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

Courts & crime, 1954

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Youths Search for Beer Ends in Local Court Fines

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 6

Four youths who went to the railway marshalling. yards in search of liquor on Sunday night were fined £30 each in Goulburn Police Court yesterday for trespassing. [?]…

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Theft From P.d.s

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 1

The Clifford Street premises of Producers Co-operative Distributing Society was entered. on Monday night and a quantity…

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Six Years' Gaol For Offences

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 3

A 22-year-old labourer spent most of his spare time reading comics and murder and cowboy stories,…

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Melbourne Police Warning

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 7

The police gave warning yesterday that anyone seen throwing anything-flowers, flags or a hat-at the Royal car during…

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Shooting On Sundays Is Not Serious, Says Magistrate: Act Should Be Reviewed

Boorowa News · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 3

Boorowa Court of Petty Sessions Magistrate, Mr. W. Finlay, claims that the law prohibiting the use of firearms on Sunday should be reviewed…

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Local Graziers in Court Case

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 2

After a hearing lasting two days, Judge Brennan in Goulburn District Court yesterday afternoon transferred to Sydney a case involving two well-known district graziers…

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Braidwood Police Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 8

BRAIDWOOD: A fine of £10, with costs 12/-, was imposed on Donald Ernest Spriggs at Braidwood Police…

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Police Appeals

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 7

The Crown Employees Appeals Board to-day began hearing appeals by police sergeants K. J. Harvey and A. V. Humphris…

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District Court Case

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 8

Mr. D. G. McGregor, instructed by J. B. and L. A. Mullen, appeared for Norman Lacey in a District Court case…

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Police Charge Follows Car Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 3

Following a motor accident on the Hume Highway yesterday about 12 miles from Yass, two men were charged with being in…

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Hearing of Police Appeals Begins

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: The Crown Employees Appeals Board will begin hearing appeals by two police sergeants to-day against…

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Gaol Escapees

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Two young convicts at Bendigo Gaol sawed through their cell bars early to-day and escaped in a…

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£400 Sydney Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A safe containing about £400 was stolen last night from the premises of the Bag and Jute Co.,…

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Carpenter Fined £40 For Stealing Timber Married Under False Name

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 5

A carpenter, who yesterday afternoon was fined £40 in Goulburn Police Court for stealing was immediately charged with being married under a false name. He was Frederick John…

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Accused Of Master-Minding A Murder School

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday: A Brooklyn butcher, accused of master-minding a teenage "murder school," has…

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Engine "Blew Up": Court Claim

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 5

A transport driver told Goulburn District Court on Friday that an engine installed in his semi-trailer by a Yass garage had "blown-up." The driver—Howard James…

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Pistol Shot Closes Chesney's Life and Double Murder Case

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: A pistol shot in a secluded wood near Cologne, Germany, yesterday put an end to the violent life of New Zealand born Ronald John Chesney, 45, big-time international crook and smuggler, and virtually closed a case of double murder in an Ealing, London, old folks' home…

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Yass Police On Duly In Canberra

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 8

Two members of Yass Police Traffic Constables T. Creagh and W. Louis, were on duty between Yass and Canberra and around…

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Boorowa Police Court Sitting Next

Boorowa News · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 2

The next sitting of the Boorowa Police Court will be held next Wednesday when a large number of cases will be…

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McCarthy claims he'll gaol "most" Reds

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 3

Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed…

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