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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 9 of 31

Police Deputation

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 8

A deputation yesterday protested to the Premier, Mr. Cahill, against newspaper attacks car the police force. Mr. Cahill said…

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Demand for Police Inquiry

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: State Opposition Leader, Mr. Treatt, will move in State Parliament to-day for a…

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Court Action Threatened

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 3

A Federal Conciliation Commissioner yesterday said he would recommend action against bus, employees unless they ended…

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Police Blitz on Speedsters Four Drivers Before Court

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 1

As a result of a blitz by visiting traffic police against speeding motorists, four men appeared before Mr. Curry, S.M., in the Crookwell Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday last…

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Kidnapping Case: Man Charged

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Police this morning charged a man with complicity in the attempted kidnapping of Kingsford racehorse trainer, Sid Lawrence, from his home last night…

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Cross Action For Assault Settled

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 1

A cross action for assault between two local parties was settled in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions on…

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Local Constable Recgonised Man Wanted For Theft

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 3

The alertness of a local police constable resulted in the appreheisloi of a man wanted since last June for…

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Local Application To Sell Home Granted By Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 1

An application by a local man to sell a house owned by him in George Street was granted in Goulburn Court…

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Qld. Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

ERISBANE, Thursday: Police invest gating the murder of a wealthy Mt. Morgan now agent on Monday are now searching…

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Twelve Months' Gaol For Lord Montagu

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: An all-male jury in Hampshire Assizes yesterday returned Verdicts which led to 27-year old Lord Montagu and two other men being sent to gaol for homosexual offences With two R.A.F. servicemen…

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Collision Led to Stealing Charge Twelve Months’ Sentence

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 3

Because they were involved in a collision about 13 miles from Yass two men were charged with stealing, in Yass Quarter Sessions…

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Promotions For Three Yass Police

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 6

The Police Department has notified that Constables W. G. Gay, P. J. Meadth and G. W. Louis, of Yass Police, have been…

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Court Packed For Studley-Ruxton Case Today

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Number of spectators it to-day's session of the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission…

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Man Charged: Attempted Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 1

At Goulburn Court this morning, a 38-year-old former Captain's Flat resident was charged with…

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Court Changes Site

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday: The fiveday-old Studley Ruxton Royal Commission shifted from Queen's Square to Darlinghurst Courts…

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97,400 Bricks Missing From Canberra Yass Carrier Charged on 2 Counts of Receiving

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 2

Rex Glencoe Robertson, 29, carrier, Polding street, Yass, was charged in the Canberra Court of Petty Sessions this morning on two counts of receiving bricks, knowing them to have been stolen. He was released…

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Ex-Goulburn Man As Magistrate

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 1

Mr. N. Fegan, Stipendiary Magistrate at Glen Innes, is relieving Mr. H. L. Curry, S.M., in the Goulburn district this week…

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No Bail: Attempted Murder Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 1

In Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. N. Fegan, S.M., refused bail for a man charged with the attempted murder of his sister-in-law. He is John Baden Bradley, of…

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Car Theft in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 1

Police believe thieves abandoned a stolen West Australian utility at Goulburn last night and stole…

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Clue on Qld. Murder

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday: Police have detained a 19-year-old youth for questioning during their investigation into the…

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