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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

283 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 15

Police Court. Wednesday, March 18

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

A letter was received by the Bench from Mr. F. Campbell, Yarralumla, regretting his inability to attend. A Maintenance Case…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

(BEFORE Mr Elliott. P. M., and Messrs Gale Pike, McIntosh and Whitehead, J's. p.) Police v. Mark Dyball, who stood charged with stealing three sheep the property of…

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Another Attempted Wife Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

A domestic tragedy arising out of the lack of employment was enacted at Brunswick, Victoria, on Tuesday morning. A laboring man named Thomas Grimes, aged 52 years, suddenly developed…

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Small Debts Court Thursday, March 19

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

(BEFORE the P.M., Mr Elliott, and Messrs. Whitehead; Gale and Pike, J.P.) Steam Cooker Case. Peerless Cooker Co. v. Mrs. E. J. Thompson…

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Brutal Murder

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

A Syrian hawker name [?] "was brutally murdered while asleep in a barn near Ballarat. The [?] head was cut open with an axe…

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Revision Court

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

The Revision Court, which was opened yesterday morning was adjourned by the police Magistrate as a mark of respect to the [?] of the late-Clerk of Petty Sessions…

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Goulburn Police Court

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 2

On Wednesday Francis Taylor was charged with stealing four bushels of maize and two bags of chaff at Tarago on 24th instant, the property of the Railway…

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The Murder of a Russian Minister

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 2

A man named Getz, aged 25 years, supposed to be a Jewish millionaire, has been arrested at Naples on a charge of complicity with the man Balnatscheff, who murdered…

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Latest Wires. London, Wednesday. Sir Hector. McDonald to be Court. Martialled

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 2

The Governor of Ceylon has been authorised by the War Office to convene a court-material to try Sir. Hector McDonald for a serious offence that cannot be tried under…

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Goulburn Police Court Wednesday, March 25. (Before Mr. Knowlman.) Charge of Stealing Maize

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 2

Francis Taylor, carrier, was charged with stealing four bushels of maize and two bags of chaff at Tarego on 24th instant, the property of the Railway Commissioners, valued at £2…

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Police Court

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 2

Yesterday, before Mr. A. Elliott P.M. W. Pearson Bentley, and Stephen Simmons, who appeared in custody, having come from Goulburn gaol, were charged with escaping…

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Braidwood Police Court. MONDAY. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Escaping From Gaol

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 2

William Bentley and Stephen Simmonds were charged with escaping from Braid wood Gaol on 20th January last. Constable McKenzie, acting gaoler, Braidwood…

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Police Court. (Before Mr Juo. Gale, J.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 2

Sydney Tyrie, a youth of about 17 summers, was charged with stealing a watch and chain at Tuggranong on the 19th Dec. last…

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Murder in Mackay Lockup

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 2

A horrible double murder was committed on Sunday afternoon in the lockup yard at Mackay, Queensland. A kanaka named Sow Too Loo, who was awaiting trial for the marder of a girl named…

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Appeal Court

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 2

The Council sat on Wednesday morning as a friendly appeal court, to hear appeals against the annual assessment, and had very light work to do. There were only four…

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Latest News Sydney, Thursday, .Attempted Murder and Suicide

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 2

John Heber a miner residing at Pelaw Main near Maitland , attempted yesterday to kill his wife a [?] . The reason for his wife with a tomahawk. The reason for his attack is unknown. He…

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At the Court of Louis Xiv

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 2

One of the difficulties of Royalties-- one of the things that account for the tendency to selfishness which has been considered a weakness of the Royal caste-- is…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 2

A sensation was caused at the mining township of Pelaw, a few miles south of Maitland, on Wednesday afternoon, by a man named John Heber, who attempted to kill his wife, afterwards cutting…

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Local and General News. Police Court

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

Before Mr. A. Elliott, Police Magistrate, Michael. John Ryan, a stranger, yesterday was fined 5s or forty-eight hours in gaol for using obscene language…

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Disabilities of Police Magistrates

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

GOULBURN, Friday.—At the Courthouse this mornings Mr. W. S. Caswell, police magistrate, who leaves Goulburn to-morrow, en router for England on a visit, was…

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