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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1876

84 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 5

Police Court. WEDNESDAY—Before the P.M. Drunk and Disorderly

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 4 March 1876 · page 2

John Clarke, convicted of drunkenness, was fined 5s, and for riotous behaviour whilst in the lockup a similar amount. The fines were paid to avoid…

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Police Court. Before the P.M., and Messrs A. Cunningham, A. Morton, M. Byrne, and J. Badgery. Absconding from Hired Service

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 8 March 1876 · page 2

James O'Connor, was charged with absenting himself from the hired service of Augustus Gibbes. Mr Parr, for complainant, stated the…

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Small Debts Court. TUESDAY.—Before the P.M., and Messrs A. Cunningham, A. Morton, M. Byrne, and A. Badgery. W. Matthieson v. John Evetts

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 8 March 1876 · page 2

Claim for L2 for goods sold and delivered. Defendant had filed a set off for 16s and paid 24s into court. Plaintiff's claim was for delivery of…

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Police Court

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 11 March 1876 · page 2

FRIDAY.—Before the Police Magistrate James Brogan was brought up incustody charged with being drunk and disorderly on the previous day. He…

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The Murder at Emu Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 11 March 1876 · page 3

ON last Thursday night (says the Courier of the 7th of March) a young man—well known in Yass, having served his apprenticeship as…

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Police Court. TUESDAY.—Before the Police Magistrate and Mr Cartwright. Stone-throwing

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 15 March 1876 · page 2

Two little boys, William Barnes and George Eglington, were fined each one shilling and costs of court for throwing stones. The defendants were the same…

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Quarter Sessions and District Court

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 15 March 1876 · page 2

The Queanbeyan court of general quarter sessions begins to-morrow at 10 a.m. The following cases are for trial:—…

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Appalling Murder at Werris Creek

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 18 March 1876 · page 3

THE Tamworth News publishes the following particulars relative to the murder reported by telegraph in our Wednesday's issue:—…

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Queanbeyan District Court. FRIDAY, March 17TH

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 18 March 1876 · page 2

BEFORE Mr District Court Judge McFarland. The following cases were disposed of—other cases on the cause list being…

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A Doctor Charged with Manslaughter

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 22 March 1876 · page 3

AN inquest was held on the 12th and 13th instant, at Three-mile, near Young, before Mr R. B. Armstrong, coroner, respecting the death…

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Forage Contracts for Police

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 25 March 1876 · page 2

The following tenders for supply o, forage to police at the stations named, from 1st April, 1876, to 31st March 1877, have been accepted, viz.,—…

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Police Court. Tuesday—Before the Police Magistrate and Mr A. Cunningham

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 April 1876 · page 2

James Geary was brought up in custody, on remand from Wednesday last, on a charge of stealing a gold watch and chain from one Thomas Dutton…

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Court of Requests

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 April 1876 · page 2

Tuesday—Before the Police Magistrate Cronin v. Donoghue.—Plaintiff sued for a sum due for the services of a horse. Defendant's father having on…

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A Strange Murder in Queensland. Questionable Emigrants

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 April 1876 · page 3

At the Maryborough (Queensland) Police Court on the 24th March. Alexander Rixson was charged with the wilful murder of his wife to whom…

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Police Court. Committal for Stealing from a Dwelling

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 2

The following is the evidence in full taken before the police magistrate on Tuesday against James Geary, who was then brought up for further…

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Central Police Court Cells

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 3

A YOUNG man who recently had to spend twenty-six hours in the Central Police Court cells, in George-street, gives the following…

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FRIDAY—APRIL 7. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Garden Robbery

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 2

Isaac Royal, a lad apparently about 15 years of age, was charged with stealing grapes, the property of Johnson Bell, from the garden of Mr J. J…

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Terrible Vengeance for a Husband's Murder. Cinoinnati, Jan. 23, 1876

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 4

A SPECIAL to the Gazette says:—Edward Williams, who, with Mrs Meeling, was arrested for the mur of the latter's husband, was taken…

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Wife-Murder near Tamworth. Sentence of Death

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 19 April 1876 · page 2

NOW that the Circuit Courts are often in the provincial districts, the local papers for the most part are filled with accounts of trials, which show the…

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The Recent Murder in Queensland—Strange Apparition

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 19 April 1876 · page 2

The Maryborough correspondent of the Brisbane Telegraph, writing on the 24th ult., says:—"The night after the enquiry as to the sudden death…

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