat McHugh had admitted she concocted a story of having…

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21 Years with Local Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

Sergeant Eric Noble, of Goulburn Police, has been at Goulburn 21 years to-day. He came to Goulburn in 1929, then having two years' service…

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Police Sale

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 1

Eight bicycles, suitcases, clothing, and sundry other items will be offered at the annual police sale of unclaimed…

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"Fantastic and Shocking" Magistrate Told Of Boy's Actions

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: He intended to poison his mother's tea and choke his little brother because "she thought more of…

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G.P.O. Technician Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: A G.P.O. tech was charged at Manly Police Court to-day with communicating secret information to…

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U.S.A. Demands Dissolution Of German Police In East Warning By Smuts

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 5

JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday: The key safeguarding Western Europe from Russia lay in Germany, General Smuts, the veteran South African statesman,…

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Heavy Sentences on Four Girls for Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 5

CHICAGO, Thursday: Four Negro girls, aged 14 to 19, received heavy gaol sentences yesterday for murdering a 16-year-old Negro schoolmate. The oldest got 50 years and…

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The “Contraption” in Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 2

Mr. Cusack had a sack full of exhibits in the Court, including the “contraption” which, he ' said in evidence in the lower court he…

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Prisoner Helped Police Assault On Train Near Gunning

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1

Patrick Morgan pleaded guilty in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday to charges that he had used indecent language and had assaulted a police constable on Friday afternoon…

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