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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1888

110 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 6

Queanbeyan Police Court. Thursday, February 9Th. Before Alderman Gale, M.P., J.P.

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 2

William Sherd, living at Bungendore who did not answer to the charge preferred against him by Constable Park on last Tuesday, for making use of obscene…

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Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday, February 14Th. Before Messrs. O. Willans and W. Price, J's.P. ASSAULT

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 2

Sarah Byrne, a young girl, summoned Mrs. Langan for assault. The dispute arose out of some strictures alleged to have been passed on the defendant's daughter…

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Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday, February 14Th. Bfore Messrs. O. Willans and W. Price, J’s.P. ASSAULT

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 2

Sarah Byrne, a young girl, summoned Mrs. Langan for assault. The dispute arose out of some strictures alleged to have been passed on the defendant’s daughter…

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Bungendore Police Court. Friday, 10Th February. Before J. M. Atkinson and N. Powell, Esqs., Js.P

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 2
Also in The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser

Patrick J. Donnelly was charked with using insulting language in a public place. The defendant pleaded guilty under provocation…

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Extraordinary Assault Case

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 22 February 1888 · page 3
Also in The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser

An assault case possessing some extraordinary and sensational, if not romantic features, was heard at the Parramatta Police Court on…

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Police Promotions

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 22 February 1888 · page 2
Also in The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser

WHEN urging the claims of Senior-Sergeant Cornett to promotion to Acting-sub- Inspector, Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, M.P., drew attention to the service of…

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Queanbeyan Police Court

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 2

A MAN named Thomas Griffith was arrested on Wednesday night [?] charge of being drunk and disorderly, and admitted to bail in the sum of £2. As he did not…

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Queanbeyan District Court. Wednesday, 2Nd Feb. Before His Honor Judge McFarland

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 2

The legal gentlemen in attendance were Messrs. Edward Bennett, R. Colonna Close, barristers, Messrs. E. E. Morgan, T. Parr, H. S. Gannon, J. Davidson…

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Theft and Forgery by a Lad

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 29 February 1888 · page 4
Also in The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser

Bombala,Thursday.—A peculiar came before the local bench yesterday. A lad named George Harris, about 15 years of age,…

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Queanbeyan Licensing Court

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 29 February 1888 · page 2
Also in The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser

YESTERDAY a meeting of the magistrates was held in the Courthouse at 11 o'clock, for the purpose of recommending to the Minister for Justice a successor to the…

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Local Intelligence. Queanbeyan Police Court. Wednesday, February 29. BEFORE his worship the Mayor. VAGRANCY

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 2

William Bruce was charged under the Vagrancy Act with having no lawful visible means of support. Constable W. Park stated that he…

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Queanbeyan News. (From the Age.) Queanbeyan Police Court. Wednesday, February 29. BEFORE his worship the Mayor. VAGRANCY

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 2

William Bruce was charged under the Vagrancy Act with having no lawful visible means of support. Constable W. Park stated that he…

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SKETCHES. Fifty Years at Court. Lord Lyons Half Century of Diplomatic Service

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 2

The retirement of Lord Lyons after fifty years of diplomatic service is the interesting subject discussed in every salon to-day Seldom does a man in public life, be he…

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Micalago. Police Court. Thursday, March 8,1888

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. A. Peden and R. Swan, J.’sP. POLICE V. WILLIAN BOWDEN. Trespassing on Crown Lands,…

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Local Intelligence. Bungendore Police Court. Alleged Incendiarism

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 2

AT the Police Court on Friday before C. A. Garrard Esq., J.P., the two men Augustus Hildred and George Brockway arrested last week on a charge of…

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