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

Courts & crime, 1954

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Hotelkeepers Before Court

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 6

Two local hotelkeepers appeared before Mr. C. Avery, S.M., at the Crookwell Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday last, and, through their legal advisor, pleaded guilty to breaches…

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Heavy Court List

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 1

For the second successive sitting of the Crookwell Court of Petty Sessions the magistrate was…

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Remand Granted in False Pretences Case Magistrate Fixes Heavy Bail

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 1

A stranger to Crookwell, Michael Patrick Ryan, alias John James Thompson, was granted a remand to the Crookwell Court to be held on February 18 when he appeared in…

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Negligent Driving Charge Dismissed No Case To Answer, Says Magistrate

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 1

A charge of negligent driving brought against Roy Maxwell Mould was dismissed at the last sitting of the Crookwell Court of Petty Sessions after the Magistrate, Mr. Avery, S.M…

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Police Search for Man After Attack on Woman

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A young man, who, police think, moy be a European migrant, threatened to kill a young married woman at Engadine last night if she did not submit to his demands…

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Police Seek Local Bicycle Owners

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 2

Goulburn Police are trying to trace the owners of about 20 bicycles at present parked at the local police Station…

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What Police Must Do For Queen's Visit

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 2

Detectives have finished what must have, been their most boring, and probably most fruitless, investigation They have taken thousands of names of people who live and…

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Police Seek Local Accident Witnesses

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 1

Police are anxious to interview any witnesses of a serious accident near Goulburn Migrant Hostel on January 21…

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Yass Police Should See Queen

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 2

Sgt. M. Morrissey and Constable Meadth, of Yass Police, have been called up for duty during the Royal procession in Sydney…

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Gaol Remissions

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 8

The State Government will grant prisoners in New South Wales gaols remissions to mark the visit of Queen Elizabeth…

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Number Plates Seized By Police

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 5

A local car owner, Thomas O. Nicholson, Was fined £1 and court costs at the last sitting of the Crookwell Court by Mr…

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Court Action For Taxi Fares Fails

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 8

A court action brought by a taxi cab proprietor, Walter Ernest Howard, against Allan Clement…

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Local Police Assisted

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 3

Fifteen police from the Goulburn district assisted in the control of crowds and traffic at the Queen's…

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Tattersall's Court Case

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 3

The Tasmanian Supreme Court yesterday held that Tattersall's Lottery was free to move to Victoria…

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Police Inspector Dies on Duty

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Police Inspector Michael ("Mick") O'Neill, 55, of Phillip Street Division, collapsed…

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Graziers' Alarm at Police Threat on Trucks

Boorowa News · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 6

The Wagga branch of the Graziers' Association is alarmed about a threat by police to enforce the law…

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Shooting On Sundays Magistrate Says Law Should Be Reviewed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 1

Mr. Wm. Finlay, S.M., said at Young Court last week that, the law prohibiting the use of firearms on Sundays should be…

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Heavy Royal Tour Work for Police, Army, Ambulance

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Police, Army personnel and St. John's and other ambulance organisations have worked for periods up to 23 hours without a break since the Royal tour began last Wednesday…

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Argument, in Bulgarian, Had Court Sequel Gaol for New Australian

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 1

A- man's head had been slashed with a broken glass in a Braidwood Hotel during a violent argument—in Bulgarian—Goulburn Quarter Sessions was told yesterday. [?]…

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Charged With Conspiracy To Defraud U.S.

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.): The U.S. Justice Department to-day announced the indictment of…

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