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

Courts & crime, 1953

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Theft From Rifle Club Shed

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 3

Goulburn police report that the Club shed on the Goulburn Rifle Range was broken into by vandals during the holidays…

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Binda Man Awarded M.B.E.: Ex-Supt. Of Police Honoured

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 3

A Goulburn district man and a former Goublurn police officer have been named in the New Year's Honours…

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Murder Clue

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY: Homicide detectives said to-day, that information they obtained yesterday on the murder of Shirley Butler, at…

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Police Extend Murder Search

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: The C.I.B. has asked police in Hong Kong, Manila. and Singapore to help them in their search for the…

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Fined £40 for Stealing

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 1

In the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions. yesterday a man was fined a total of £40, in default, 80 days' hard labour, for stealing a suitcase and a quantity of clothing and having, in his possession clothing…

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Tamworth Murder Case

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 3

TAMWORTH: Robert Edward Ryan, 42, of Tamworth, appeared in court to-day charged with murder…

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Two Drivers on Similar Charges at Goulburn Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

In Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday a local man was acquitted on a charge of having driven negligently in the vicinity of children crossing the roadway from Bourke Street School…

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Man On Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: A mother of two children was found battered to death in her home at Eastwood this morning. She was Mrs. Ettie McGrath, 50, who was married for the…

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EDITORIAL N.S.W. Police Force Has Good Year

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 2

After a great deal of re-organisation, and indeed an eventful year in many respects, the N.S.W. Police Force has added another imposing chapter to its record of service…

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Army Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 3

BRISBANE: Squads of police and soldiers are combing bush and streets at Enoggera for three men who were disturbed near…

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Theft Of Rifle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 6

In Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday a man pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a rifle from a car in Auburn Street…

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3 Months' Gaol Eor Vagrant

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 5

In Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday a 46-year-old man was sentenced to three months'…

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Just Stole and Didn't Seem to Know Why' Youth Before Court Youth Before Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 3

In Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. C. N. Finlay, S.M., told a 19-year-old youth he had gone past the stage where he could be placed on a bond…

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They Kissed And Went To Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: American and British Justice winked a blind eye for a few moments yesterday…

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New Move In City Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Events in the last itam trip of Shirley Butler, 21, a few hours before she was found murdered, will be broadcast over a Sydney broadcasting station to-night…

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New Lead In Sydney Murder Case

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Homicide detectives said to-day they had received an important new lead in the Shirely Butler murder case after a special radio broadcast last night…

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Increase In Local Court Cases

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 1

According to figures released by Court officials yesterday, there was a marked increase in the number of cases heard in the Goulburn Courts. The total number of summons…

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Murder Inquiry

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Detectives are now satisfied that Shirley Butler left a tram at North Sydney Railway Station shortly before she…

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Stolen Goods in Custody Harden Businessman Before Court

Boorowa News · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 1

Louis J. Moses, a Harden business man, and Peter J. Hill, railway employee, appeared before Mr. Finlay,…

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Insulting Words to Police Officer

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 1

At Yass Court of Patty Sessions before Mr. Wm, Finlay, S.M., on Thursday, Cyril Joseph Merriman greasier, Jerrawa, was fined £1,…

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