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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

334 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 17

Land Appeal Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 2

AT the above court held in Sydney yesterday, Edward Israel Mann Shaw appealed against the disallowance of his conditional lease application No…

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Police As Key-holders. Novel System for Offices

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 5

A novel suggestion, writes the “Daily Mail,” of [?]d March, is being put forward by the City Police anthorities to establish a scheme whereby the keys…

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The New Woman Holds Two Burglars Until the Police Arrive

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 3

A couple of supposed burglars, John Whitchouse and Charles Oaks, found their match in Mrs. Ann Louisa Thompson, a Birmingham…

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Rozhdestvensky to Be Court- Martialled

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 3

Admiral Rozhdestvensky and eleven of his officers are to be court-martialled for surrendering the Russian destroyer Bidovy at the battle of the Sea of…

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Land Scandals! Crick and Bath before the court SYDNEY, Friday afternoon

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 2

Crick and Charles Bath were charged at the Police Court to-day, under Judge Owen's finding, with having…

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Theft of the Purple Diamond

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 4

General Sir George Almy was a wealthy retired officer, living In Park lane, and known to a large circle of friends and acquaintances as a collector of…

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A New York Tragedy. Murder and Suicide

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 4

From New York, on 15th March, the correspondent of the “Daily Mail” wrote:— A strange tragedy a carred this…

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Merit Rewarded by Court of Justice

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

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

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A Denounced Blackguard. in the Coroner’s Court

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 5

While dredging for said at Mortlake a [?]ighterman recovered the dead body of Ages Mary Peck twenty-eight. a domestic servant, and a tragic story was…

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Murder by Neglect

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 2

Dr. George Robert Adcock has been committed for trial at Westminster on a charge of causing the death of Major John Nicholas Whyte…

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Death of Mr Corser. the “Jokeless” Magistrate

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 3

Mr Haden Corser, the senior supendiary magistrate at Worship street Police Court, died at his residence, the Byde, Margatestone, on 9th March…

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Burgl[?] Outwit Police. Two-thirds Escape Detection

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 5

The statistics for England and Wales [?] by the Homo [?] March show that there was an Increase of criminality during 1904. The…

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Police Court

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 2

Before Mr. H. Roberts, P,M., and Mr. B. McCauley, J. P. Gill v. Ryan.—This was a case of alleged damages of £5 for detaining trespassing cattle. After…

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New Police Regulation

The Age · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 4

THE repeal of No 135 of the police rules has been notified, and in lieu thereof the following new rule has been formed under the Police Regulation…

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Merit Rewarded by Court of Justice

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 2

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

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Senior Sergeant McINTOSH. Honour to a Popular Police Officer

The Age · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 2

THERE is no doubt that, as evidenced by the liberal treatment they have given Senior-sergeant McIntosh on the occasion of his retirement from the…

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Licensing Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 2

BEFORE Licensing Magistrates Blackall and Campbell renewals of hotel, licenses were yesterday granted to the following:--Henry John' Sealy…

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Double Ordeal. a Fire-murder Case

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 4

The trial at Norwich Assize of Ro[?] Kowen on the charges of murdering her husband and afterwards attempting to destroy the body by fire ended yesterday…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 20Th June. Before Mr. A. Elliott, P. M., and Messrs. J. Gale and J. McLaughlin, Js. P.

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 2

William Reid versus Joseph Franklin. This, was a case in which defendant was charged with shooting at and wounding (between 4th March and…

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Merit Rewarded by Court of Justice

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 2

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

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