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

Courts & crime, 1954

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Police Seek Perverts

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: C.I.B. detectives are investigating complaints that a number of perverts are terrorising Sydney models…

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Another Animal Shot Police Investigating

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 2

A second incident in which an animal grazing on a street in North Yass has been shot and died occurred on Tuesday…

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Court Dog Fight Over "Mitzi"

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Friday Three women went to Blackpool Court yesterday to decide whether a poodle named Mitzi should…

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Local Youth Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 1

An 18-year-old Goulburn labourer was charged at Goulburn Police Court on Friday with stealing a cheque and…

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Natives Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 6

PORT MORSEBY, Tuesday: Seven Telefomin natives appeared in the lower court at Wewak yesterday on charges of…

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Lease of Police Paddock

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 7

Fresh tenders arc to be called for the grazing rights to the area of land controlled by Council and known as the police…

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Stoker Court-martialled

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 3

CAPETOWN, Wednesday: Stoker-mechanic Peter Lochlon, 24, was found guilty at a court martial yesterday on three…

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Dramatic Moves in Spy Case : Russian Woman Set Free Police, Reds in Struggle at Darwin Aerodrome

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 1

DARWIN, Tuesday: Mrs. Evdokiva Petrov, wife of Russian diplomat, Vladimir Petrov, decided to stay in Australia this morning. She was rescued from two Russian couriers, who were taking her to Moscow, by armed Darwin police and security officers…

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Film Stars in Court Cases

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 1

HOLLYWOOD: Two film stars, accusing their husbands of mental cruelty, filled divorce suits in Hollywood yesterday as a…

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Yass Carrier Cleared in Missing Bricks Case Canberra Police Had No Evidence To Offer Against Robertson

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 1

REX ROBERTSON, 27, carrier of Polding Street, Yass, was yesterday cleared in the Canberra missing bricks case. When Robertson appeared…

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Police Affiliation

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 3

The State Labour Council last night granted immediate affiliation to the N.S.W. Police Association. Mr. J. Kenny, M.L.O.,…

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Mounted Police on Duty

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 3

Mounted police yesterday controlled lunch-time crowds at pedestrian crossings in Sydney streets. Police said after that the…

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N.r.m.a. Praise for N.s.w. Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 8

There is no cause to criticilse motorists in general on their behaviour during the Royal visit, in the opinion of the N.R…

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Street Betting Two Men Charged

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

On Saturday two yass men were arrested and charged with street betting. George Grills was charged with…

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Puzzling Poison Case For Sydney Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY; Tuesday: C.I.B. poison experts, are investigating the mysterious illness of three members of a Sydney family in recent weeks. Victims are an 80-year-old…

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Stranger on Theft Charge

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 1

A seasonal worker, who is a stranger to Crookwell and hails from Victoria, was sentenced to one month's…

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Stock and Station Agents Before Court Breach of Pastures Protection Act

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 5

Representatives of three Stock and Station Agencies were cited before the Crookwell Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday last for breaches of the Pastures Protection Act…

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£106 Stolen and Recovered All-Night Search By Yass Police

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 2

Yass Police arrested two men under the Hume Bridge Yass, early yesterday morning and charged them with…

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Desperate For Work; No Food For Four Days Two Men Charged With Bowning Theft

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 4

Two men charged with theft said they had not eaten for four days and had been unable to get any employment, although they were desperate for work, according to police evidence at the Yass Court of…

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Police Cadet Dies

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: An 18-year-old police cadet ,,died last night folowing a motor cycle accident…

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