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

Courts & crime, 1952

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Gadget Beats Car Thieves, Say Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

Senior police officers are certain that thefts of cars would drop sharply if this device were fitted…

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Must Wear Coat Tie in Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M., ordered a coat-less man to leave his Court at Gunning and return fully dressed…

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"Caveman" Sent to Gaol Again

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 2

In Goulburn Police Court to-day a 24-year-old man who had not eaten for six days was sentenced to 14…

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Request to Police

Boorowa News · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 1

At last Friday's meeting of the Boorowa Shire the matter came before councillors who decided to foward a…

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Police Locate Missing Girl

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 2

Police yesterday located a 14-year-old girl, who had been missing from Goulburn for three days, at…

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Austinmer Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Thieves early to-day forced the front door of the Austinmer Post Office and stole 100 and postal notes from a…

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Magistrate Warns of a "Dangerous Practice"

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 2

For carrying passengers on a small flat tray at the rear of his utility truck, Ronald J. Podmore was fined £3 with 12/ costs in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M. told…

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Army Man Admits Stealing Butter From Cadet Camp

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 1

A 36-year-old Army officer appeared in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday charged with stealing a box of butter from a cadet camp. Occurrence took place during last…

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Police Search For Man Before Death

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 1

A police constable told Goulburn Coroner's Court on Saturday morning that he had been searching for a man who had been killed instantly by the Melbourne Express at Marulan on January 26…

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Double Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK: A cunningly contrived double slaying, in which women victims appeared to have killed each…

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Stealing Charge: Man Is Remanded

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 1

In Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions to-day, Arrold Edward Warner,. of Bourke Street, was remanded till…

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Assault Case Dismissed at Crowded Court Story of Thrown Glasses At Boorowa Cafe Some Conflict of Evidence on Both Paries,"—s.m

Boorowa News · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 2

Mr. Wm. Finlay, S.M., dismissed the case in which Richard Basil Hereward, grazier, of Boorowa, proceeded against Leonidas Ploudias and his wife, Aristo Ploudias proprietors of the Boorowa Cafe, at last week's…

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Alleged Assault Charge. (Continued from Page 2) Mrs. Ploudias Denies Using Ice-cream Scoop

Boorowa News · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 4

Mrs. Ploudias, wife of Leo Ploudias, stated through an interpreter: As I was coming out I heard my husband say to…

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List of Court Cases Adjourned Until Next Sitting

Boorowa News · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 3

Owing to the lengtheness of court cases heard at the Boorowa Court of Petty Sessions last week the following…

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Theft From Car

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 3

Breaking the window of a car, parked at the rear of the Royal Hotel, with a stone, a thief gained access and stole a suitcase…

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Boy Charged With Two Murders

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE: A 14-year-old boy was arrested to-night at Irymple, five miles south of Mildura, by police investigating…

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Aborigines Charged with Assault

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 4

At Yass Court of Petty Sessions Thursday before Mr. A. E. Hodgson, S.M., Herbert Beckett, labourer, residing at…

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Police Truck Capsize: Local Court Sequel

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 1

A motorist who collided with a police truck and caused it to capsize, was fined £7 with 12/ costs in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. He was George A. Mezer, who…

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Cattle Shot: Man Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 3

A 34-year-old man has been charged with shooting cattle on a property near Taralga…

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Two Charged with Driving Waggon Under the Influence

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 6

In Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday two men were charged with driving a horse-drawn…

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