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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

338 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 17

Murder Approved. a Jury's Verdict

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 3

The aquittal of a dock laborer named Jalba on a charge of murdering his employer, M. August Mendi, at Braila, practically means that…

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London Sensation. Police Bribes. Bookmaker’s Statements

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 5

A street bookmaker appeared before the Police Commission yesterday (18th October), and voluntarily tendered sensational evidence as to…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

A YOUNG man named Henry Joseph Oldfield, on bail, appeared before Mr. Korff, J.P., at the police court yesterday morning, further to answer…

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Small Debts Court. Monday, January 7. Before the Police Magistrate

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

John J. Feehan v. Kate Appleby. Claim for £7 10s, Mr. Gee for plaintiff; Mr. Moriarty for defendant…

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Police Court. Monday. JANUARY 7

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

Before the Police Magistrate. Abden Ferris was granted hawker’s license. Charles Dargue for riotous behaviour…

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Braidwood Police Court. MONDAY. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Hawker's License

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 2

Abdail Ferris, of Krawarree, was grunted a hawker's and pedlar's license. POLICE CASES. Charles Dargue was summoned on the…

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Braidwood District Court. MONDAY. (Before the Police Magistrate.) John Feehan V. Kate Appleby

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 2

To recover £7 10s, lose sustained from defend-a[?]'s dog killing and worrying plaintiff's sheep. Mr. Gee for phiotiff, Mr. Moriarty for defendant. John Feehan, grazier, residing at…

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Zealous Police at Tamworth

The Age · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 6

COMPLAINTS are being made at Tamworth of overzealousness on the part of some of the members of the police force stationed there. The cells were pretty full…

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Suffragists and Police. a Day’s Proceedings. Ladies Prefer Prison

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 4

There was as much excitement this morning (reports the “Westminster gazette” of 24th October) in the Westminster police court and lts neighbourhood as…

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A Traitor's Doom. Thieves Midnight Court Martial. a Scene in Paris

The Age · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

From Paris, in October last, the Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:—An extraordinary case has just…

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Licensing Court. Wednesday, January 9Th, 1907. (Before Messrs. DeSalis and Blackall)

The Age · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 2

Punblican's licenses were granted to H. C. Russ, Michelago; J. F. Heazlett, Gundaroo, and J. H. Byrne, Captain's Flat…

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Empty House Murder. Mystery Of a Boy's Body

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 4

Further Inquiries support (according to the "Daily Mail" of 21st November) the assumption that the fifteen-year-old lad, Squire Kynston, 'whose naked body…

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Nottingham Murder. Shooting of a Clerk. Story of the Crime

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 3

The "Dally Mail" of 20th November has the following in reference to a sensational case at Nottingham, which was the subject of a cable message to "The…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

Before the P.M. and Messrs J. Gale and P. McNamara, Js.P., on Wednesday, Henry Joseph Oldfield was charged…

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Police Court. Wednesday, January 16Th, 1907. BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Messrs. John Gale and Patrick McNamara, Js.P. Larceny of a Watch

The Age · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

Henry Joseph Oldfield, on remand, was charged with having stolen a watch, the property of Ezra Edward Johnson, on the 27th December last…

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Murder & Suicide

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

Betsy Schultz, a laser’s daughter, committed suicide in Lubeck, Germany, after shooting Herr Streler a millionaire, in the street…

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A Breeze in Court

The Age · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

DURING the hearing of a case at the local police court on Wednesday last, before the P.M. and Mr. John Gale, J.P., theatmosphere was quite electrical for a time. A witness…

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Police Court. Wednesday 16Th January. Before the P.M. and Messrs. Gale and McNamara Js.P

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

Henry Joseph Oldfield, on bail appeared to answer a charge of stealing a watch valued at £2,on 27th December last…

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Girl's Revenge. Murder of a Betrayer. "He Deserved to Die."

The Age · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 3

On 30th October the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote from New York:—Another murder trial in which the…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated, Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Friday, January 18, 1907. the Police and the Public

The Age · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

DURING the last three months, the police in Queanbeyan have brought two cases under the Liquor Act, both of which, from their point of view, have ended…

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