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

Courts & crime, 1954

612 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 31

Foolproof Machine Told A Lie About Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 3

SANTA MONICA (California), Thursday: Officials are a little sceptical about the reliability of a "foolproof" test for drunks following an experiment conducted on Tuesday. Representatives of the Courts, the District Attorney's…

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News in Brief Inquiry Into Police Urged

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 3

The Sate Opposition Leader, Mr. Treatt, demanded last night that the Government set up a Royal Commission to inquire…

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Baby Found In Hat Box: Police Search For Mother

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: C.I.B. detectives are intensifying their check of hospitals, maternity homes, doctors and nurses in their attempt to locate the mother of a dead baby which was found in a hat box in a creek at Mascot…

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Train Murder: Local Probe

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 1

Sydney C.I.B. men to-day appealed to people who were at Goulburn Railway Station when the South-West Mail stopped here on Saturday morning to contact local police or the C.I.B…

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Court Case Re-listed

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 2

A man charged with driving under the influence was in hospital suffering from pneumonia, Goulburn Police Court…

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Police Guard For Sen. McCarthy

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday: Senator Joseph McCarthy arrived in Philadelphia yesterday to receive a Good…

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Man with Gun Seen at Local Station Clue In South West Train Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 1

C.I.B. and Goulburn detectives have discovered what may be a vital lead in the murder of Olaf Perkman. Perkman, a 40-year-old agricultural scientist, working with…

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Gaol Escapee Recaptured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 1

A dangerous criminal who was seen at Goulburn at the week-end was recaptured by police in Sydney early this…

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"Tin Trunk" Murder Hearing Continues

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 3

LONDON Wednesday: A detective told the Assize Court at Chelmsford, Essex, yesterday, that he found the strangled…

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South West Train Murder Case

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 1

C.I.B. and aRilway detectives investigating the murder of Olaf Perkman extended their inquires to…

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Court Sequel To Brawl In Hotel

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 5

A fight between two men in the bar of the Criterion Hotel on January 22 last had its sequel in the local Court of Petty…

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Young Man Heavily Fined on Two Counts Assaulted Police Sergeant

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 1

A young man who is a native of Crookwell but who has been absent from the town for some considerable time was fined on two charges by Mr. Finlay, S.M., on Thursday last…

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Police Search Railway Line Near Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 1

Police in the railway murder hunt to-day concentrated Investigations on the stretch of line between Goulburn…

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Police Search For Migrant Cootamundra Clue On Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 1

Detectives have uncovered an important new lead in their investigations into the murder of Olaf Perkman. Perkman a 40 year old agricultural scientist was shot dead…

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New Move in S.w. Mail Murder

Boorowa News · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 2

C.I.B. men and a railway detective investigating the murder of Olaf Perkman, 40, left Goulburn during the…

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Court End to "Ideal"

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 1

VIENNA, Friday: A man who claimed to be Hitler's illegitimate son has been given a two-year sentence for fraud,…

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Wife Died After A Fit Of Tantrums: Murder Acquittal

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: A former Army Sergeant who tied a stocking round the neck of his wife, then put her body…

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Calwell On Court Wages Decision

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday: The Reputy Leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament, Mr. A. A. Colwell, said to-day the Arbitration Court's decision in the metal trades award margins case would cause great disappointment…

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T.v. Aids U.s. Police Force

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 3

With the help of television and an alert citizenry, Los Angeles is rounding up wanted criminals, says Frank J. Taylor…

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Sequel To Car Collision At Street Intersection Taxi Cab Man Convicted At Boorowa Court

Boorowa News · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 4

"All I can say is that I have never heard a weaker defence of this kind. It was an intersection, and the defendant did not look to the right."…

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