Small Debts Court
Crowe v, Foley, balance account, of £2 11s 8d.—Mr Millard for plaintiff. Verdict for amount and 5s costs. Graham and Co. v. Follett, commission,…
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Courts & crime, 1897
263 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 14
The Warden's Court
Mr. Maitland, district warden, held a Warden's Court on Wednesday. There was only one case. Even Cameron, as secretary to a mining syndicate known as E. Rolfe and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Friday, July 23. (Before Mr C. W. Thomas, J.p.) Larency of a Tent
John Bohan was charged with that he did at Gininderra, on July 20th, feloniously steal, take, and carry away one tent, the property of the trustees of the Gungahleen estate, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Saturday, July 24, 1897. Local and General. Small Debts Court
At the Small Debts Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Maitland, P.M., and Mr. John Bull. J.P., there were only two cases. Was Pike sued Thomas Mooney for £4 3, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braidwood Warden's Court. FRIDAY, 30th JULY. (Before E. L. Maitland, Esq., Warden.) Application for a Gold Lease
This was an application by J. T. Ireland for a lease of 15 acres near Nerriga. An objection was lodged against the granting of the lease by G. W. Leach, as manager for the London Exploration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braidwood Police Court Wednesday, August 4. (Before Messrs. Maitland, P.M., and R. J. C. Madd[?]ell.) Hawker's License
A high-turbaned dusky Arab named U[?]am Singh applied for a hawker's license, but as he said he had been only five months in the colony his application was refused. The name did not sound very polite,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braidwood Small Debts Court. Wednesday, August 4. (Before Mr. Maitland, P.M.)
J. MALONK v. J. CLARKE.—To recover £8 10s, agistment. Verdict for plaintiff in amount claimed and 4s 10d costs. Mr. Ross for plaintiff. Defendant did not appear…
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A MASKED fancy-dress ball was being held. At midnight two policemen called and said the company must separate…
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London, Monday—News from the East by the steamer Africa contains particulars of a shocking p[?]ratical outrage by Chinese, who looted the British steamer Pega on the…
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John Norton, who has so often figured a prominently in libel cases, and got out of them, has fallen under the leash at last. In id the Full Court on Friday Mr. Wallace…
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A Warden's Court was held in Braidwood on Wednesday last before Mr. Warden Maitland, when John McCane was allowed six months' suspension of labour in his alluvial claim at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braidwood Police Court. Wednesday, August 11. (Before Mr. Maitland, P.m.) Non-payment of School Fees
Aidan Doyle, of Wyalong, against whom proceedings are pending for neglecting to support his three children at present and for ten years past in charge of W. E. Simpson, of Major's Creek, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sketcher. A Case of Mistaken Identity. Dramatic Scene in an Assize Court
About sixty years ago a burglary occurred at a farmhouse near Liverpool. There was a struggle, and the robber left a button from his coat and received…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Land Board Charged With Murder
A PECULIAR case came before the Molong police on Wednesday when John E. Roche Ardill, licensed surveyor, appeared to lay a criminal information against the local land…
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Wednesday was the usual monthly sitting of the Small Debts Court, but there was no business, the only case on the list having been previously settled…
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Dr. Foord Hughes v. W. Lee, £1 14s. Mr. Millard for plaintiff, Verdict for the amount and costs. Dr Foord Hughes v. Banks, £1 1s. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braidwood Police Court Wednesday, Aug 18. (Before Messrs. J. Kenny and W. J. Chapman.) MAINTENANCE
Joseph Oakes was summoned by Rachsel Harrietta Smit[?] for not supporting her illegimate child of which she alleged he was the father. Mr. Rose appeared for complainant aud Mr. Fell for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bungendore. Police Court. Tuesday, August 17Th (Before Mr. Maitland, P.M., and Messrs Donnelly and Browne, Js.P.)
Police v. Curran, for cow. straying on the street Mr. Walker (Goulburn) appeared for defendant and pleaded guilty. He asked the Bench to deal leniently as it was the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday, Aug. 18. (Before Messrs. Maitland, P.M., J. J. Wright, J. Gale, and E. C. Campbell, Js. P.) Language
Stephen Coffey was charged with that he did on July 7, Florence-street, Queanbeyan, use obscene language. Accused pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sensational Murder
A leading topic in New York for two weeks past has been the murder of William Guldensuppe, a crime of peculiar atrocity. On Saturday, the 26th ult., the upper part…
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