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

Courts & crime, 1951

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Appeal to Supreme Court T. D. Roche Case

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 3

At the meeting of the Yass P.P. Board on Tuesday, the secretary, Mr. E. A. [?], reported that notice of…

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Motor Cycle Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3

Police this morning recovered a motor cycle which was stolen from outside a house in Hoskins Street last…

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Thieving Charge Young Man Remanded at Boorowa Court

Boorowa News · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 1

Before Mr. J Thomson, J.P., at Boorowa Court on Tuesday morning last, Ronald Joseph Daley, of Lime Kiln, Galong,…

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Ramsay Back In Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: As cracksman John Ramsay Was at the top in his profession, that was why, on his release from…

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Thelma Green Is Given Gaol Term

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 1

A 30-year-old Sydney woman, Thelma Green mother of five children, who is on remand on charges of stealing £1000 worth of rings and other goods from Goulburn stores, was last night…

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Butcher and Baker Before Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 1

In Goulburn Quarter Sessions yesterday Judge Lamaro granted a bond to a 29-year-old baker who pleaded guilty to a larceny charge. The man was John Beceroft,…

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Radio Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 1

A 26-year-old man appeared in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions to-day charged with the theft of a portable radio from…

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Rape Charge Defendant Remanded To Gunning Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 1

A 37 year-old grazier, Charles Geoffrey Martin, of Dalton, who was charged in Goulburn on February 5 with the rape of a 75…

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Orchardists in Court Action a Claim For £94

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 3

An orchardist said in Goulburn District Court yesterday that codling month had cut down his receipts last year by more than two-thirds. He was Costly Toparis…

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Goulburn Man Wins Court Claim : Given £177 Damages

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 1

A claim arising from a collision which occurred between a car and semi-trailer at Yarra in 1949 was heard in Goulburn District Court yesterday…

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Murringo Man Remanded Alleged Theft Of Poultry

Boorowa News · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 4

A well known Murringo resident was charged at Young Police Court last week with stealing poultry. The case was…

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Presbyterian Pioneers in Boorowa Services First Preached In Court House

Boorowa News · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 2

Services for the Presbyterian community in Boorowa were commenced in the year 1869, when the Rev. John Gibson, of Yass, preached in the Court House…

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Sequel to Alleged Assault Youth Wins £26 Claim Against The Railways

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 3

In Goulburn District Court on Friday Judge Lamaro ordered the Railways Commissioner to pay £26/14/9 to Reginald Sylvester Coughlan. Coughlan claimed the sum…

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Hanged Himself in Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: John Edward Martin, 20, who was awaiting trial for murder hanged himself in his cell at Long…

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Krupp Leaves Gaol To Get £21 Million

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 1

German arms baron Alfred Krupp, who was released…

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Court Sequel To Factory Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 1

A woman who received injuries when she was drawn into a warping machine last year gave evidence in Goulburn Industrial Magistrate's Court yesterday when Amalgamated Textiles (Aust.) Ltd. pleaded not guilty to a charge of…

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Man Charged with Assault Insulted Barmaid, So She Doused Him

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 1

When a 29-year-old Air Force corporal had to wait for drinks at Goulburn Railway refreshment rooms last night he insulted the barmaid, so she doused him with a jug of water…

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Police Warning

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 3

Crookwell Police Issue a warning to householders and motorists to keep homes and cars locked over the show…

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Gunning News Dalton Man Committed for Trial at Goulburn Supreme Court on Rape Charge

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 3

At the Gunnimg Court of Petty Sessions, on Thursday, 22nd February, 1951, Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M. committed Charles Geoffrey Martin, aged 37, grazier, of Dalton, to stand his trial at the sittings of the Supreme Court,…

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Young Man Sentenced to Six Months Gaol for Stealing

Boorowa News · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 1

Charged with stealing a 22 calibre single-shot rifle valued at £5, the property of James Henry Hughston, Mr. W. Finlay, S.M., at the Boorowa Court of Petty Sessions yesterday sentenced Ronald Joseph Daley, of Galong, to six months…

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