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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

253 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 12 of 13

Braidwood Police Court. Monday, November 23. (Before F. G. Adrian, Esq., P.m.)drunkenness and Obscene Language

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 2

Joseph Holmes pleaded guilty to being drunk and using obscene language in Wallace street on Saturday night last. Fined 2s 6d or 5 minutes' imprisonment for being drunk,…

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The Station Murder. Evidence by Aboriginals. Georgetown

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 6

Wilson, an aboriginal, was changed at the Police Court this morning with the murder of Nellie Duffy. When arrested accused said, "All right." A remand for eight days…

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Comic Opera Gaol Mutiny. French Prison Cobblers Strike for More Pay

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 3

Though meant in real earnest there was a genuine comic opera element in a strike of prisoners at Riom Gaol, accounts of which appeared in…

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Double Tragedy at Paddington. Murder and Suicide

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 3

WILLIAM SAMUEL MATHER, 22, a painter, who had recently been employed as a car cleaner in the Waverley Tram Sheds, murdered his wife,…

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Arab Girls. Sentenced for Thieving

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 December 1908 · page 3

Before Mr Wallace. K.C., at the Clerkenwell Sessions, on September 28, two Arabian girls, named Meriem Ben Mohamed, 18, and Fatima Ben Habbas, 15,…

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Thaw's Luxuries. Create Discontent in Gaol. Prison Commissioners Intervene

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 December 1908 · page 4

A despatch from Albany, N.Y., to the Chicago "Inter-Ocean" on September 1 Stated:— The State Prison Commission issued…

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The Carpentaria Murder. Mrs. Wilson's Story. Georgetown

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 December 1908 · page 2

Willie Wilson, aboriginal, appeared before the police magistrate on Friday charged with the murder of Miss Duffy at Carpentaria Downs station. He was undefended…

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A Police Adonis. He Is Led Astray. Already Married

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 December 1908 · page 4

Policeman Patrick Barry, of the South Chicago station (writes the "Inter-Ocean") is having trouble with his eyes. He can't make them behave…

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Police Office Joking

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 5

In Paris some years ago a policeman one day found in the street a pocket-book containing thirty thousand francs…

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Carpentaria Murder. Another Confession. Georgetown

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 2

Willie Wilton, aboriginal, appeared on remind at the Police Court to-day, before Messrs. Fulton and Willie, Js.P., charged with the murder of Nelie Puffy, at Carpon a is Downs Stations…

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District Court. (Before Judge Fitzbardinge.) C. Hugues v. F. M. Cooper

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 2

This was a claim for three months' rent alleged to be due by defendant to plaintiff in respect to the occupation of land at Moodong Creek, Araluen, from 1st June to 30th…

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Stolen Nelson Relics Prisoner Sentenced

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 December 1908 · page 4

To- day (September 16th) at the Old Bailey, before the Recorder (Sir Forrest Fulton), the trial was resumed of the working shoemaker,…

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A Phonograph in Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 December 1908 · page 6

People who keep noisy dogs in their back yards are often a cause of offence to their neighbors, who are at times driven to appeal to the law to suppress the nuisance…

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Small Debts Court. Monday, December 7. (Before Messrs G. R. Williams and W. J. Chapman, Js.P.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 December 1908 · page 2

MARY NAMCHONG v WATTY BROWN.—Claim for £3 2s 9d for goods delivered. Verdict for amount claimed, with 6s costs. SAME V. T. NEWMAN.—Claim for £8 11s…

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Thaw's Luxuries. Create Discontent in Gaol. Prison Commissioners Intervene

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 3

A despatch from Albany, N.Y., to the Chicago "Inter-Ocean" on September 1 stated:— The State Prison Commission issued…

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A Police Adonis. He Is Led Astray. Already Married

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 3

Policeman Patrick Barry, of the South Chicago station (writes the "Inter-Ocean") is having trouble with his eyes. He can't make them behave…

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Shall Debts Court. Thursday, December 10. (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian, P.M., and R. Kennedy, J.p.) Claim for Damages

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 2

John Bilton sued Pooley and Malone, Ltd., coach proprietors, for £10, damages sustained in an accident on the Braidwood-Major's Creek road on the 28th October last…

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Poisoned by Arsenic a Murder Trial. Recalls the Maybrick Case

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 4

The little Assize Court at Appleby, Westmorland, was crowded on 28th June during the hearing of a murder trial which, in some respects, recalls the…

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Shocking Murder at Armidale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 2

A shocking murder was committed at Armidale on Sunday morning. A waitress Hannah Kelly, at the Central Hotel, was found in bed dead. The victim, who was believed to be a single…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 16Th December, 1908. (Before Mr. E. G. Adrian, P.m.) Revision Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 2

Two names were added to the municipal Supplementary list of electors, and there were no claims for enrolment on the shire supplementary list…

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