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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1883

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Local News and Notes. Queanbeyan Police Court. Friday, December 29

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 January 1883 · page 3

BEFORE Messrs J. J. Wright and O. Willans. TRESPASS ON COMMONS.Pomberton C. Palmor pleaded not guilty to an information charging him with having on…

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Murder of Professor Palmer and Party

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 January 1883 · page 4

THE following further information has been elicited during the investigation which is being conducted by Colonel Warren into circumstances of the murder of…

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Queanbeyan Police Court. Monday, January 22Nd

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 January 1883 · page 2

George Williamson was brought [?] charged with having stolen taupaulin, [?] J. J. Wright, Esq., J. P. [?] constable Michael Carroll, having…

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Local News and Notes. Queanbeyan Police Court. Thursday, Jan. 25

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 January 1883 · page 2

Before Messrs C. S. Greenfield and O. Willians. STEALING A DOG. James O'Brien was placed in the dock…

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"The Pounding of May." a Desperate Assault

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 February 1883 · page 3

ONE of the latest emanations from the brain of Mr. Alfred Tennyson is a drama entitled "The Promise of May,"; one of the latest incidents at the Central Police Court was the assault case…

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District Intelligence. Bungendore. Bungendore Police Court. Friday, 2Nd February, 1883

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 February 1883 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs H. G. Powell and J. B. Burke. Patrick Griffin summoned James Byrnes for unlawfully and illegally impounding thirteen head of cattle on the 28th December, 1882…

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District Intelligence. Bungendore. Bungendore Police Court. Wednesday, February 7Th

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 February 1883 · page 2

BEFORE W. F. Rutledge, Esq., J.P. James West, John Whelan, and Richard Coots, in custody, were charged with breaking a lamp the property of John McJannett…

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The Age Friday, February 9, 1883. Local News and Notes. Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions. Tuesday, February 6Th, 1883

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 February 1883 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. Byrne, Campbell, Osborne, and Crace, J's.P. TRESPASS ON COMMONS. Luke Colverwell pleaded not guilty to an…

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Braidwood Police Court. Monday, February 12, 1883

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 February 1883 · page 2

BEFORE J. W. Bunn and James Larmers Esqrs. STEALING CHEQUES. Charles Strudwick and Charles Helman, remanded on the charge of having stolen cheques,…

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Queanbeyan Police Court. Monday, February 26Th. Before Messrs J. J. Wright and O Willians. Robbery From a Dwelling

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 February 1883 · page 2

Charles Helman, Stewart Lee, and Randal Schefield were brought up charged with having on the 14th Oct., 1881 stoled from the dwelling house of Mr. A. W. Gabriel, jewellery,…

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Local News and Notes. Queanbeyan District Court. Friday, February 23Rd, 1883. BEFORE his Honour Mr. District Court Judge McFARLAND. Church Fined

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 February 1883 · page 2

Joseph Bolton was fined 20s for absence as a juryman, but subsequently remitted on Mr. Bolton appearing in court. Several cases were settled out of court…

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Local News and Notes. Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday, February 27Th. Before Messrs Wright and Willans. INCENDIARISM

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 March 1883 · page 2

Peter Orr and John Egan (in custody on remand) were brought up for further examination on a charge of wilfully and maliclously setting fire to a shed and quality of hay at Micalago…

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Local News and Notes. Queanbeyan Small Debts Court. Tuesday, March 6Th

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1883 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs Byrne and Craco. The following cases were adjudicated on. BRICK V. W. BLEWITT. No appearance of defendant. Verdict for…

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Local News and Notes. Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday, March 27

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 March 1883 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. O. Willians, J.P. Two [?]boriginals, (a boy and girl) named Te[?] and Mullah, were brought before the bench charged with stealing two blankets and one coat…

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Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday, April 3. BEFORE Messrs O. Willans and E. K. Crace. Sureties of the Peace

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 April 1883 · page 2

Andrew Anderson pleaded not guilty to an information filed by Henry C. Antill, charging defendant with having, on the 28th March last, at Jingern, used threatening language…

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Local News and Notes. Queanbeyan Small Debts Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 April 1883 · page 2

THE only case on the cause list for Tuesday last was settled out of court…

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Local News and Notes. Queanbeyan Licensing Court. Wednesday, April 11Th, 1883. BEFORE O. Willans Esq., Licensing Magistrate, and W. F. Rutledge Esq., member of the court. Permitting Gambling in a Licensed House

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 April 1883 · page 2

Charles Scott, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Queanbeyan, was charged with having permitted an unlawful game, to wit, "shake in the hat," to take place in his licensed house,…

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Local News and Notes. Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday, April 17Th

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 April 1883 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs O. Williams, G. Fane De Salis M.P., and Dr. Richardson. There were three or four cases of prosecution of parents under the Public Instruction…

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Attempted Murder and Subsequent Suicide

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 April 1883 · page 2

A TRAGEDY of a somewhat sensational character occurred in the suburb of Waterloo last Tuesday night. At about half-past 8 o'clock, a man named, John Bennett, by trade a ropemaker,…

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Wednesday, April 18. Wounding with Intent to Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 April 1883 · page 2

George Jones Vosper was charged with having at Goulburn on the 8th October last, attempted to murder his wife, Laura Mary Vosper. The evidence in this case has already been…

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