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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

283 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 12 of 15

Small Debts Court. MONDAY, (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 2

CHANDOO ROOKA KHAN v. BENJAMIN SIMPSON,—Claim £5 6s goods sold. Verdict for amount and cost 5s. JOHN HARRIS v. FRANCIS TAYLOR.—Claim £4…

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Police Court Thursday, September 10. (Before Mr. Alfred Elliott, P.m.) Larceny

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 11 September 1903 · page 2

Edward Hawkins appeared before the Court on a charge of larceny. It will be recollected that some weeks ago a portmanteau belonging to Mr. W. J. Chapman was…

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Braidwood Police Court. THURSDAY. (Before Mr. A. Elliott, P.m.) Larceny

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 September 1903 · page 2

Edward Henry Hawkins, 22, laborer, was charged with having, on the 24th July last, near Braidwood, stolen a large kit bag containing one suit of clothes, a knitted under waistooal, a suit of pyjamas, two…

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Sheep Stealing in this District

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1903 · page 2

We do not know whether sheep stealing is on the increase in this district but from what we learn it has reached a stage which makes it a very serious matter for…

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Murder aud Suicide at Cootamundra

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 September 1903 · page 3

EARLY on Saturday morning a man named Jack Baker entered a house at Coataman-dra, occupied by a Chinaman named Tim Ah Doo and his wife, and afcer striking…

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Sheep Stealing

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1903 · page 2

The following resolution was carried at a meeting of the Forbes Pastures Protection Board :—“That, in view of the fact that sheep and skin stealing is rife in the State,…

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A Daring Theft

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1903 · page 2

A very daring theft, almost amounting to burglary, was reported to the police on Sunday morning, as having taken place at Miss Wisboy’s fruit shop during the early part of…

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A Lamb-Stealing Dog

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 September 1903 · page 2

MR. WILLIAM STEWART, of The Laurels, Cooma, reports a remarkable instance of a dog's actions. He noticed a dog carrying a lamb in its mouth, and, following the…

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A Midnight Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1903 · page 2

AT about midnight last Friday a fish hawker named Charles Pittman, aged 30, met with a tragic death, being shot by a man named Samuel Moulson, about 50, employed as a…

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The Arbitration Court and the political Labor League

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1903 · page 2

WHEN the present Arbitration Act was placed on the Statute-book, in the supposed interest and practically at the [?] of the party who make it their boast…

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Police Court. Wednesday, September 23, BEFORE the Police Magistrate. Sunday Liquor Selling

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 2

Martin Byrne was charged for that he did between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., on Sunday, the 23rd of August, keep open…

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The Arbitration Court Committee

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 2

Mr. Leahy, the Secretary of the M.S.U., again refused to be sworn to give evidence before the Select Committee appointed to inquire into alleged evasions of the…

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Latest Wires. Sydney Thursday. The Federal High Court

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 2

Sir Samuel Grifith, (Chief Justice, Queensland), Sir Edmund Barton, and Mr. R. E. O’Connor have been appointed Judges of the High Court, and…

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Federal High Court. The Appointments. SYDNEY. Thursday afternoon

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 2

SIR SAMUEL GRIFFITHS has been appointed Federal Chief Justice; Sir E. Barton and the Hon, R. E. O'Connor to be judges of the High…

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Police Court. Monday, September 28. [Before Mr. Alfred Elliott, P.M.]

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1903 · page 2

W. Williams and Thos. Stuchbery were charged by the police with cutting timber on Crown lands without a licence. Fined 5s and 5s 6d costs…

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High Court Judges

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1903 · page 2

The salary of the Federal Chief Justice is £3500, that of the other two occupants of the Bench £3000 each. So far no pensions are set down, but they may be…

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Braidwood Police Court MONDAY. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Breach of Public Instruction Act

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 2

William Rogers was charged with only sending his child to school 51½ days daring the pas half year instead of the minimum of 70 days required by the Act…

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Warden's Court. MONDAY. (Before A. E liott, Esq., Warden.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 2

The adjourned application of the New Zealand Mines Trust., Ltd for suspension of labor for six months upon certain dredging leases at Mongarllowe, came on again. The Warden stated that the…

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Federal High Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 October 1903 · page 2

The opening of the Federal High Court took place in Melbourne on Tuesday in the presence of a brilliant gathering. After the commissions had been read separately,…

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Araluen Police Court. Wednesday October 7Th, Before the P.M., Messrs. Hyland and Kennedy, JsP

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 9 October 1903 · page 2

John O’Heir of Berlang, was changed by the police with having in June, July, and August, 1903 ringbanked 200 trees on his annual [?] No [?]…

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