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

Courts & crime, 1953

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Queensland Murder ?

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE: Police have detained a man following the Disappearance of Bundaberg traveller, Oswald Arthur…

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Murder Inquiry: Child's Death

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 8

MIAMI, Friday: Russell Tongay, 36, has been ordered "held for investigation of murder" following the death of his…

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Abrupt Ending to Court Case Judge Dismisses Man From Court

Boorowa News · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 5

Well-known Yass resident, and former M.H.R., John Joseph Cusacki figured prom-inently in the news last week,…

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30 Mile Police Chase Two Men Charged Breaking & ENTERING

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 2

SMART work by Yass and Jugiong police on Thursday led to the arrest of two men who were later charged with…

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Police Supt. On Goulburn Youth

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 2

"The degree of larrikinism in Goulburn is no greater, and probably far less, than that obtaining in many other towns in New South Wales," the Superintendent of Goulburn Police, Mr. W. H. Johnson, told the members of…

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Court Case on Lease of “Mackville,” Gunning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 4

Before Judge J. M. Brennan in the District Court at Yass, .Vincent Benedict. Hallam claimed £500 damages from Reuben…

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Six Months For Stealing

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 7

A man who stole an overcoat was sentenced to six months gaol when he appeared before Mr. C. N…

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Theft Of 15/ Cost Him £10

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 3

A man who stole 15/ from his employer was fined £10 in the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday…

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Police Investigations Into Man's Death

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

Detectives are investigating the death of Tadeusz Rodkicki, 35, of Railway Avenue, Queanbeyan, yesterday…

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Human Bite Marks on Girl Baffle Manila Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

MANILA, Tuesday: A strange complaint by a gaoled 18-year girl that an "unseen Dracula" bit her, is baffling Manila police and authorities…

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Marulan Man Alleges Bullets Were Fired Court Case

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

Bullets, an axe and a stick were mentioned in a case heard in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, when a man was acquitted on a charge of assault alleged to have arisen out of a New Year's Eve party…

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Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 3

BELLINGEN, Tuesday:— Forty-three-year-old dairy farmer, Carl Perry, has been charged with the murder…

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Goulburn Man to Stand Trial Stealing Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 1

A Goulburn man, who was charged in the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday with stealing a quantity of chaff and wheat bags valued at £65, was committed for trial at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions on May 25…

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Police "Clean-up"

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 3

BUENOS AIRES, Tuesday: A total of 280 men and women have been arrested in connection with recent terrorist acts, the police…

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Gaol Term for African Women

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 3

EAST LONDON (Cape Province), Thursday: Four Africans, two of them women, were sentenced to six months hard labour…

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Wages - Hours Court Ruling

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE: The Full Arbitration Court to-day decided it had no jurisdiction to hear the completion of the hours and wages case. The action has been taken following Mr. Justice Foster's withdrawal from the case…

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Traffic Offenders Fined at Goulburn Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 2

A number offences against traffic regulations were heard in the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, and fines ranging from 10/- to £12 were imposed on offenders…

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£3000 Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 7

Thieves broke into a lock-up shop in Boorowa Road, Young, [?] of pew[?]lery on Tuesday night…

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Charges of Theft Against Goulburn Railwaymen

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

Police report that a number of Goulburn Railway employees have been charged with the removal, without permission, of property from Goulburn Railway yards. Stop Press…

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Appeal Against £15 Fine at Boorowa Court Driving Under The Influence Case

Boorowa News · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

At the Young Quarter Sessions last week an appeal by Firth McKella Manning again a £15 fine inflicted on…

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