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

Courts & crime, 1954

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Sydney Shops Closed By Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: State Cabinet may discuss police action in closing shops at King's Cross yesterday, the Chief…

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New Year's Eve Court Sequel

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 1

A man pleaded guilty in Goulburn Police Court yesterday to a charge of driving under the influence on New Year's Eve. He also pleaded guilty to…

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Theft Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A. A.P.-Reuter): Secret agents yesterday arrested, a well-dressed nergo and his wife after…

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Man Fined £50 for Stealing Cattle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 3

YOUNG: A Captain's Flat man was fined a total of £50 in Young Court of Petty Sessions after pleading guilty to two cattle stealing charges. The man—Victor Charles…

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Wollongong Man Charged with Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 3

PARKES, Thursday: A man who was shot six times in the bar of a Parkes hotel yesterday died early…

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Gaol Stabbing

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 6

BATHURST, Wednesday: A man in Bathurst gaol to-day stabbed a fellow prisoner with a boot knife The wounded man,…

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Shooting Sensation At Temora Two Women In Hospital: Man Charged

Boorowa News · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 1

Following an intense manhunt last Tuesday night by 30 armed police and more than 100 civilians, a man was arrested at Temora on Wednesday…

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Bumped Police Cycle String Of Charges To Follow

Boorowa News · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 1

Apart from driving without a licence, a motorist, on Christmas Eve, was tactless enough to "nudge" a police motor cycle in Harden. NGAIRE THOMPSON plays the part of Jenny Roberts in the serial "Blue Hills", which is broadcast Mondays to…

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Repairs to Boorowa Court House Tenders To Be Called

Boorowa News · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 1

The Minister for Justice proposes to call tenders for the replacement of the existing roof and guttering of the…

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Sydney Murder Theory Discounted by Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Police have discounted an original murder theory, and now believe that a wealthy 9O-yean old woman, whose body was found in her Kirribilli flat to-day died of a heart attack…

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Magistrate Revokes Bond

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

In Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. C. Avery, S.M., revoked the bond of a 47-year-old man…

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Gaol Sentence for Local Man

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 1

A local man was sentenced to six months' hard labour in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for illegally using a motor car. He is Maurice Podmore, of 34…

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Youths on Charge Smallgoods Shop Theft

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 1

On December 23 the smallgoods shop of Mr. A. McRae-Oldham was broken into and £12 of sweets, cigarettes and cakes…

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Gaol Sentences for Two Men

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

In Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday Mr. W. C. Avery, S.M., told two men charged with stealing a suitcase from a Sydney-bound train that they were a menace to the community…

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Police Report Highly Satisfactory Year

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

The local police report a very satisfactory year with a most pleasing drop in the number of offences and also…

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Racehorses As Court Exhibits

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday (A. A.P.-Reuter): Two race horses were the chief exhibits yesterday when the…

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French Murder Move

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 8

(A.A.P.-Reuter): Gaston Dominici, the 77-year-old farmer charged last year with the murder of the Drummond family,…

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Charged With Bigamy Man Arrested In Yass On Christmas Day

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 4

William George Martin, alias Sylvester, appears at Yass Court today on a charge of alleged bigamy Martin who is 38 and was…

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Fatal Shooting Of Judge In Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Judge Allison Wade, of Warren County; Pennsylvania, was shot to death in court yesterday by a man cited for non-support payments to his wife. The man, Norman Moon, escaped and fled in a car, but…

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Boorowa Police Court Wednesdoy's Sitting

Boorowa News · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 2

Mr. W. Finlay S.M. presided at the Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday. Owing to a heavy morning Court list at…

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