Queanbeyan District Court. Thursday, April 6Th
Before his Honour Judge McFarland. His Honour took his seat at 10 a.m. The legal gentlemen present were Mr Backhouse, barrister, and Messrs J. T. Gannon, T. Parr, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1882
69 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4
Local News. Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday, April 11. Assault
BEFORE the police magistrate, Charles Tozer Smith was charged with assaulting JamesKeefe, from the evidence it appeared that, on the 8th instant defendant and complainant had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Queanbeyan Licensing Court
THE first sitting of the Licensing Court (under the new Licensing Act 1881) for the district of Queanbeyan was held at the Queanbeyan court house, on Wednesday last. Every innkeeper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Innocent. Convicted.—remarkable Story of a Murder
THE Vienna correspondent of the Daily News gives the following very remarkable instance of unjust sentence, caused by the verdict releven jurymen out of twelve…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan Small Debts Court. This Day.—may 2. BEFORE Messrs J. J. M. Wright and F. Campbell. MITCHELL V. KEALMAN
Plaintiff sworn, stated that he had entered into an agreement with defendant, for certain work and labour at the courthouse, Queanbeyan, for which, with certain extras, he claimed 7l.16s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wimbledon Murder. Conviction of Dr. Lamson
A MURDER—no longer a mystery—the Lamson case has at length, after seven days of patient hearing, come to an end and a felon's death now stares the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragedy at Launceston. Murder and Attempted Suicide
THE Launceston Examiner gives the following account of the murder of Ellen Snezwell by George Braxton, and the attempted suicide of the murderer during…
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AT the Central Oriminal Court on Wednesday (says the Echo) Mary Laye was brought up in custody, charged with having, at Sydney, on the 2nd day of March…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warden's Court
A WARDEN'S Court under the Mining Act of 1874, was held at Queanbeyan last Tuesday, before Mr. Aldcorn, Police Magistrate of Araluen, to hear the complaint of William Reid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The French Detective Police
THE French detectives pride themselves upon knowing the whereabouts of all those who prey upon their fellow-men; and as a proof of this they seldom fail…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder of a Black Gin by an Aboriginal
ON Friday night, or early on Saturday morning, a blackfellow-named—Wild Harry committed a dastardly crime at Weemabah by which a gin, named Kitty Brandy, lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local News and Notes. Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday, May 23Rd. Before Mr J. J. Wright and Mr F. Campbell
T. Gribble was charged with cruelty to animals by leaving a bullock two days without food or water and pleaded not guilty. Senior-sergeant Cornett deposed that on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault on a Schoolboy
A PECULIAR assault case was heard in the summons department of the Central Police Court on Friday last. Mattew Patk. Ryan teacher at Saint Bede's Roman Catholic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday, May, 30
BEFORE Messrs J. J. Wright, M. Byrne, and F. Campbell. HORSE-STEALING. Patrick Marshall, on remand, and John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News and Notes. Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday—june 6Th. Before Messrs. J. J. Wright, M. Byrno, F. Campbell, C.S. Greenfield, and E. K. Crace. Sunday Shooting
James Callagher was charged with unlawfully discharging firearms on Sunday, 21st of May last. Mr. Gannon defended the case, and pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan Police Court. Saturday, June 10Th. Before Mr J. J. Wright, J.P. HORSE-STEALING
John Blundell, in custody, was brought up for examination on a charge of stealing a grey mare, the property of John Morris Franklin of Brindabulla…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor. Religion and Police
MR. EDITOR,—Will you have the goodness to publish for me a few lines as a sequel to my letter which you were so good as to find room for in your issue of Friday, the 19th instant. I think that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Intelligence. Bungendore. at the Police Court, on Friday June 9, before Messrs 11.G. Powell and J.B. Burke, Js.P. Maliciously Destroying Trees
Patrick lawless was charged, on summons, with having on the 2nd instant, on the Gidleigh estate, wilfully and maliciously destroyed a tree, valued at 20s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News and Notes. Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday, June 13
BEFORE J. J. Wright, Esq., J.P. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Stewart Lee, for using obscene language in public place, was fined 30s and costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan Licensing Court. Wednesday, June 14Th
BEFORE Messrs Cunningham and G. F. De Salis, Licensing Magistrates. The following applications were entertained:—…
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