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

Courts & crime, 1954

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Charge After Train Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 3

A 24-year-old mans was charged with the murder of Olaf Perkman at the week-end after a week of intensive…

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Attempted Theft Of, Garage Owner’s Car

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

Last night an attempt was made to illegally use Mr. Gordon Reed’s car. Mr. Reed lives in Adele Street…

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Three Men Charged Attempted To Break into Mercer’s Shop

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

Three men were charged at Yass Police Court on Friday with breaking and entering with intent to steal from a morcar[?] shop in…

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Police Guard for Test Cricket in Indies

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 8

GEORGETOWN, Monday (A.A.P): A police riot squad will stand by, and police strength will be doubled, when play is resumed later to-day in the Third Test between England and the West Indies…

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£4000 Theft in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Jewellery and a mink coat worth a total value of nearly £4000 were stolen from a Double…

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Jockey Fined For Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 6

A 20-year-old apprentice jockey was fined in Goulburn Police Court yesterday for stealing a woman's…

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Murder Case in Scotland

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: George Alexander Robertson, 40, was charged in Edinburgh Court yesterday with murder…

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Man Remanded For Attempted Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 1

A man on two charges of attempted murder was remanded in Goulburn Police Court yesterday to appear at…

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Thirty Killed in Riots Police Chief Dead

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 1

KHARTOUM, Tuesday: Death roll in the Khartoum riots rose last night to 30, and includes the British Commandant of the Khartoum Police, Colonel Harold McGuigan, who died from stab…

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Farmer Takes Action Against Grandson Contempt of Court Threat

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 2

In Goulburn Tenancy Court yesterday afternoon a 77-year-old farmer took ejectment proceedings against his grandson. The farmer—Charles Francis…

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Traffic Cases At Local Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 3

Six motorists were fined. in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions on Monday afternoon for speeding…

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Woman In Court Puzzles S.M.

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 1

First appearance of a young woman solicitor in Goulburn Court yesterday caused a slight misunderstanding with the…

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£2000 Theft in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Daring thieves this morning stole more than £2000 worth of watches, rings and money…

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Two Men Committed for Trial Car Stealing Charge

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 8

Lawrence Le Fevre and Robert Geoffrey Hogg, both of Primbee, Victoria, were committed for trial at Yass Quarter Sessions on…

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Theft Of Bottled Milk Is New Local Racket

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

Thieves have started a rocket of stealing bottled milk in Goulburn. They have stolen milk from boxes at the back of several…

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Police Booked Many Transport Drivers Only One Conviction

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 4

Although many transport drivers had been breached for traffic offences during the last few months by Yass police very little…

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Poison Case in Gaol: Terror Wave in Sicily

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 3

PALERMO (Sicily), Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter): The dreaded Mafia struck through prison bars yesterday to kill another. ex-member of the bond led by dead Sicilian bandit king, Salvat de Giuliano…

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Supreme Court Case

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

In the Supreme Court case Ford and another versus the nominal defendant, heard in Goulburn this week, Mr. J…

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Cooma Court Case

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

After a retirement of three hours a Quarter Sessions jury at Cooma failed to agree in the case in which Victor James Snudden…

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Stealing Charge

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 4

Bill Christopher Nicies, 24, a Greek, was remanded at Yass Police Court on Thursday till March 11 on a charge of stealing…

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