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

Courts & crime, 1955

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Sheep Stealing Cost £100,000 a Year Sheep stealing is costing N.S.W. graziers more than £100,000 a year

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 25 July 1955 · page 4

The chairman of the meat section of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union, Mr. 3. Bennett, of Blayney, said this last week…

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Transport Driver Charged After Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 August 1955 · page 3

Following an accident at Pearce’s bridge on the Hume Highway about 4.30 this morning, the driver of a transport, Raymond…

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Gallantry of Police Sgt. and Constable

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 August 1955 · page 1

There has been lot of criticism levelled [?] the N.S.W. Police Force in postwar years— much of it, [?] politically inspired . In any case the criticism applies to only the small percentage which is probably the case in other big…

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School Boy Drowned in Yass River Intensive Search for 1½ Hours by Police and Volunteers to Find Body

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 August 1955 · page 1

KENNETH LLOYD, 8, WAS DROWNED ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE COVE OF CHINAMAN’S CREEK WHERE IT EMPTIES INTO THE YASS RIVER 200 YARDS UPSTREAM FROM…

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Charged With Driving Under Influence

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 22 August 1955 · page 3

Milton James Smith, Yass, was arrested at Bowning on Saturday and charged with driving under the influence and unlicensed…

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Police at Drowning Tragedy

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 22 August 1955 · page 2

Sgt. M. Morrissey was in charge of the Police who worked so strenuously on Tuesday afternoon in an effort to save the life of…

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Farewell To Gunning Police Officer

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 August 1955 · page 4

A police officer who kept things on an even keel and was first on the scene at accidents at all hours of the night was given a…

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Indecent Assault 12 Months’ Sentence

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 August 1955 · page 4

A resident of Oak Hill, North Yass, was sentenced to 12 months hard labour for indecently assaulting his sister-in-law a girl…

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Youth Fined £10 for Shop Theft

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 8

A 19-year-old Goulburn youth who works in Yass, was fined £10 in the Goulburn Court of Petty Session on Monday on a shop…

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Council’s Appreciation Of Yass Police

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 2

The Commissioner for Police will be advised of the Yass Municipal Council’s appreciation of the efforts of Sgt. L. D. Lang and…

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Accidental Drowning Parents Thank Police and Public

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 7

Mr. J. J. Russell, District Coroner, who found that Kenneth Lloyd was accidentally drowned in Chainman’s Creek on August…

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Semi-trailer, Truck, Two Cars and Caravan in Accident Yass Police Vehicle Damaged

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 2

In a motor mix-up near the Gunning Gap on Hume Highway, nine miles from Yass, on Tuesday afternoon a Yass police car was damaged extensively. The damage was done when the…

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Magistrate Says No Power to Grant Bonds

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 September 1955 · page 4

A Magistrate at Cootamundra Court of Petty Sessions said he did not have power to grant bonds in…

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Charged With Driving Under Influence

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 26 September 1955 · page 2

Robert Richard Walker, “Kirawin,” Yass, was charged at Yass Police Court on Saturday morning with…

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Theft at Kindergarten Mrs. E. Johnstone Badly Shocked

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 26 September 1955 · page 2

Mrs. Ted Johnstone suffered shock and had a sleepless night after her purse containing…

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Daring Theft

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 September 1955 · page 2

SCENE of last week’s most audacious postwar theft in Yass—the doorway and steps into the Yass and district…

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Yass Police at Half Strength

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 September 1955 · page 7

It is to be hoped Yass does not have a crime wave in the next day or so, as Yass Police will be at half strength…

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Charged With Assaulting Police

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 10 October 1955 · page 3

As the result of an alleged disturbance in the Commercial Hotel on Saturday, a man was arrested and charged with…

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TENNIS Night Court Ready

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 10 October 1955 · page 3

The second night court at St. Augustine’s Tennis Club is, ready for play. Bookings may be made with Mr. Ray Boyd,…

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Police Officer Injured In Cycle Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 10 October 1955 · page 1

When the motor cycle he was riding skidded on the wet surface of the road Constable Terry Creagh, of Yass Police,…

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