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

Courts & crime, 1952

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Indecent Language at Police Station

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 5

A Police Station is not a healthy place to give vent to one's feelings, particularly if such feelings are prompted by strong…

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Charged with Stealing

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 3

Charles Roberts, 37, employed at Burrinjuck, was arrested at Bowning on Monday, and charged with stealing a watch valued at…

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Court 'Business' Shows Marked Decrease at Boorowa Since 1950

Boorowa News · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

A marked decrease in Court "business" al Boorowa last year is disclosed in the annual return prepared at the C.P.S. office and made available to the "Boorowa News" by the C.P.S. (Mr. Morgan)…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 4

HAY: In Ivanhoe Court Allan George Malcolm Thomson 24, postamster at Mossgiel, was remanded to Broken Hill on a…

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Ex-Mayor Before Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: Police yesterday charged an ex-Mayor of Waterloo on 11 counts of theft and 12 of…

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Spate Of Drunks Before Court

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 5

Apparently the dry weather conditions prevailing last week had a parching effect on throats as well as…

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For Malay Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 5

Twenty-eight officers and men of the Malay Federation Police were recently decorated for gallantry or meritorious service by the officer Administering the Government, Federation of Malaya, at Kuala Lumpur. Among them were Police Lieutenant Robert Graver…

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Judge Objects to Shabby Dress Witness Ordered From Court

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 1

Judge McKillop ordered the removal of a witness from the court room during the hearing of a case of Cowra Quarter Sessions last…

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Police Allege Robbery, Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: A man and a woman charged with having murdered a man, whose body was found in a backyard at…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Detectives yesterday went to a house in a lonely area of Boat Harbour, near North Cronulla Beach, and arrested a…

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Four Months for Stealing Burrinjuck Man Convicted

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 4

Before Mr. Finlay, S.M., Yass Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, Patrick Roberts, 35, labourer, Burrinjuck, was…

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Nuns "Charged" With Killing 120,000

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 8

HONGKONG: Five more European Catholic nuns, who were expelled by Red China, had to face mob demonstrations…

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Charge For Murder Of His Son

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: A 26-year-old labourer was remanded in Central. Court to-day, on a charge of having murdered his…

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Alleged Assault at Tallong

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 2

A former Tallong timber getter appeared in Goulburn Quarter Sessions to-day on two counts of assault. He was 37-years-old Hector…

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Indecent Assault: Youth, 18, Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 5

Father of a youth charged with indecently assaulting an eight-year-old girt told Goulburn Quarter Sessions…

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Lost All In Bushfires: On Theft Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 1

Two New Australians who lost all their possessions whilst fighting bushfires in the Braidwood district…

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Verdict For Club Hotel Owner In District Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 5

In Goulburn District Court to-day Judge R. Le Gay Brereten ordered a second hand dealer to pay a…

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Goulburn Arrests on Theft Charges

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

Combined investigation by Goulburn police and railway detectives into the theft of a considerable quantity of goods from the railway is expected to lead to the appearance of several…

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Railway Men Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 5

Following investigations by police and railway detectives three railway employees appeared in…

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Court Adjourns To Let Man Have Breakfast

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY: John Frelerick Hayes, who is charged with the murder of William John Lee, was granted 15…

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