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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

334 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 17

Mother Charged With Manslaughter

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Coroner (Mr. Candier, to-day inquired into che death of Philip Oppen, 6 weeks old, which, according to medical evidence, was largely attributable to the mother…

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Police Court. Monday, Feb. 26. (Before the Police Magistrate). Obscene Language

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

Constable McMullen deposed that on February 9, while on duty, he was at the Commercial Hotel, when William Walters, licensee of that hotel made use of…

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Braidwood Police Court. Friday, Feb. 23Rd (Before Messrs McDonald and Coffey.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

Thomas Booth, 24, was brought before the Court by his uncle for being of unsound mind. The defendant, it appears, had been mentally wrong from his birth. He was ordered to be sent to Kenmore…

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Long Firm Masterpiece. Sum of L7450 Still Missing. the Chiefs Sentenced

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 4

After a trial extending over nine days. the four prisoners charged at toe. Old Balley with conspiracy to defraud a number of electrical firms of property…

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Police Court. Monday, March 5. (Before the Police Magistrate). Vagrant Act

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

Alfred Sercombe, charged with being unlawfully on the premises of Mary Aueb, pleaded not guilty. Mr. Moriarty appeared for defendant…

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The Magistrate

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

The Land Laws of this country are in such a hopeless tangle that the journal is indeed bold that ventures to deal with them. “The Magistrate,” in its current…

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Merit Rewarded by Court of Justice

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER AND SONS’ EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, but none equalled the case just…

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Braidwood Police Court. MONDAY (Before A. Elliott, Esq., P.m.) Unlawfully on Premises

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 2

Alfred Sercombe was charged with having been unlawfully on the premises of Mary Aueb in Coghill-street on Saturday afternoon last with the intent to steal…

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Small Debts Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 2

There were four cases set down for hearing, the whole of them being settled…

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Assault

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

Michael Murphy was charged with assaulting Martin Flannery. Mr. Gee for defendant, who pleaded not guilty. It appears the defendant is a…

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Police Court. Monday, March 12. Before Messrs. A. Elliott. P.M. F. M. Cooper, and R. Kennedy, J’s.P. LARCENY

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

James Yeates and Sarah Ann Yeates were charge with stealing in February last a gold brooch valued at £3 10s. Mr. D. A Gee for the defence…

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Merit Rewarded by Court of Justice

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER AND SONS’ EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many limitations, but none equalled the case just…

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

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

James and Sarah Ann Yeates were charged with having between the 9th and 15th February last stolen from the Commercial Hotel, Braidwood, a gold brooch, the property of Alice Mary Walters…

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Police Court. Thursday, March 15. (Before Mr. A. Elliott, P.M.)

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 2

John Nicholls, remanded from the previous day, appeared in custody charged with larceny. Senior-constable Filan deposed that on…

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Relic of a Crime. the Flat Murder Trial

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 3

[?] the correspondent of the “Daily Mail” wrote from Vienna:— There was again a crowded court to-day when the trial was resumed…

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Braidwood Police Court. THURSDAY. (Before Mr. Elliott, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 2

John Nicholla was charged with stealing certain articles of female wearing apparel of the value of 10s., the property of Anne Johnson, a member of the Salvation Army, on Tuesday last…

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Merit Rewarded by Court of Justice

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 2

The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER AND SONS EUCALPTI EXTRACT have brought our many imitations, but none equalled the case just…

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Correspondence. The columns of this journal are always open for discussion on matters of public interest, but we do not necessarily identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents. the Late Municipal Revision Court. to the Editor

The Age · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 2

SIR,—Just to let the public know who acted honestly in matters that came before the above court, the undersigned or Mr. H. E. Holland, the one time…

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Bungendore Police Court. A. M. Millard Committed for Trial

The Age · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

AT the Bungendore police court yesterday Alan Major Millard appeared on summons to answer a charge of misappropriating the sum of £60, the property of William Foster…

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Warden's Court

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

On Wednesday last, at the local courthouse, before Mr. V. H. Galbraith, P.M., of Cooma, William Reid proceeded against…

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