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

Courts & crime, 1954

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Siam's Order to Armed Forces, Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 3

HANOI, Wednesday: Siam's National Council has ordered a large part of the That armed forces and police to be…

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Former Local Postal Clerk Fined £30 On Three Theft Charges

Boorowa News · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

Brian Dunn, a former postal Clerk, of Boorowa, was fined £10 on each of three charges of misappropriation and stealing when he pleaded guilty to the charges before Mr. Wm. finlay. S.M., of Wednesday night's Boorowa…

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Police Chase at 70 M.p.h

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: A police guard was placed over a man at St. Vincent's Hospital after he was pulled from a wrecked car…

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Suspensions of Police Urged Inverell Allegations

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Dr. J. Parr, M.L.A. for Burwood, to-day demanded the immediate suspension of Police Commissioner Delaney and other officers involved in the alleged bashing of an Inverell carpenter in 1948…

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Adjourned Court Cases

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 2

Mr. C. N. Finlay, S.M., in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions, adjourned two cases until May 28…

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Cabinet Discusses Charge Against Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A special meeting to-day discussed a proposal to widen the terms of reference of the Studley Ruxton Royal Commission…

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U.s. Court Order on Colour Bar

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday: The U.S. Supreme Court to-day ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional…

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Armed Police at Canberra

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday: Armed Security Police are guarding the three Petrov Royal Commissioners as they examine…

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Local Police Join Search For Driver

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 3

Goulburn police are co-operating in the State-wide search for the alleged hitrun driver whose car struck…

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Tully "Disturbed" At Cabinet Action Allegations Against Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 1

Mr. L. J. Tully, M.L.A., said in Goulburn to-day that he was "very disturbed" at the report that State Cabinet had decided not to hold an inquiry into allegations by an Inverell solicitor regarding the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Delaney…

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Traffic Offenders Incur Fines At Local Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 2

Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions was told on Monday that a man had travelled at 62 m.p.h. through a…

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Illegally Used His Brother's Car Youth Before Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 3

Mr. C. M. Finlay, S.M., refused, in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, to dismiss a charge of illegal use of a motor vehicle against an 18-year-old youth who used his brother's car without consent…

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Coroner Says Drink Big Factor In Two Suicides Court Told of Heavy Drinking Bouts

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 5

Before returning a verdict of suicide following his inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Arthur Samuel Pagett at "Bonnie View," Binda, the District Coroner…

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Sheahan's Move On Police Stir No Reply to Tully

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: State Attorney-General, Mr. Sheahan, to-day invited the Sydney Daily Telegraph to make available, the original declarations of two men who had made allegations of police bashings at inverell…

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Federal Election Campaign Govt. Charged with Repudiating Pledges Labour Will Restore Stable Economy Says Member For Hume

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 3

Mr. Arthur Fuller, Labour Member for Hume, delivered his policy speech in Yass on Saturday morning through amplifiers on the Royal Hotel balcony. In a vigorous address, he stated that of the two grounds on…

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£1200 Vic. Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: Police have begun a wide search for three masked men who stole £1200 worth of watches and…

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Local Police Join Search for Italian Three Men Stabbed

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

Goulburn police were to-day alerted by Police Head-quarters to watch for an Italian migrant who attempted to murder three men in Sydney last night. The migrant is aged 19 and,…

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Theft From Scout Hall

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 1

Thieves broke into the Scout Hall at the corner of Bourke and Addison Streets on Saturday night…

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Bankruptcy Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 6

Mrs. Kathleen Ryan (formerly Kate Leigh) has debts totalling £7130 and assets of 1960. A statement of her affairs filed in…

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Went To Police To Lodge Complaint—Arrested

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 1

Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions was told yesterday a man had been arrested for driving under the influence when he went to the local police station to lodge a complaint. The man is Trevor J…

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