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

Courts & crime, 1953

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Three Months for Stealing

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 1

Alfred Hall, labourer, charged at Yass Police Court last Thursday, with stealing one pair of trousers and 16/9 in cash, to…

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Failed to Report Car Accident to Police

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 1

William Richard Mannering, “Garryowen,” Binalong, was fined £2/8/-, costs 12/-, in default 6 days hard labour, by Mr. Wm…

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Minister Sentenced

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday: A sentence of from 40 years to life imprisonment was imposed to-day on the Reverend George…

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Hit Police Van: Court Sequel

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 3

A man who failed to give way to the vehicle on his right—a police truck—was fined £5 in the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. He is Kevin E. Murray, of…

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Police Working On Katoomba Cliff Tragedy

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Detectives are to-day trying to reconstruct the movements of Miss Sylvia Green before she plunged…

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Seventy Court Cases Heard at Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 2

When Sergeant J. J. H. Bell, walked into the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, to fill the breach caused by the…

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Christie Charged with Murder Man-hunt Ends

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. John Christie, 55-year-old transport clerk and quarry of one of the biggest manhunts I ever staged in Britain, was charged last…

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U.S. Marine Charged With Five Murders

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 3

DUBUQUE (Iowa), Wednesday: A hand-some young marine, described by his neighbours in New York State as "the politest boy in town," to-day shrugged off five murders as "too bad."…

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Must Report Accidents to Police

Boorowa News · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

In case you are ever involved in a motor accident, make sure you report it to the police within 24 hours. No…

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Police Appeal To Motorists And Pedestrians

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

"We do not expect any more than the usual holiday traffic on the roads for Easter," said Inspector E. W…

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Rich Workers Pose A Problem For Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday: A 65-year-old dishwasher, employed by a Minneapolis cafe, and a 42-year-old Seattle construction worker, have each posed an odd problem for police…

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Where Is the Flag? Our Court House

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

Had Henry Labouchere been in Goulburn this week, with eyes fixed on the flagless pole in the Court House…

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Sporting News Local Round-up Police Supt. Stresses Importance Of Sport

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 7

At the inaugural meeting of the Waratah Rugby Union Club, Superintendent Johnson, himself an old Union player in the good old days of Drummoyne Club, stressed the importance of sport in the community…

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Local Gaol Film Is Being Screened Overseas

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 1

A film of the Goulburn Gaol Orchestra—the first full documentary film of its kind in the world—is now being shown in all capital cities overseas. This was disclosed at the…

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Police Shoot 22 Mau Mau Terrorists

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 3

NAIROBI, Tuesday: Police and Kikuyu Home Guards yesterday tracked down and shot dead 22 Mau Mau…

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Mrs. Doyle Fails In Court Move

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Mrs. Marie Joan Doyle, to-day failed in the High Court to get a stay against a Bankruptcy Court order to…

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Boy Before Court On Two Charges

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 2

Last Thursday, a 14-years-old boy appeared before the Goulburn Children's Court on two charges…

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Doyle Gets 10 Years' Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 1

Judge Stacy in Sydney Quarter Sessions yesterday sentenced Reginald, Aubrey Doyle, 41, to 10 years' gaol…

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Police Seeking Seaman in Doping Cases

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: A former seaman is being sought by the police for questioning about the recent cases of coramine doping of racehorses. The man has a police record and his name is known to many turf officials…

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Girl Alleges Assault

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: A 17-years-old girl told police to-day she had been attacked and criminally assaulted by two men last night…

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