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

Courts & crime, 1953

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Police Claim

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 3

The N.S.W. Police Association, at its annual conference. yesterday, agreed in principle to an approach to the State…

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Court Fines

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 2

In the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, John McAlister, of Alison Street, Goulburn, was fined £2 for…

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"Baby Case" In High Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Legal authorities believe the "baby case" will not he settled for at least four or five months…

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Police Check on Coronation Seats

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: Scotland Yard has begun a Seat by seat check on occupants of all stands along the Coronation route…

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£100 Yass Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 1

Cash registers and a safe at the Club House Hotel, Yass, were robbed last week and money probably in the vicinity of £100…

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Police to See Young Mother

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Police to-day will interview a young unmarried woman who left her five hours old baby son on the steps of a…

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Had Been Before Court 10 Times On Same Offence

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 6

A man who appeared in the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge of drunkenness had…

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Court Comedy At The Lieder

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 2

Imaginative direction combined with excellent solo and chorus singing make the Goulburn Gilbert and…

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Police Fear For Safety Of Young Sydney Girl

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Police have found no trace of a 14-year-old Greek girl who mysteriously disappeared on April 13. They fear she may have been abducted and is being forcibly…

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Twins Left at Police Station

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Police have been unable to trace the parents of three-months-old twin boys, left at the…

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Two Months for Theft of Newspaper

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 8

A railway official of Bethungra was sentenced to two months hard labour at Cootamundra Court of Petty Sessions on…

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Perjury Committed In Murringo Case, Says Magistrate

Boorowa News · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 4

Stating he was satisfied bad langu-age had been used but he was not satis-fied as to the identity of the person re-sponsible, Mr W. Finlay, SM, said in the…

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Vagrants Sent To Gaol

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 3

Two men were sent to gaol after they appeared in the Goulburn Court of Patty Sessions yesterday on charges of vagrancy. Benedict Deeney, one of the…

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Magistrate Warns Betting Offender

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

When Imposing a tine of £25 on Gordon Cameron Frost for starting price betting, the Magistrate, Mr. C. N. Finlay,…

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Two Months For Theft Of Newspaper

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

A railway official of Bethungra was sentenced to two months hard labour at Cootamundra Court of Petty Sessions…

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Children's Court

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

A 17-year-old youth appeared before Mr. Finley, S.M., In the Children's Court at Crookwell on Thursday last charged…

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Objection to Rental Assessment Over-ruled Magistrate Orders Further Increase

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

An objection lodged by Patrick Baxter to an assessment of fair rent made by the Clerk of the Fair Rent Board, Mr. C. J. McLaren, J.P., was over ruled by Mr. C. N…

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Grazier Committed for Trial on Assault Charge Plea of Not Guilty Entered

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 3

Pleading not guilty and reserving his defence, a district grazier, Charles Gavan O'Brien was committed to stand his trial before a judge and jury at the Goulburn Quarter…

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Man Arrested After Local Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 1

A quantity of chaff and wheat bags which were stolen from a local store on Tuesday night have been recovered and police…

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Plaintiff Made Judge Angry—cusack Dismsssed From Court Would Not Abide By Judge’s Directions

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 5

In the District Court at Yass yesterday the case John Joseph Cusack v. William George Dugan ended abruptly when Judge J. M. Brennan refused: to hear the plantiff further, and stood the case over…

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