Licensing Court
THE quarterly licensing court sat on Wednesday. Dr. Richardson and Mr. Beatty presided. Application was made by Mr. Garraway,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1897
263 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 11 of 14
Local News. Police Court. Wednesday, October 6Th. (Before Messrs. Wright, Gale, Webb, and Dr. Richardson. Unlawfully Cutting Timber
T. McGiath, a road employee, engaged on a road contract near Hall, appeared to answer a summons charging him with unlawfully cutting timber for removal from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Serious Charge. Alleged Assault at Nerriga
At the Nowra Police Court on Monday last, Cornelius Flynn was charged with having on the 24th September last, at Nerriga, assaulted Elizabeth Duff with intent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. (Before Messrs. D. Leahy, W. F. Rutledge, and N. Powell, Js.P.)
George Scott, on remand, was charged with stealing a sheep, the property of some person unknown. Stewart Glennie, on oath, deposed: Am a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday, Oct. 6Th. (Before Messrs. Wright, Gale, Richardson, and Webb, Js.P.) Removing Timber
William McGrath was charged with removing timber without a licence from the village reserve at Hall. Defendant pleaded guilty, saying that he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court. (Before Dr. Richardson, LM., and Mr. W. Beatty.)
A renewal of the licence of the Silver Age Hotel, Captatos Flat was granted to William Stubbs. Cornelius Maloney applied for a renewal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braidwood Small Debts Court. Wednesday, Oct. 6. (Before E. L. Mailand, Esq., P.M.) W. TRAVERS v. John Grant
In this case the plaintiff sued de[?]dant for £2 5s for the carriage of three tons of wattle bark from Durran Durra to Braidwood at 15s per ton and for 6s money lent, making a total of £2 11s. Toe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braidwood Police Court. Monday, October 11. (Before E. L. Maitland, Esq., P.m.) Alleged Cattle Stealing
Francis David Taylor and Thomas Higgs were charged with having on the 28th August last stolen one cow, branded R D over U. the property of Richard Druce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Sheep Stealing
At the Rungendore Police Court on Thursday, before Messrs. Rutledge, Powell and Leaby, George Scott, on remand, was charged with stealing a sheep, the property of someone unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sentenced to Matrimony
A young man and a young woman were contesting possession of a piece of property the a Welsh Court the other day, the one claiming under an old lease…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court-martialling an Elephant
In the British army in India elephants are much used for heavy draught purposes by the commissariat and different regiments of artillery. Now, what is most singular, these…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The District Court
SAT this morning for a few minutes, Mr. District Court Judge Fitzhardinge presiding; Mr. Jeffreys, registrar. The only representative of the legal profession…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Police Court. Wednesday, August 13. (BEFORE Dr. Richardson and Mr. John Gale, J's. P.) Breach of Hawkers Act
Abdur Haman, an Assyriun hawker, pleaded guilty to a breach of the Hawkers and Pedlars Act, by neglecting to have in plain legible letters the Words "Licensed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braidwood Police Court. Wednesday, October 13. (Before Messrs.E.L. Maitland, P.M., and R.J.C. Maddrell.) Charge of Assault
Cornelius Flyan, who was remanded form Nowra, on the charge of having at Nerriga on the 24th ultimo assaulted Elizabeth Duff with intent. Constable Clemesha, acting-gaoler, Braidwood,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Alleged Sheep Stealing Case at Bungendore
At the Goulburn Assizes on Tuesday George Scott(on ball) was charged that he did at Ingledow near Bungendore on or about the 26th of August steal a sheep the property of William Edmonds of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday, Oct. 13th. (Before Dr Richardson and Mr Gale, Js.P.) the Words Not There
Abdur Hamen, a Syrian, was charged with being a hawker and not not having the words " licensed hawker" on his pack. When asked how he pleaded the accused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goulburn Circuit Court. Wednesday. Dunne V. DUNNE
This was an action brought by Frances Margaret Dunne against her father-in-law, Andrew Dunne, for moneys alleged to have been paid on behalf of the defendant and for money lent. The plaintiff…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brutal Wife Murder
PERTH (W.A.), Saturday.--A shocking crime, unparalleled in this colony in the nature of its terrible surroundings, has been discovered at No. 40…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Monday, October 18Th. Before Messrs. J. Gale and W. Bealty, J.P.
A STAGE COACH LICENSE Was granted to Patrick Brennan for a vehicle conveying the Queanbeyan-Tharwa mails, to carry three passengers, the use of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Police Court. Wednesday, October 20Th. Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Gale and Brassey, J.P. Cases Under the Impounding Act
John Ward sued Charles Blewitt for unlawfully detaining two horses his property. A second information was also laid against the some defendant charging him with…
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